Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• 2017 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• 3x NCAA All-American (2019: floor | 2018: vault, parallel bars)
• Big Ten Parallel Bars Champion (2017)
• First Team All-Big Ten (2017)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2016)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• Academic All-Big Ten (2017)
• Illini Stick Award winner (2018)
• 11 career titles won 

Career Highs

2017-Present
Floor Exercise: 14.450 (at Penn State & Michigan, 3/16/19)
Pommel Horse: 13.050 (vs. Iowa, 1/26/19)
Still Rings: 14.050 (at Penn State, 1/27/18)
Vault: 14.633 (at NCAA Finals, 4/21/18)
Parallel Bars: 14.666 (at NCAA Finals, 4/21/18)
High Bar: 14.150 (at Penn State & Michigan, 3/16/19)
All-Around: 82.000 (at Penn State & Michigan, 3/16/19)

2013-2016
Floor Exercise: 14.900 (at Minnesota, 2/13/16)
Pommel Horse: 13.500 (vs. Temple/UIC, 2/6/16)
Still Rings: 14.900 (vs. Temple/UIC, 2/6/16)
Vault: 14.450 (vs. Temple/UIC, 2/6/16)
Parallel Bars: 15.200 (2x, last at Big Ten Event Finals, 4/2/16)
High Bar: 14.450 (vs. Temple/UIC, 2/6/16)
All-Around: 86.500 (vs. Temple/UIC, 2/6/16)

Senior - 2019

• NCAA All American on floor exercise
• Totaled two 81-plus all-around totals on the year, including a career-best 82.000 at Penn State/Michigan
• Scored a career-high 14.450 floor routine against Penn State/Michigan on March 16
• Won six event titles on the year
• Participated in the 2019 Winter Cup Challenge
• Saw action in all 11 meets for the Illini on the year

Junior - 2018

• NCAA All American on vault and parallel bars
• Posted the second-best parallel bars total in school history (under the current scoring system) at the NCAA Finals (14.666)
• Scored a vault run of 14.633 at the NCAA Finals, marking a new career high
• Big Ten event finalist on floor and parallel bars
• Finished with a season-best all-around total of 77.400 at the Windy City Invitational
• Illini Men's Gymnastics Stick Award winner
• Participated in the 2018 Winter Cup Challenge 
• Saw action in 15 meets on the season

Sophomore - 2017

• CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Big Ten Parallel Bars Champion
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Won 10 titles on the year (six parallel bars, two vault and two all-around)
• Saw action in every meet for the Illini on parallel bars, and competed in the all-around seven times
• Participated in the 2017 Winter Cup Challenge
• Posted a season-best score of 14.600 on parallel bars at the Windy City Invitational

Freshman - 2016

• Second Team All-Big Ten
• Third place finish at Big Ten Championships (15.200) on parallel bars
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• Set career highs on five events in Illinois' meet against Temple and UIC on Feb. 6
• 16 top-five event finishes across the season
• Won the all-around title against Temple and UIC
• Owns a share of Illinois' top score on the parallel bars of the season (15.200)
• Registered two of the top four parallel bars scores of the Illini on the season
• Posted the third-best all-around score for the Illini on the season

High School/Club

• Member of the 2013 Junior National Team that took first place at the Junior Mexican Cup
• Finished second on parallel bars and ninth in the all-around at the 2014 Junior Olympic National Championships
• Coached by Gabrel Conner
• Graduate of Syracuse High School in Utah

Personal

• Born John Dathan Jacobson on September 6, 1996
• Son of Dathan and Lynell Jacobson
• Has three older siblings and one younger, Jordan, Justin, Jalen and Lonica
• Enjoys to golf in his spare time
• Lists Alexai Nemov as his favorite athlete
• Studying Kinesiology