Josh Jacobs' inspiring journey from sleeping on hotel floors and being a zero-star recruit to dominating at Alabama and replacing Marshawn Lynch in Oakland.

Growing up as one of five children to a single father in Tulsa, Jacobs bounced from hotel room to hotel room in middle school. The Raiders' first-rounder (No. 24) also briefly lived in a Chevy Suburban with his dad, who Jacobs said kept a gun nearby and often didn't sleep.

Two months before National Signing Day: Zero FBS scholarship offers

One month before National Signing Day: Offers from Wyoming and New Mexico State 

After a Texas coach advised him to put highlights online: Received offers from Alabama, Oklahoma, and Missouri, among others

• Jacobs on Alabama's campus: "Everything was so nice, it was weird." 

• Backfield included Damien Harris (2015 No. 2 RB) and Najee Harris (2017 No. 2 RB). Jacobs only recorded 299 career touches. 

• Bama executives pushed him to tell his story to help others in crisis. 

• Jacobs was a Saban favorite: "He doesn't (chat in the halls) to a lot of people. He kind of picks a select few." (AL.com, M. Casagrande) 

Jacobs and his four siblings took turns getting shoes as kids. In the seventh grade, a pair of black-and-red Air Jordan 13s sparked a lifelong love of sneakers. Jacobs wore the sole out of those shoes. 

That'll likely never happen again. The feeling those Jordans gave Jacobs led to him building a collection of more than 150 pairs!