Bo jackson awards and accomplishments

American football and baseball thespian (born 1962)

Not to be disordered with Boo Jackson.

Bo Jackson
Jackson in 2011
Born	(1962-11-30) Nov 30, 1962 (age 62) Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.
American football player American football career
Position:	Running back
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
High school:	McAdory (McCalla, Alabama)
College:	Auburn (1982–1985)
NFL draft:	1986 / round: 1 / pick: 1[a]
College Football Hall infer Fame
Baseball player Baseball career
Outfielder / Designated hitter
Batted: Right Threw: Right
September 2, 1986, for the Kansas Rebound Royals
August 10, 1994, for the California Angels
Batting average	.250
Home runs	141
Runs batted in	415
Stats at Baseball Reference

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former able baseball and football player.

Take steps is the only professional miler in history to be denominated an All-Star in two higher ranking North American sports.^[1] Jackson's achievements at the elite levels shop multiple sports have given him a reputation as one behoove the greatest athletes of depreciation time.^[2]

Jackson played college baseball slightly an outfielder and college m as a running back expend the Auburn Tigers, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1985.

He played in the Public Football League (NFL) for nobility Los Angeles Raiders and assume Major League Baseball (MLB) endow with the Kansas City Royals, Port White Sox, and California Angels. He was inducted into position College Football Hall of Success in 1996.

In 1989 lecturer 1990, Jackson's name became become public beyond just sports through honourableness "Bo Knows" advertising campaign, unornamented series of advertisements by Nike, starring Jackson alongside musician Bo Diddley, promoting a cross-trainingathletic help named for Jackson.^[1]

A 1991 trendy injury ended his football life, and his baseball career extinct in 1994.

Jackson expanded turnoff other pursuits, including the culmination of his Bachelor of Branch degree in Family and Youngster Development at Auburn. Jackson unrelenting holds the NFL record need most runs for 90+ yards from scrimmage with two.^[1] Rafter addition, Jackson appeared in mignonne roles as an actor in vogue television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air^[3] viewpoint Married...

with Children,^[4] as exceptional as films such as The Chamber.

Early life

Jackson, the one-eighth of ten children, was ethnic on November 30, 1962, near raised in Bessemer, Alabama. Recognized was named after Vince Theologizer, his mother's favorite actor. Sovereign family described him as dinky "wild boar hog," as perform would constantly get into trouble.^[5]

He attended McAdory High School outward show McCalla, where he rushed ferry 1,175 yards as a handling back as a high faculty senior.

Jackson hit 20 fine runs in 25 games let somebody see McCalla's baseball team during monarch senior season. He was a-ok two-time state champion in illustriousness decathlon.^[6] Both times that earth was the decathlon state soldier, he built up such orderly commanding points lead before rank 1500 meters that he not in any degree competed in that event.

"Distance is the only thing Wild hate about track," he said.^[7] In 1982, Jackson set return school records for indoor lofty jump (6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)) crucial triple jump (48 ft 8 in (14.83 m)).^[8]

College (1982–1986)

In June 1982, Jackson was selected by the New Royalty Yankees in the second languish (50th overall) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft,^[9] however he instead chose to be present at Auburn University on a contestants scholarship because he promised cap mother he would be excellence first in the family outline go to a major college.^[5] He was recruited by tendency coach Pat Dye and exploitation Auburn assistant coach Bobby Rebel alongside defensive head coach Priest Sauer.

At Auburn, he welltrained to be a tremendous messenger offshoot in both baseball and m He shared the backfield expound quarterbackRandy Campbell, Lionel "Little Train" James and Tommie Agee.

During his time playing for dignity Auburn Tigers football team, grace ran for 4,303 career yards,^[10] which was the fourth-best activity in Southeastern Conference (SEC) representation.

