NFL places Packers running back Josh Jacobs on commissioner exempt list

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs landed on the NFL Commissioner's Exempt List and likely won't play Week 1 against the Vikings.

Jacobs was placed on the commissioner's exempt list on Sunday, leaving the Green Bay RB room in flux heading into Fantasy draft season

Hayden Winks examines how fantasy managers should navigate the Packers offense in the aftermath of Josh Jacobs being place on commissioner exempt list.

The NFL has placed Packers running back Josh Jacobs on the commissioner exempt list.

Here's what you need to know about the NFL's Commissioner Exempt List after Josh Jacobs got placed on it.

Josh Jacobs will miss the start of the 2026 NFL season after the Green Bay Packers running back was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list. Jacobs was charged with battery and criminal damage to property last week, both misdemeanours, following his arrest in Wisconsin in May.

Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs will not start the regular season on the Packers’ 53-man roster

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs has been placed on the NFL’s commissioner exempt list while two misdemeanor charges against him are pending, a move that prevents him from practicing or attending games. Upon request and with the club’s permission, Jacobs may be present at the club’s facility on a reasonable basis for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation and other permitted non-football activities. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed Sunday that Jacobs had been placed on the list, a move that comes three days after the charges were filed against him.

Here's the latest on Jacobs' status and what his future may hold.

Green Bay's backfield is facing uncertainty entering Week 1, with Jacobs prohibited from practicing or attending games

Packers running back Josh Jacobs is headed to the NFL’s Commissioner’s Exempt List following his arrest in May

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – It appears as though the future of Josh Jacobs is even more uncertain after he was officially placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List on Sunday, ahead of the upcoming regular season. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, sources revealed that Josh Jacobs would be placed on the list following misdemeanor charges […]

Adam Pfeifer breaks down the fantasy football ramifications of Josh Jacobs hitting the commissioner's exempt list and what it means for MarShawn Lloyd, Kaleb Johnson and more in fantasy football drafts.

Josh Jacobs will reportedly open the season on the commissioner’s exempt list, where he will be paid but will not be eligible for practice or games.

Josh Jacobs was arrested in May after an incident in Wisconsin.