Former Husker basketball player signs with NFL's Seahawks

A former Husker basketball player is going pro...in the NFL.

Michael Jacobson, who played two seasons in Lincoln before finishing his career at Iowa State, has signed as a tight end with the Seattle Seahawks.

Jacobson, who is 6-foot-7, 244 pounds, played football at Waukee (Iowa) High School and earned a scholarship offer from the Iowa State football squad, but instead he went to Nebraska to play basketball.

After two seasons with the Huskers, during which he started 56 games for coach Tim Miles, Jacobson transferred to Iowa State where he started 67 games over two seasons for the Cyclones, averaging 9.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. 

After finishing his college career, Jacobson spent last year playing for Kyiv-Basket of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.

This is not the first time in recent history that the Seahawks have attempted to convert a former college basketball player. Most notably, the Seahawks signed George Fant as an undrafted rookie following a standout basketball career at Western Kentucky, and Fant went on to play 46 games, starting 24 as a tackle and a big tight end over three seasons before signing with the Jets as a free agent last year. Seattle also signed Darren Fells, a UC Irvine basketball player, in 2013, and while he didn't make the team, he has gone on to appear in 102 games with 76 starts over the past seven seasons.