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Chris Jacoubs '06 - New Moravian Hall of Fame Inductee

Chris Jacoubs '06 - New Moravian Hall of Fame Inductee

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Chris Jacoubs '06, a former football student-athlete, is being inducted into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame on November 11, 2016 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Jacoubs is a 2006 Moravian graduate, and he was a three-year letterwinner on the football squad as a running back. Jacoubs set the school record with 3,854 rushing yards in just 31 career games with 17 100-plus yard games in 26 starts, including four games over 200 yards. He also helped the Greyhounds to a 7-4 record and the ECAC Division III Southwest Bowl Championship in his final season in 2005.

Jacoubs became the first player in Moravian history to reach 3,000 rushing yards in a career and the only player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back-to-back seasons in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also finished his career first all-time at Moravian with 216 points, 36 career touchdowns, and 786 career rushing attempts while setting a total of 18 school records during his career.

Jacoubs, who came to Moravian after walking on at Bowling Green University and redshirting, was the Middle Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2003, named to the All-MAC First Team in 2004 and 2005, a member of the ECAC Division III Southeast All-Star First Team in 2004 and 2005 and the ECAC Division III Southeast Rookie of the Year in 2003. Jacoubs was also on the Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-East Region Second Team as a sophomore.

Jacoubs currently resides in Sea Girt, New Jersey.

To register to attend the 2016 Hall of Fame Induction, click here http://moraviansports.com/information/HOF/2016/registration