Personal
After surviving the fire during his second year of college, Long got a tattoo of Saint Joseph on his right bicep. His aunt had placed a card of the saint under his pillow while he was in the hospital in intensive care. He also has a tattoo of the family name on his other arm. Long has two brothers: John and Joseph ("Joe"). Joe Long attended Wayne State University, and spent the 2012 preseason with the St Louis Rams in 2012. Jake Long married his college sweetheart, Jacqueline Laurian, on March 10, 2012.
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