Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs concluded another Pro Bowl Games experience on Sunday, his third selection for the all-star honor in the past five seasons.

The 2022 NFL rushing champion and first-team All-Pro, Jacobs has established his credentials as one of the top running backs of his era. This season, the former Alabama ball-carrier pushed his career totals to 6,874 rushing yards and 233 receptions. Nine other players have reached both those figures in their first six NFL seasons, and five are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“Legacy, that’s the biggest thing,” Jacobs said about what he wants to do with the rest of his NFL career. “When you’ve accomplished a lot of accolades in this league, the only thing you really care about is winning and the legacy that you leave when it’s all said and done.

“Being on the Packers, I’m just trying to leave my legacy for this franchise, leave my legacy in this building and for the fans. But not only that, leave my impact in the community with the things that I do with the outreach programs and in the locker room with the guys that play with me. I would say that’s the biggest thing for me.”

Jacobs signed with the Packers in March as a free agent. He produced 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns on 301 rushing attempts. Jacobs had the third-most rushing touchdowns, fifth-most rushing yards and sixth-most carries in one season in franchise history.

“I pretty much did,” Jacobs said when asked if he expected such production when he signed with Green Bay. “There’s a big reason why I wanted to come here. Obviously, I wanted to win games, but also because I felt like I could see myself doing well over here.”

The Packers lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 22-10 in the first round of the NFC playoffs on Jan. 12. Jacobs has played in two playoff games in his career, and both have been losses.

But Green Bay posted an 11-6 regular-season, and Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst gave a lot of credit for Green Bay’s season to Jacobs and safety Xavier McKinney, another Alabama alumnus and 2024 Pro Bowl selection who joined the Packers as a free agent in March.

“They were proven players in this league,” Gutekunst said. “I knew what kind of players they were. You never know when you bring them into your environment if that’s going to continue or not. That’s the one thing. These guys aren’t robots. We were hopeful and we certainly had done the work and expected these guys to be really positive leaders for our football team because they were captains in the places they came from. Certainly, we had spent a lot of time studying both these guys at the University of Alabama, so we kind of knew them. But again, guys change as they grow, and you’re never really sure.

“I think where they exceeded my expectations was how quickly they embraced our culture here and then how much they positively impacted it at such a fast pace. Really happy to have those guys. They’re about the right stuff. They certainly made us better this year, and I expect that they’ll continue to do that as we go.”

Jacobs said he and McKinney sought to handle leadership roles in their first seasons with the Packers.

“Before every game, I’d go up to him and say, ‘It starts with me and you,’” Jacobs said. “I always tell him, like, ‘Man, look, if we’re starting off with the ball, I’m going to turn you up, so you come in and hold that standard.’”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.