NFL to Reinstate Josh Jacobs from Exempt List Ahead of Pending Discipline
The league will remove running back Josh Jacobs from the Commissioner Exempt list on Monday, enabling a pre-suspension that could count toward any future penalty pending review of video evidence.
The National Football League announced that running back Josh Jacobs will be taken off the Commissioner Exempt list on Monday, ending his paid leave status. The move allows the league to impose a pre-suspension while its internal investigation into an alleged domestic-battery incident continues.
Under the league’s Personal Conduct Policy, the baseline penalty for a domestic-battery charge is six games. If a suspension is later imposed, the games Jacobs missed while on paid leave will be credited toward that suspension, and he will forfeit the salary earned for those games.
The NFL said it retains the right to add additional games to any discipline after reviewing video evidence related to the incident. The league has not yet disclosed the contents of the video, and the final length of any suspension will depend on that review.