Oakland Raiders running back Josh Jacobs has put himself among the favorites for the 2019 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, something that should not come as much of a shock to general manager Mike Mayock.
After all, it was Mayock who declared early on that the team was going to take the former Alabama star in the first round back in April.
Mayock went on The Rich Eisen Show on Friday and discussed how quickly he had determined Jacobs was going to be a Raider, revealing it took him less than one week into his Oakland tenure to become sold on the running back (around the 3:00 mark):
Jacobs had made a strong impression on Mayock in the 2019 College Football Playoff championship game, even in a 44-16 Crimson Tide loss.