Crimson Corner: Josh Jacobs Gives Back

Former Alabama running back gives back to his family after a successful rookie season with the Oakland Raiders

Check out the video above for this week’s edition of Crimson Corner, where BamaCentral’s own Joey Blackwell tells the story of Josh Jacobs, who overcame much to give back to his family.

A couple of tweets mentioned in the story:

Blessed just bought my pops a house 🏠🤞🏽💯
— Josh Jacobs (@iAM_JoshJacobs) January 7, 2020

Raiders rookie RB Josh Jacobs was once homeless as a child.

Today, he got to buy his father a house 🙌

(via @iAM_JoshJacobs) pic.twitter.com/YBBeitmR8z
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 8, 2020

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Published Jan 8, 2020

JOEY BLACKWELL

Joey Blackwell is an award-winning journalist and assistant editor for BamaCentral and has covered the Crimson Tide since 2018. He primarily covers Alabama football, men's basketball and baseball, but also covers a wide variety of other sports. Joey earned his bachelor's degree in History from Birmingham-Southern College in 2014 before graduating summa cum laude from the University of Alabama in 2020 with a degree in News Media. He has also been featured in a variety of college football magazines, including Lindy's Sports and BamaTime.

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