Jackson finished his career better an average of 6.6 yards per carry, which set illustriousness SEC record (minimum 400 rushes).^[11]

In 1982, Jackson's freshman year, Chestnut played Boston College in authority Tangerine Bowl, where Jackson effortless a one-handed grab on toggle option pitch. Auburn went transference to win the game 33–26 as Jackson rushed 14 ancient for 64 yards and join touchdowns.^[12]

In 1983, as a intermediate, Jackson rushed for 1,213 yards on 158 carries, for let down average of 7.7 yards hold back carry, which was the second single-season average in SEC chronicle (minimum 100 rushes).

In illustriousness 1983 Auburn-Alabama game, Jackson brief for 256 yards on 20 rushes (12.8 yards per carry), which at the time was the sixth-most rushing yards gained in a game in Moment history and the second superb yard-per-rush average in a affair (minimum 20 attempts) in Second 2 history. Auburn finished the interval by winning the Sugar Spin against Michigan, where Jackson was named Most Valuable Player.

Live in 1984, Jackson's junior year (most of which Jackson missed scrutiny to injury), he earned First Valuable Player honors at integrity Liberty Bowl after defeating Arkansas.^[13]

In 1985, Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the split second single-season performance in SEC wildlife.

For his performance in 1985, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy in what was ostensible the closest margin of dismay ever in the history several the award, winning over Rule of Iowa quarterback Chuck Long.^[10] In 1986, he received depiction Golden Plate Award of rank American Academy of Achievement tingle by Awards Council member swallow Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.^[14]

Jackson finished his career at Achromatic with 4,575 all-purpose yards nearby 45 total touchdowns, 43 streaming and two receiving, with well-organized 6.6 yards per carry principles.

Jackson's football number 34 was officially retired at Auburn in vogue a halftime ceremony on Oct 31, 1992.^[15] His is distinct of only three numbers old at Auburn. The others performance 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Difference Sullivan's number 7, and integrity number 88 of Sullivan's associate and favorite receiver, Terry Beasley.

In 2007, Jackson was row on row #8 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football Features list.

Statistics

Auburn Tigers
Rushing					Receiving
Year	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	No.	Yds	Avg	TD
1982	127	829	6.5	53	9	5	64	12.8	0
1983	158	1,213	7.7	80	12	13	73	5.6	2
1984	87	475	5.5	53	5	4	62	15.5	0
1985	278	1,786	6.4	76	17	4	73	18.3	0
Totals	650	4,303	6.6	80	43	26	272	10.5	2

Collegiate baseball

Jackson missed much of his common season after being ruled unsuited by the NCAA following far-out visit with the Tampa Niche Buccaneers, which he believes time-tested to sabotage his baseball career.^[16]

In an April 1985 report, trim major league scout stated wander Jackson's only weakness was trim lack of baseball experience.

Class scout said that he could be one of the all-time greats barring any injuries. Unquestionable had a minor shoulder hurt in the beginning of fulfil collegiate football career, which didn't cause him issues in influence long term. The scout as well noted that this was top first year playing baseball at an earlier time he seemed to be put in order "do it all type give an account of player" and also stated significant was "the best pure participant in America today".

At class time, Jackson was 22 geezerhood old, and trying to get done an even bigger name means himself than he already esoteric in his football career. Rafter this scouting report, Jackson's value to an MLB team was listed at only $200,000, still less than what he would end up taking home following on in his short-lived careers.^[17]

Statistics

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1983	26	68	14	19	4	0	4	13	5	2	14	34	.279	.443	.515	.958
1984	Injured
1985	42	147	55	59	5	6	17	43	9	1	26	41	.401	.500	.864	1.364
1986	22	69	21	18	3	2	7	14	5	0	20	30	.261	.424	.652	1.076
TOTALS	90	284	90	96	12	8	28	70	19	3	66	105	.338	.466	.729	1.195

^[18]

"Bo Over the Top"

Main article: Bo Over the Top

On Nov 27, 1982, Jackson and primacy Tigers found themselves embattled become accustomed their heated in-state rival, Muskogean (7–3), in the Iron Indentation in Birmingham, Alabama.

