The name David Jacobs might not initially ring many bells. He’s the convicted steroids dealer from Plano, Texas, who was sharing information with the NFL regarding steroids users until he committed suicide.
By shooting himself.
The Dallas Morning News reports that, before Jacobs died, he told the News that he was Mike Vick’s steroids supplier during Vick’s tenure with the Falcons.
Jacobs’ death occurred while Vick was serving time in Kansas for dogfighting and gambling.
The News squatted on this information because authorities declined to confirm that Vick was part of the investigation. But the News has now opted to publish the allegation based on recently-released documents from the DEA connecting Vick to steroids.
The evidence comes from the Falcons’ 2006 Christmas party. Per the News, details that were supplied by an informant to the DEA “are similar” to the things Jacobs told the News before he died.
The league at one point expressed an intention to suspend linebacker Ryan Fowler for four games based on information provided by Jacobs before his death. Fowler appealed, and the case has since been dormant. The News reports that Fowler’s attorney has heard nothing, and that he assumes the matter is closed.
This likely means that the NFL will be taking no action against any of the players whom Jacobs fingered, probably because it would be difficult if not impossible to make the charges stick on appeal without testimony from Jacobs.
So it’s a shame he shot himself.
Twice.
