Packers RB Josh Jacobs to be removed from NFL's commissioner exempt list, will be eligible to play Week 7
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Key Points:
- Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs will be removed from the NFL commissioner exempt list on Monday, making him eligible to play starting Week 7 against the Detroit Lions on October 25.
- Jacobs was placed on the exempt list on August 30 following his May arrest on domestic abuse charges, which remain under investigation by the NFL.
- Jacobs was charged with battery and criminal damage to property related to an incident where he allegedly grabbed and threw a woman to the ground; he pleaded no contest to these charges last month.
- Jacobs has filed a civil suit seeking to prevent the public release of evidence, including surveillance footage that reportedly supports the victim's account of the incident.
- Jacobs' attorneys expressed his eagerness to return to football after being removed from the exempt list.
