Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs received minor injuries and was arrested on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge after a pre-dawn single-vehicle crash Monday near McCarran International Airport, authorities said Monday.
A Las Vegas police report said Jacobs, 22, was taken to a hospital for treatment of a cut on his forehead after the air bag deployed when the 2019 Acura NSX sports car he was driving crashed into a tunnel wall at the Las Vegas airport, prosecutor Eric Bauman said.
Police at the scene determined the 5-foot-10, 220-pound Jacobs was impaired by alcohol, and blood was drawn at the hospital, Bauman said. Laboratory results can take several weeks.
Jacobs was booked at the Clark County jail on a driving under the influence charge and released without bail pending a court appearance March 8, said his attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld.
The attorneys noted that no complaint was immediately filed.
“We intend to enter a not guilty plea on behalf of Mr. Jacobs if he is ever charged,” they said.
Jacobs lives in Las Vegas, Chesnoff said.
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It was not immediately clear if Jacobs had just returned to Las Vegas from Denver, where the Raiders defeated the Broncos, 32-31, in their final NFL regular season game. That was less than 12 hours before the 4:43 a.m. crash.
“The Raiders are aware of the situation involving Josh Jacobs,” team spokesman Will Kiss said in a statement. “The organization takes these matters seriously and we have no further comment at this time.”
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Associated Press writer W.G. Ramirez contributed to this report.
