Notre Dame In Jacobs freshman year at Notre Dame he ran the 1200m leg of their NCAA Championship winning DMR team alongside Edward Cheatham, Samuel Voelz and
Yared Nuguse. The following indoor season that same team ran the NCAA's second fastest DMR ever at the Alex Wilson Invitational. Jacobs finished his junior year of cross country by placing 20th at the NCAA Championships helping the Irish run to a second place finish behind
Northern Arizona. That spring in track he finished 11th at the NCAA Championships running a 13:25.65 5,000m to break the school record. In his final year at Notre Dame Dylan finished 10th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Transfer to Tennessee In June 2022 Jacobs's coach at Notre Dame,
Sean Carlson, announced he was leaving Notre Dame to coach at the
University of Tennessee. In July, Jacobs announced via his Instagram that he was transferring to the Tennessee. That fall, he finished 4th place at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Tennessee Jacobs started his 2023 Indoor season by running 13:11.01 at the Terrier Classic on January 27, which at the time was the third fastest collegiate mark ever. Two weeks later he ran the second fastest collegiate 3000m by finishing in 7:36.89 at the
Millrose Games. His time was less than half a second off the record which was set two weeks earlier by
Northern Arizona runner
Drew Bosley. Jacobs won the SEC championship in the DMR and 3000m. At the NCAA Indoor Championships Jacobs took the lead in the 5000m with 450 meters to go and ultimately won the race in 13:37.59, a facility and NCAA altitude record. Later in the meet he finished 6th in the 3000m by running 7:52.25. Following the meet, the
USTFCCA named him the South Region Men's Track Athlete of the Year for the 2022-23 indoor season. == Professional career ==