- 2010 MLB Draft Pick (New York Yankees, 18th Round)
- 2009 Alaska Summer League No. 1 Pro Prospect (Baseball America)
- 2009 ACC Honor RollRight-handed pitcher with outstanding size and frame … Has an unorthodox delivery which makes him very effective … Possesses a very strong arm and has an excellent work ethic, both on and off the mound … Has three pitches he throws for strikes, including a very good fastball … Began the 2010 season as the top closer, but missed most of the year with shoulder tendinitis … Changed roles from a midweek starter to reliever at the end of the 2009 season.
Selected in the 18th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees … Named 2009 Top Prospect in the Alaska League by Baseball America … Named to the 2009 ACC Honor Roll.
2010
Missed most of the season with shoulder tendinitis … Held a 5.23 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 10.1 innings … Recorded two saves … Threw a perfect ninth inning of relief, striking out the side, and combining for the shutout in the season-opener against Missouri State (2/19) … Added two more strikeouts in a relief appearance during the series finale against the Bears (2/21) … Picked up the first save of his career, pitching 1.1 innings against Georgia Southern (2/24) … Earned his second save of the season entering in the ninth against Xavier (2/26) … Pitched a scoreless ninth inning while combining with Deck McGuire for a shutout of Rutgers (3/5) … Worked another scoreless inning against Wake Forest (3/13) … Returned after missing over two months of action, striking out all three batters faced in a setup role against No. 5 Miami (5/14).2009
Made 22 appearances on the year, five of which were midweek starts … Started the third game of two weekend ACC series’ … Was third on the team in strikeouts (54) and tied for third in wins (5) … Went 5-3 with a 4.69 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched … Tossed 10 scoreless outings … Finished the season allowing just one run of three of his last four outings … inherited 13 runners on the season, none of which scored … Worked a career-long 6.2 innings at Georgia Southern (2/25) to pick up the first win of his career … Worked two innings in relief against Maryland (3/8), holding the Terps hitless while striking out two of the seven batters he faced … Struck out a career-high seven batters in a career-long outing of eight innings to earn his second win of the season against Kennesaw State (3/11) … Limited the Owls to just two runs on six hits … Held Kennesaw State (3/18) to three hits while striking out three in five innings of work to earn his fourth win of the season a week later … Worked 4.1 scoreless innings against Virginia Tech (3/22), allowing just two hits while striking out five to earn his fourth win of the season … Struck out the only batter he faced in Tech’s 11-10 loss to Virginia (4/11) to end the top of the ninth, and then stranded the bases loaded in the top of the ninth the following day to help preserve a 4-4 tie … Struck out a career-high eight batters in five innings against Georgia State (4/15) to earn his fifth win of the season … Struck out two in an inning of work against Georgia (5/12) … Made two scoreless outings in the ACC Championships, including striking out two in 1.1 innings against Florida State (5/23) … Pitched a scoreless inning of relief while striking out two in a 9-3 win over Georgia State in the opening game of the NCAA Atlanta Regional (5/29) … Worked 4.2 innings of relief allowing just one run with four strikeouts in the regional final against Southern Miss. (6/1).2008
Made 20 appearances on the season, all out of the bullpen … Took part in three of the Yellow Jackets’ five shutouts on the season … Struck out 29 batters in 30 innings of work … Twelve of his 20 appearances were scoreless outings … Held Georgia Southern (2/27) to two hits while striking out four in his first collegiate appearance … Struck out the side in a 1-2-3 inning against Rutgers (3/2) … Tossed a scoreless eighth inning against Kennesaw State (3/18) and threw two shutout innings at Boston College (3/29) … Made a scoreless relief appearance at Georgia Southern (4/16) and had a pair of scoreless outings vs. Wake Forest (4/25, 4/27) by facing the minimum while working an inning in relief in both contests … Threw two shutout innings against Coastal Carolina (5/3) and another vs. Clemson (5/11) … Worked 1.1 scoreless innings against Georgia (6/1) in the NCAA Athens Regional.High School
Three-year letterwinner for coach Jeff Markle at Parkville High School … Tabbed a Louisville Slugger High School All-American in 2007 … Holds the school strikeout record for a season (125) and a career (316) … Named first-team all-metro by the Baltimore Sun after going 9-2 with a 0.45 ERA while holding opponents to a .112 average in 2007 … Posted a career record of 23-8-3 with a 0.91 ERA in three years at Parkville … Earned first-team Baltimore County and second-team all-metro honors by the Baltimore Sun in 2006 … Participated in the Brooks Robinson all-star game … Rated the No. 4 player in Maryland in 2006, according to Baseball America Prospect Plus … Also lettered two years in cross country and two years in indoor track … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Graduated in the top five percent of his class.Personal
Full name is Kevin Walker Jacob … Born March 26, 1989 … Son of Larry and Sally Jacob … Majoring in management at Georgia Tech.Career Statistics
Year ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK 2008 4.50 0-0 20/0 0 0/3 0 30.0 38 18 15 17 29 7 1 1 142 .309 8 2 0 0 0 2009 4.69 5-3 22/7 0 0/0 0 55.2 58 34 29 29 54 8 1 7 249 .270 12 2 0 3 0 2010 5.23 0-0 10/0 0 0/3 2 10.1 11 6 6 6 13 2 0 1 46 .297 2 2 1 0 0 TOTAL 4.69 5-3 52/7 0 0/6 2 96.0 107 58 50 52 96 17 2 9 437 .285 22 6 1 3 0