Ben Jacobs enters his fourth NFL season and his third as Washington's assistant special teams coach in 2022 after joining the Carolina Panthers in 2019. A former NFL linebacker, Jacobs spent eight seasons as a key contributor on all four phases of special teams, recording 31 special teams tackles and eight tackles on defense in 73 career games played.
Jacobs led or tied for the team high in special teams tackles in two of his seasons (2014 and 2018) with Carolina and helped the Panthers win the NFC Championship and advance to Super Bowl 50 during the 2015 season.
In 2017, Jacobs played a significant role on a coverage unit that finished eighth in opponents' punt return average, allowing just 5.9 yards per return. In 2016, Jacobs was part of a kickoff coverage unit that allowed a league-low 18.1 yards per kickoff return and finished fifth in the NFL with an opponents' average drive start of the 23.7-yard line.
Jacobs entered the NFL in 2011 with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State.
2020: Assistant Special Teams, Washington Football Team
2019: Assistant Special Teams, Carolina Panthers
2013-18: Linebacker, Carolina Panthers
2011-12: Linebacker, Cleveland Browns
2006-10: Linebacker, Fresno State
