WJG SPORTS FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Goldsboro’s Jamin Jacobs

Jamin Jacobs returned from injury in week nine and led Goldsboro to two wins to get into the playoffs.

“He’s a natural leader,” Tim Ray, Goldsboro head coach, said. “The biggest thing he brings is leadership. As a quarterback, he does a lot of things well.”

Jacobs was the starter coming into the season, but a few days before the season opener at New Bern he broke his collarbone. The injury caused him to miss eight games.

“It was really hard because like you wake up hurting and then they told me I couldn’t play,” Jacobs said. “That was the hard part like standing on the sideline, and seeing things you could’ve did or things that could’ve happen. But I couldn’t do anything.”

Jacobs put up almost 700 yards of offense and had five touchdowns in five games. Jacobs is expected to be one of the top quarterbacks in Wayne County next season. Jacobs said the injury gave him a new appreciation for the game.

“The injury showed me I can’t take it for granted because ain’t nothing promised,” Jacobs said.

Jamin Jacobs is the WJG Sports Football Player of the week for Week 11.

Kai Jones

I grew up in Goldsboro, North Carolina, graduated from Wayne Country Day School and I love my hometown. I also love sports, and have turned that passion into a career. Through my time at the Kinston Free Press and Johnstonian News I got to cover Johnston and Greene Counties, and fell in love with both communities. I love the area I cover, and I hope I do the communities proud with this website.

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