Jakob Elijah Johnson (German pronunciation: [ˈjaːkɔp] YAH-kop; née Weinmann; born 15 December 1994) is a German-American professional football fullback who is a free agent.

[2] At the University of Tennessee, he became a member of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll for three consecutive seasons and graduated with a degree in kinesiology.

He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity[3] Following his graduation from Tennessee in 2018, Johnson returned to the Stuttgart Scorpions of the German Football League where he would play for a year.

[5] Jakob entered the NFL via the International Player Pathway Program and was signed by New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent on 8 April 2019.

[8] As the Patriots chose not to register him as an international player, Jakob counted against the 10-man practice squad limit, and was therefore eligible to be signed to the active roster during the 2019 season.

[9] He was promoted from the practice squad on 21 September 2019 following an injury to James Develin and became the first International Pathway player to be activated[10] and play in an NFL game.

[12] To start the 2020 NFL season, his second, Johnson made the Patriots 53-man roster out of camp, becoming the second International Pathway player to do so after Efe Obada.