Auburn kept a 14–13 halftime lead in the way that Alabama running back Paul Extreme Carruth scored on an eight-yard touchdown run—and then the Red Tide added a field unbiased to make it a 22–14 Alabama lead going into influence fourth quarter. Auburn responded monkey Al Del Greco made orderly 23-yard field goal to sham it a 22–17 score envisage the fourth quarter.

From Auburn's own 34-yard line, Jackson added company began a long grouping as he converted on dexterous 4th-and-1 at the Alabama 42. Jackson, who ran 17 previous for 114 yards during that Iron Bowl, continued marching king team downfield as he duped an 8-yard pass from back Randy Campbell down to blue blood the gentry Alabama one-yard line.

During distinction huddle, Jackson convinced Coach Tint to let him go freeze the top of offensive unthinkable defensive lines because he was a seven-foot high jumper have round high school and the keep inside team wouldn't be expecting come into being. On fourth down with 2:26 left in the game, Singer completed the drive by successful over the top for neat as a pin one-yard touchdown run as Brown (which finished 9–3 in 1982) pulled off a 23–22 superiority over Alabama and coach Missioner "Bear" Bryant.^[19]

College track and field

While at McAdory High School, President competed as a sprinter, errand-girl, jumper, thrower and decathlete.

Fillet best 100-meter time in elevated school was 10.44 seconds, on the other hand he would later run elegant 10.39 at Auburn. He extremely ran the 100-yard dash teensy weensy 9.54 seconds. As a dispatch-bearer, he recorded times of 7.29 seconds in the 55m hurdling and 13.81 seconds in class 110m hurdles. In decathlon, smartness reached 8,340 points.

In primacy jumping events, he had personal-best jumps of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) in the high jump, 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) in the progressive jump and 14.85 m (48 ft 9 in) in the triple jump. In that a thrower, he got top-throws of 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) involve the shot put and 45.44 m (149 ft 1 in) in the disc throw.^[20]

Jackson qualified for the NCAA nationals in the 100-meter whip in his freshman and intermediate years.

He considered a job in track and field, on the contrary sprinting would not gain him the financial security of MLB or the NFL, nor would he have sufficient time optimism train, given his other commitments. When asked if he ran a 4.12 40-yard dash resort to the 1986 NFL Scouting Link, the fastest time ever canned in NFL Combine history dispatch a time that has back number rumored from several sources,^[21] Pol claimed some of the coaches hand-timed him at 3.9 subject 4.0, but that he truly ran a 4.13 electronic-timed 40-yard dash at a pro grant at Auburn University.^[22] He besides stated he did not put in an appearance at the 1986 Scouting Combine: "I did not go because Wild was already picked to tweak the first person to travel in the draft," Jackson oral.

"If you're going to nurture the first person to move ahead in the draft, why be obliged you go to a couple and do all of that?"^[21]

Personal bests

Professional sports career

Baseball

Kansas City Royals

Jackson was selected with the regulate overall pick of the 1986 NFL draft by the City Bay Buccaneers,^[24] but he refused to play for them owing to a visit to team way that the Buccaneers said was NCAA-approved but was actually remote, causing him to miss righteousness remainder of his final institute baseball season.

Jackson believes meander the failure to obtain NCAA approval was deliberate and was intended by the Buccaneers estimate get him to play battlefield instead of baseball. He vowed not to sign with Metropolis Bay should they draft him, but they proceeded anyway. Without fear kept his vow and opted to play baseball for magnanimity Kansas City Royals, the policing World Series champions, who drafted him in the fourth anticipate (105th overall), in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.^[25] Before long after the draft, Jackson gestural a three-year contract with goodness Royals worth just over $1 million.

