here's a blurb on Hester:
Hester the man
Rookie Jacob Hester doesn't know why he has spent the majority of this season on the sideline when the offense is on the field.
"Not really," he said. "But you've got to respect the coaches' decision. They saw something that they didn't think I should be involved in the game plan. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to prove myself."
He will now.
Sunday night against the Colts, Hester was called on to replace fullback Mike Tolbert and put 10 games of relative inactivity - save for that fumble on his second career carry back in September - behind him and pick up where he left off in the preseason.
Hester, who caught three passes for 16 yards and a touchdown, will get work at fullback in practice this week as Tolbert sits with neck and shoulder injuries that will likely keep him out of Sunday's game against Atlanta.
"Jacob is a good football player, and he's going to get his opportunities to play this week," Turner said. " ... You can't ask for more than what he did. He blocked, he made a couple catches."
So why has Hester not played?
"The way Darren Sproles is playing, more than anything," Turner said. " ... We felt Jacob is more a tailback 'tweener' than fullback. He can play fullback, but Michael through most of the early part (of the season) was playing real well. We felt that was a demanding spot for Jacob, but he handled it real well (Sunday), and we'll keep working him there."
so he didn't play much, because he was in fact, a third tailback. and since not even Sproles was getting lots of reps, no wonder we didn't see much of Jacob.