A running back with ties to the Alabama football program who was about to become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday has been re-signed by the Las Vegas Raiders.
On Friday, the Raiders announced they had signed Jacobs’ backup, Ameer Abdullah, to a contract extension.
Terms of the deal were not released, although Abdullah signed a one-year contract when he joined Las Vegas in March 2022 and signed another one-year pact the team in March 23.
In his second season with the Raiders, Abdullah ran for 89 yards on 15 carries, caught 19 catches for 131 yards and returned 26 kickoffs for a 20.9-yard average in 2023. He was on the field for 216 offensive snaps and 256 special-teams plays.
In nine NFL seasons, Abdullah has participated in 125 regular-season and two postseason games. In his regular-season appearances, Abdullah has run for 1,683 yards and six touchdowns on 428 rushes, caught 163 catches for 1,207 yards and eight touchdowns and returned 142 kickoffs for a 24.6-yard average.
In his senior season at Homewood High School, Abdullah rushed for 1,800 yards and 24 touchdowns, had 515 receiving yards and returned four punts for touchdowns for the Patriots.
In his final three seasons at Nebraska, Abdullah rushed for 4,438 yards and 36 touchdowns before entering the NFL as a second-round selection in the 2015 NFL Draft. With the Cornhuskers, Abdullah was a nominee for the Doak Walker Award, the Paul Hornung Award and the Wuerffel Trophy in 2014 as he became the first player in school history to post three straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons.
With the Detroit Lions, Abdullah led the NFL in kickoff-return yards as a rookie and was the team’s top ball-carrier in two of his first three seasons.
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Kevin Steele reacts to Lane Kiffin alleging he’s not running Alabama’s defense
Before Alabama football played Ole Miss in September, Rebels head coach and former UA offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin planned to raise a commotion. For the first time this season, he held a press conference on Sunday and expressed his conviction that Kevin Steele, the defensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide, wasn’t really calling plays for the team.
Travaris Robinson, the cornerbacks coach, was in command in Kiffin’s view. The following day, Nick Saban, the head coach of Alabama, refuted the assertion from the platform.
Before he and his team lost to Alabama 24-10, Kiffin stated he wasn’t attempting to stir up any controversy. Steele didn’t have the opportunity to address the public until Friday at a Rose Bowl press conference because Crimson Tide coordinators aren’t accessible to the media during the regular season.
