Overview
- The NFL notified Jacobs on Friday that it will remove him from the Commissioner’s Exempt List on Monday, Oct. 19, making him eligible to practice and play in Week 7 on Oct. 25.
- Players on the Commissioner’s Exempt List are paid and barred from team activities, and the league often counts that time toward suspensions under its Personal Conduct Policy.
- The NFL’s personal conduct investigation remains open and league sources say a multi‑game suspension is still possible and could be credited as time served.
- Police reports and court filings describe visible injuries to the alleged victim and note garage surveillance that corroborated parts of her account, and that video is tied up in a public‑records fight that could limit league access to evidence.
- Jacobs pleaded no contest on Sept. 10 to misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property under a deferred agreement, and his return reshapes Green Bay’s rushing plans while raising questions about reputational and financial consequences if the league issues a retroactive suspension.