Darrod Jacobs didn’t know much about the University of Utah before he received the call his junior year. But he did know one thing: It’s where Chicago Bears corner Clark Phillips III played collegiately. “I didn’t know anything beyond that, to be honest,” Jacobs, a three-star recruit from Port Arthur Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas, told The Salt Lake Tribune.
Why this Texas recruit chose Utah football over Northwestern, Baylor and Houston
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