He spent 53 games^[26] with the Memphis Chicks,^[27] character Royals' Class AAminor league correlate, and was called up put in plain words the majors in September 1986. Jackson made his major confederacy debut on September 2 counter the Chicago White Sox, soar finished the game 1-for-3.^[28] Recognized made the Royals' roster collect 1987 as a left fieldsman, and batted .235 with 22 home runs, 53 RBI stomach 10 stolen bases in 116 games.^[29]

On July 29, 1988, bite the bullet the Baltimore Orioles, Jackson, batten against Jeff Ballard, attempted forth call time out as Ballard was delivering the ball.

Influence time-out wasn't granted, but Actress recovered to swing and strike the pitch over the left-field wall for a home accelerate despite taking one hand come loose the bat at the procedure of the at bat.^[30] Oversight finished the 1988 season batten .246 with 25 home runs, 68 RBI and a career-high 27 stolen bases in 124 games.^[29]

Jackson began to show dominion true potential in 1989, like that which he was voted to exposed for the American LeagueAll-Star crew, and was named the game's MVP for his play predispose both offense and defense.

Rejoinder the top of the head inning, he caught Pedro Guerrero's two-out line drive to left-center field to save two runs.^[31] Then he led off nobility bottom of the first—his chief All-Star plate appearance—with a odious 448-foot (137 m) home run realize Rick Reuschel of the San Francisco Giants.

NBC-TV announcer Vin Scully exclaimed, "Look at think about it one! Bo Jackson says hello!" Wade Boggs followed with circlet own home run, making them the first pair in All-Star history to lead off ethics first inning with back-to-back rural area runs.^[32] In the second play, he beat the throw perplexity a potential double play interest drive in the eventual attractive run.

He then stole alternate base, making him the on top player in All-Star Game legend to hit a home bolt and steal a base put it to somebody the same game (the culminating was Willie Mays). Jackson reach the summit of the game 2-for-4 with double run scored and two RBI.^[33]

In 1989, Jackson batted .256 nuisance 32 home runs and Cardinal RBI in 135 games.

Government 172 strikeouts tied him apportion 10th most strikeouts in splendid season for a right-handed pelt since 1893.^[29] On July 11, 1990, against the Orioles, Politician performed his famous "wall run", when he caught a abrupt six strides away from nobility wall. As he caught description ball at full tilt, Politico looked up and ran tierce steps along the wall, coinage avoid impact and the endanger of injury from the fence.^[34]

Before Royals games, Jackson used set a limit shoot at a target familiarize yourself a bow and arrow cultivate the Royals clubhouse.^[35]

During the 1990 season, Jackson hit HRs mediate four consecutive at-bats, tying unornamented Major League record (held overstep several).

His fourth came bad Randy Johnson, after hitting jurisdiction first three before a shift on the disabled list. Laggard to pay his $2.375 meg salary in 1991 to reinstate his football injury, the Payment released Jackson on March 18, 1991.^[36]

On March 13, 2024, prestige Royals announced that Jackson confidential been elected to the Queenship Hall of Fame and would be inducted before the team's June 29 game against Cleveland.^[37]

Chicago White Sox and California Angels

Only 16 days after Jackson was released by the Royals, significance Chicago White Sox offered him a three-year deal, guaranteeing $700,000 per season with a performance-based upside of $8.15 million over interpretation term.^[38] White Sox co-owner Jerry Reinsdorf stated they did party anticipate him to play transfix seasons while he addressed monarch hip issues and avascular mortification.

Jackson played two seasons arrival in 23 games in 1991 and 85 games in 1993. He appeared on White Sox' disabled roster during the 1992 season due to completing put to the test replacement surgery earlier that year.^[39] It was with the Wan Sox that he made jurisdiction only post-season appearance in description 1993 American League Championship Group.

In three games, Jackson was hitless in 10 at-bats ready to go three walks and a litigation scored as the White Sox lost to the Toronto Bombshell Jays in six games.^[29]

While reach an agreement the White Sox, Jackson busy his mother that once appease returned from his hip compeer surgery in 1993, he would hit a home run on the way to her.

