Career Summary
McKay Jacobson came to BYU as the 5A Texas Football Wide Receiver of the Year from Southlake Carroll High School. As a four-time letterman, Jacobson played in 48 games and tallied 113 receptions for 1,836 yards. Jacobson also registered 10 touchdowns, 16 kick returns and 10 punt returns. As a junior, Jacobson was BYU's third-leading receiver with 37 receptions. He caught a career-long 80-yard pass against Florida State as a sophomore while helping BYU to a No. 3 national ranking in passing efficiency. Jacobson also proved himself in the classroom, earning several academic honors. See the season summary tabs below and the recognition and stats tabs for more details.
Professional
Signed free agent deal with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012
Personal
- Parents are Evan and Hally Jacobson
- Married to wife Kimberly
- His mother Hally was a cheerleader at BYU
- Has two brothers and three sisters
- Sister Jeniel is a cheerleader at BYU
- Cousin Allen Jacobson played cornerback at Southern Utah
- Served in the Japan Sapporo Mission for the LDS Church
- Speaks Japanese
- Majoring in Japanese
- Eagle Scout
- Recruited by Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Baylor, Kansas, Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Houston, Colorado State, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State, Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa, Notre Dame, Florida State, Arizona, Arizona State, TCU, Air Force and Stanford.
Before BYU
- Named to the 55th annual Texas Sportswriters Association's All-State First Team
- 5A Texas Football All-Texas First-Team as a senior
- 5A Texas Football Wide Receiver of the Year
- Dallas Morning News All-Area First-Team
- Fort Worth Star Telegram 5A Super Team Selection
- TexasPrepXtra Super Team
- Associated Press All-State Second-Team
- Coaches All Region One First-Team
- Coaches 5-5A All-District First-Team
- Named to the Texas 5A Academic All-State Team
- Voted team offensive player of the year
- Led state with 99 receptions for 1,631 receiving yards
- Recorded 19 touchdowns his senior year
- Recorded 35 receptions for 459 receiving yards and three touchdowns his junior year, with one punt return touchdown
- Had 67 receptions for 952 receiving yards and eight touchdowns his sophomore year
- Returned two punts for touchdowns as a sophomore
- Finished career with 201 receptions (school record) for 3,019 yards (school record) and 30 touchdowns
- Named District 7-5A Sophomore of the Year in 2003
- A three year starter
- Helped lead team to three state championships and two national championships
- Team was 63-1 in his four years with the team
- Ran track in high school
- District champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters as a sophomore
- Regional finalist in the 100 meters and 200 meters and a state finalist in the 200 meters as a sophomore
- Recruited by Florida State, Baylor, Texas Tech and others for track