2027 EDGE David Jacobs Jr. on path to becoming national recruit

Roswell (Ga.) Blessed Trinity edge David Jacobs Jr.‘s name will sound familiar around Athens. His father of the same name, played for the Bulldogs during the Mark Richt days. The older Jacobs was a defensive tackle at Georgia from 1999-2002.

Jacobs is quickly becoming a potentially nationally recruited football player in his own right. The 6-foot-4 edge is set to enter high school this fall and begin working with Blessed Trinity’s varsity team this week.

He doesn’t hold any early offers, yet, but Jacobs is fresh off a camp to Georgia on Wednesday. He competed in front of the Georgia coaching staff and turned a few heads. The Bulldogs have the family connection with Jacobs and his family already down.

Jacobs grew up a Georgia fan. It’s one of his dream schools. He’s heard stories about the program from his father and his father’s friends.

“My dream school is definitely Georgia because my dad went there and he’s a big role model for me,” Jacobs told On3. “I really do like Alabama and Miami as well.”

Jacobs felt a bit in awe staring around the facility and taking in the opportunity to be on campus as a recruit.

“It felt nice and that you had a job to do to get an offer,” Jacobs said. “Things happen for a reason. It was nice to go and show some improvement.”

Alabama, another dream school of Jacobs’ has a lot of things he hopes to look into at some point soon.

“I like Alabama because Alabama is Alabama,” Jacobs said. “That’s one of the places that I want to go visit for sure.”

Jacobs doesn’t have anything set as of now but he could pop up at some more camps this summer and check out some other programs in the fall.

David Jacobs Jr. in a football-loving family

Jacobs’ father is one of his role models. He is also one of his coaches at Blessed Trinity. The older Jacobs loves football. He slips into conversations about it on occasion without realizing it. That love has been passed down to the younger Jacobs.

“It’s nice, we’ll be at the dinner table and he’s talking about one thing and then switch to football,” Jacobs said with a laugh. “I love having him. He’s helped me a lot. I really want to say thank you to him. He’s definitely my biggest fan and he’s there all the time.”