Packers star Josh Jacobs remains on commissioners exempt list after plea deal

Packers running back Josh Jacobs will stay on the commissioner’s exempt list despite reaching a plea deal with prosecutors to close out his battery case on Thursday.The NFL said in a statement just after Jacobs issued no contest pleas to two misdemeanors that the three-time Pro Bowler remains barred from practicing or playing for the Packers while it continues its probe into the case.“We have been closely monitoring all developments in the matter which remains under review of the personal conduct policy,” the NFL wrote in a statement.“There is no change to his status as he remains on the Commissioner’s Exempt list.”Jacobs, 28, was charged with one count of battery and one count of criminal damage to property after he allegedly got physical with his girlfriend during a May 23 dispute at his Brown County, Wisc.

residence.Jacobs and the woman got into a tiff after he was accused of “talking to other girls,” and in an ensuing quarrel, he grabbed the woman and threw her down, according to the criminal complaint.He also allegedly damaged her phone in the scuffle.In a Brown County courtroom on Thursday, Jacobs pleaded no contest to the charges, and said he was taking “full responsibility” for his actions.“I fully understand the seriousness of the situation,” he added.His attorneys said in a statement following the proceedings that Jacobs was ordered to pay “a fine of $1,000 plus costs as sentence” for the battery count while sentencing for the criminal damage to property count will remain suspended for the next 12 months, “at which time it will be dismissed upon completion of the terms of the agreement.”“With this agreement, Josh has accepted responsibility for his conduct and resolved this matter,” Jacobs’ lawyers said.

“Today’s resolution is set against a career long history of Josh’s community work while in the NFL, which has centered on the circumstances of his early life.”Jacobs joined the Packers in 2024 and has rushed ...