Jacobs was a four-star recruit and an All-American coming out of Englewood, Ohio and he verbally committed to Iowa early in the process. But Jacobs told the Hawkeyes if Ohio State came calling, he would definitely think about going to the Buckeyes.
They came calling.
Normally Iowa doesn’t like verbals to visit other schools, but since Jacobs was up front and honest with the Hawkeyes, they let it slide.
“Jestin was open and honest and we knew from the get-go that if Ohio State came calling that we were going to have to battle a little bit,” Director of Recruiting Tyler Barnes told HawkeyeInsider. “Jestin’s a different kid. He’s had a plan the whole time. He had a vision of what he wanted to do as a Hawkeye here and he let us know (Ohio State) was something he was going to check out and we were okay with that and we felt confident that even after that visit that we were going to be in a good spot with him.”
Obviously, the Hawkeyes eventually won that battle.
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