The reports that running back Josh Jacobs was returning to the Las Vegas Raiders got the best kind of confirmation on Saturday when the 2022 NFL rushing leader tweeted: “I’m back.”

Las Vegas also announced Jacobs had returned to the team.

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After not practicing with the Raiders since the end of the 2022 season, Jacobs will get to work with his teammates to prepare for Las Vegas’ season-opening game on Sept. 10 against the Denver Broncos.

The former Alabama ball-carrier and the NFL team were at loggerheads over Jacobs’ compensation for the 2023 season, and it took a historic agreement to get the running back in the fold again.

The impasse began when Las Vegas used its franchise tag to prevent Jacobs from becoming a free agent in March. The franchise tag guaranteed the former Alabama standout a $10.091 million payday for the 2023 season and gave the team and player until July 17 to work out a multi-year deal.

They failed to do so, and Jacobs never signed the franchise-tag tender.

Once the deadline passed, NFL rules prohibited the Raiders from offering Jacobs anything but a one-year contract. It did not prohibit Las Vegas from offering him more money, but that wasn’t the way the franchise tag had worked in the past.

But reports indicate Jacobs has become the first player in the history of the franchise tag to get a one-year contract with a base value higher than the tender value. Jacobs is signing a contract with a base salary of $11.8 million, with another $200,000 available in incentives.

Jacobs’ base salary will be highest for an NFL running back in the 2023 season.

Jacobs won the NFL rushing crown in 2022 as he ran for 1,653 yards and 12 touchdowns on 340 carries. He also led the league in yards from scrimmage with another 400 yards on 53 receptions.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.