The Green Bay Packers are activating running back Josh Jacobs for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions after he was removed from the commissioner’s exempt list. Multiple outlets report Jacobs had missed the team’s first six games and was not available to practice during that period.
Outlets attribute his absence to legal charges related to an altercation in May. Yahoo Sports includes that Jacobs pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges stemming from the incident involving his then-girlfriend, and notes the exempt list had blocked him from playing and practicing. Fox News frames his return as his first game since a domestic violence arrest, while Yahoo Sports’ separate NFL-focused listing emphasizes his activation as coming after a battery incident.
Overall, the reports largely agree on the timing and the reason for Jacobs’ prior unavailability—being on and then removed from the commissioner’s exempt list—while they differ in how they describe the underlying case.
