Ex-NFL running back Brandon Jacobs wants to make NFL comeback as defensive end

First Tim Tebow, and now … Brandon Jacobs?

It seems like Jacobs - the bruising former running back who scored 60 touchdowns in his career with the New York Giants and won two Super Bowls - is serious about coming back to the NFL as a defensive end.

He was listed at 6-foot-4 and 264 pounds when the 38-year-old last played on the offensive side of the ball, and his initial Twitter announcement - see below - almost felt like it was trolling Tebow, who's going from QB to tight end after not playing the latter position ever.

But could Jacobs do the same at DE? He really does think so!

He even told Josina Anderson he's going for it:

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