Samuel Jacobs

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firstname = Sam
lastname = Jacobs


birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1988|4|10
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originalteam = Woodville-West Torrens Eagles (SA)
heightweight = 202cm/102kg
dead = alive 1988 - 2008
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playingteams = Carlton (2007-) 0 games, 0 goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = 2008
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Sam Jacobs (born 10 April 1988) In Adelaide, South Australia, he is an Australian rules footballer who is named on the Carlton Football Club rookie list in the Australian Football League for 2007. He attended Ardrossan Area School and lived with his parents Corrie and John, and his older brother Aaron.

Jacobs was selected by Carlton with its first-round selection in the 2006/2007 AFL rookie draft (1st pick overall). At only eighteen years old, Jacobs was noted for his size (199cm tall and 101kg). He played as a ruckman at the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles in the SANFL, playing as back-up ruckman in 13 senior games in 2006. As a rookie-listed player, he played for Carlton's VFL affiliate, the Northern Bullants, for the whole 2007 season, and remains on the rookie list at the beginning of 2008.