Jacob Huesman

Jacob Andrew Huesman (born February 27, 1993) is an American football coach and former player. He played college football for the Chattanooga Mocs as a quarterback. He was a member of the New York Giants' practice squad as a fullback.

Early life Jacob Andrew Huesman was born on February 27, 1993. He played high school football at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a dual-threat quarterback. Huesman also earned SoCon All-Freshman Team (2012), Beyond College Sports second-team All-American (2014), STATS second-team All-American (2015), and SoCon Male Student-Athlete of the Year honors (2015) during his college career. After going undrafted, he attended rookie minicamp on a tryout basis with both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans.

On May 28, 2016, Huesman signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League as a quarterback. He "struggled" during the team's Green and White game, only completing two of five passes while also losing a fumble. He was released on June 6, 2016, and replaced with Phillip Sims. Huesman signed a reserve/future contract with the Giants on January 9, 2017. After practices, Huesman also worked on long snapping with special teams coach Tom Quinn. He was waived on September 2, 2017, before the start of the regular season. He began his collegiate coaching career in 2017 as a graduate assistant at Richmond under his father. He was then a graduate assistant at Georgia State in 2018, and the tight ends coach at Chattanooga from 2019 to 2022. In 2023, Huesman rejoined his father at Richmond as the team's quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2024 and co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2025.