Packers star Josh Jacobs heads to Commissioner’s Exempt List after charges from strangulation arrest: reports

Green Bay Packers star Josh Jacobs is being placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List following a strangulation arrest, according to multiple reports on Sunday.

Jacobs was charged with one count of battery and one count of criminal damage to property after a domestic incident near his home in Green Bay earlier this year. Jacobs faces up to $20,000 in fines or up to 18 months in prison if he is convicted of two misdemeanor charges filed.

The NFL Commissioner’s Exempt List “is a special player status available to clubs only in unusual circumstances,” according to the league rulebook. 

“The List includes those players who have been declared by the Commissioner to be temporarily exempt from counting within the Active List limit. Only the Commissioner has the authority to place a player on the Exempt List; clubs have no such authority, and no exemption, regardless of circumstances, is automatic. The Commissioner also has the authority to determine in advance whether a player’s time on the Exempt List will be finite or will continue until the Commissioner deems the exemption should be lifted and the player returned to the Active List.”

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