Listed at 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds, Brandon Jacobs still ranks among the biggest running backs in NFL history.
The two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants was typically pictured standing head and shoulders above teammates, such as Ahmad Bradshaw, a fellow running back generously listed at 5-foot-10.
So when fans saw Jacobs being dwarfed by his son Brayden at the latter’s high school graduation, they were understandably curious: How big does one need to be to make Brandon Jacobs look small?
The answer, according to Brayden’s listed height and weight, is 6-foot-7 and 320 pounds.
‘My guy is done with High School!!’ the elder Jacobs wrote on X alongside a picture of himself and 18-year-old Brayden as he graduated from Milton High School in Georgia.
More than 200 responses soon followed, many of which referenced Jacobs’ former teammate.
Brandon Jacobs is seen with his son, Brayden, as he graduates from high school in Georgia
Young Brayden Jacobs is seen during his pee-wee football days wearing his father’s No. 27
Jacobs is pictured alongside Ahmad Bradshaw, who was generously listed at 5-foot-10
‘Wow,’ one fan remarked. ‘He makes you look like Ahmad Bradshaw.’
‘Who knew someone could be even bigger than Brandon Jacobs?’ another asked.
‘What have you been feeding him, sir?’ read a follow-up question.
One fan correctly guessed Brayden’s height: ‘The boy is huge, he must be 6’7′ or more, by comparison to Brandon!’
Young Brayden was a staple around the Giants’ facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where Brandon’s wife Kim brought the family by for visits.
Although Jacobs was known as a fiery competitor who was occasionally confrontational with media, he admittedly has a ‘soft side’ with his children, as he told the New York Times after Brayden’s birth in 2008.
‘I’m not mean,’ he said. ‘That’s just football. That’s just the way you’ve got to go. You can’t go into a game that is that violent and be soft. You can’t be that way.’
For better or worse, football looks like it will remain the family business. Brayden committed to play football at Clemson in 2024 and will join the Tigers this fall as one of the most coveted offensive-line recruits in the country.
The Milton (Georgia) High School product was a four-star prospect who was ranked as the No. 51 prospect in the nation by 247Sports.
Brayden enters Clemson as a communications major.
