2007: Redshirted

High School: Earned two letters in football for Coach Jess Simpson . . . helped team to a 12-1 record as a senior and a 24-2 mark in his career . . . helped team to two regional championships and a No. 3 ranking in the state as a senior . . . all-county

Personal: Son of Douglas Jacoby and Alison Jacoby . . . one sister and two brothers . . . father, Doug, lettered in football at Ball State in 1979 and 1980 . . . grandfather, George, played football at Ohio State and for the New York Giants . . . born Nov. 12, 1988, in Ellicot City, Md. . . . full name is Benjamin James Jacoby.