Packers running back Josh Jacobs arrested on charges related to domestic
abuse
[May 27, 2026]
By STEVE MEGARGEE
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is facing
five criminal charges, including strangulation and suffocation, after
police responded to a disturbance complaint involving him over the
weekend.
Hobart/Lawrence (Wisconsin) Police Chief Michael Renkas said that Jacobs
was arrested Tuesday and booked into Brown County Jail on charges of
strangulation and suffocation, battery-domestic abuse, criminal damage
to property-domestic abuse, disorderly conduct-domestic abuse and
intimidation of a victim. |
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs warms up before an NFL
football game against the Denver Broncos, Dec. 14, 2025, in Denver. (AP
Photo/Jack Dempsey, File) |
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Renkas said police had been dispatched to a complaint involving
Jacobs on Saturday at 8:37 a.m.
“This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” Renkas said
in a statement. “No further information will be released at this
time.”
The strangulation and suffocation charge is a felony and the
other four charges are misdemeanors, according to the charge
information in the Brown County Jail's online record of this
case.
Jacobs' lawyers — David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Clarence
Duchac — issued a joint statement on his behalf.
“Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in
the early stages of investigation with important evidence that
has not yet been made public,” they said. “We ask for fairness
and restraint while the judicial process takes its course.”
Jacobs is the Packers’ top returning rusher after running for
929 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. That followed a 2024
season in which he ran for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns while
earning his third Pro Bowl selection.
He's the only player on Green Bay's roster who rushed for as
many as 200 yards for the Packers last season. Emanuel Wilson,
the Packers' second-leading rusher last year, signed with the
Seattle Seahawks in the offseason.
The Packers began their organized team activities Tuesday.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur has a scheduled availability with
reporters Wednesday.
“We are aware of the matter involving Josh Jacobs,” a Packers
spokesman said. “As it is an ongoing legal situation, we will
withhold further comment.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that “we are aware of the
report and have been in contact with the club.”
Jacobs spent his first five seasons with the Raiders. He earned
All-Pro honors and had an NFL-leading 1,653 yards rushing with
Las Vegas in 2022.
He has rushed for 7,803 yards and 74 touchdowns in his
seven-year career. The only active players with more career
touchdown runs are Baltimore's Derrick Henry (122) and Buffalo's
Josh Allen (79).
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