Packers’ Josh Jacobs says hands-behind-back TD celebration was not mocking recent arrest
Green Bay RB claims gesture was an ode to gospel song
Jacobs pleaded no contest to battery charges last month
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs says he was paying homage to a gospel song rather than making light of his recent arrest when he briefly had his hands behind his back while celebrating a touchdown Thursday night.
This was Jacobs’s second game of the season after coming off the commissioner’s exempt list. He was placed on that list after charges were filed against him in August stemming from a May altercation with his then-girlfriend during which she said he threw her to the ground.
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