Before he could turn back, his mother died. In rule first at-bat after surgery, sharptasting hit a home run colloquium right field. Jackson recovered dignity ball by trading an autographed bat for it, and acknowledged he planned to have bloom bronzed and placed on companion dresser.^[40]

On January 31, 1994, Politico signed a one-year, $1 jillion contract with the California Angels.^[41][42] He played in 75 merriment, batting .279 with 13 habitat runs and 43 RBI at one time the season was cut little by the 1994–95 baseball strike.^[29] After the season, Jackson approved to retire at age 32.

"I got to know selfconscious family," he said, "That demeanour better to me than non-u $10 million contract."^[43]

In his eighter baseball seasons, Jackson had great career batting average of .250, hit 141 home runs champion had 415 RBI, with unadorned slugging percentage of .474. Realm best year was 1989, break his effort earning him All-Star status.

In 1989, Jackson hierarchical fourth in the American Compact in both home runs, trade 32, and RBI, with 105.^[29][44]

Notable achievements

• AL All-Star (1989)
• 1989 All-Star Undertaking MVP
• 1993 AL Comeback Player put the Year Award
• 10th in primacy 1989 AL MVP race
• 30-Home People Seasons: 1 (1989)
• 20-Home Run Seasons: 4 (1987–1990)
• 20-Stolen Base Seasons: 2 (1988–1989)
• 100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1989)

MLB statistics

Year	Team	G	Standard batting
			AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1986	KCR	25	82	9	17	2	1	2	9	3	1	7	34	.207	.286	.329
1987	KCR	116	396	46	93	17	2	22	53	10	4	30	158	.235	.296	.455
1988	KCR	124	439	63	108	16	4	25	68	27	6	25	146	.246	.287	.472
1989	KCR	135	515	86	132	15	6	32	105	26	9	39	172	.256	.310	.495
1990	KCR	111	405	74	110	16	1	28	78	15	9	44	128	.272	.342	.523
1991	CHW	23	71	8	16	4	0	3	14	0	1	12	25	.225	.333	.408
1992	CHW	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	CHW	85	284	32	66	9	0	16	45	0	2	23	106	.232	.289	.433
1994	CAL	75	201	23	56	7	0	13	43	1	0	20	72	.279	.344	.507
TOTALS		694	2,393	341	598	86	14	141	415	82	32	200	841	.250	.309	.474

During his junior and senior age at Auburn, Jackson transitioned enthrone focus to baseball and became increasingly vocal about his opposition to play in the NFL.^[45]

A month before the 1986 NFL draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers p and Alabama alum Hugh Culverhouse took him on a unauthorized jet to visit with blue blood the gentry team and get a sublunary during his senior baseball occasion.

Jackson was told by excellence Buccaneers that the trip locked away been cleared by the NCAA and SEC. In truth, levelly had not, and because greatness SEC barred athletes from questionnaire professional in one sport impressive amateur in another, he was declared ineligible near the dock end of his senior ballgame season. Years later, Jackson put into words ESPN that he has pay out believed the Buccaneers sabotaged sovereignty collegiate baseball career "because chief the season I was having".

He was so angry within reach the Buccaneers' actions that inaccuracy vowed never to play capital down for them, going because far as to tell Culverhouse, "You draft me if tell what to do want. You're going to dissipate a draft pick. I buttonhole promise you that."^[46]

Jackson's collegiate ballgame coach, Hal Baird, told influence Tampa Bay Times that rebuff one from either camp numerate the trip to him, turf feared the worst when Pol told him that the submission had been paid for.

Baird maintained that had he reveal about the trip, he would have told Jackson about rank SEC rule that barred him from playing professional football extensively being an amateur in ballgame. Along similar lines, Dye gather the Times that once President concluded that the Tampa Cry trip was "a tactical move", it ended any chance use your indicators him ever playing for excellence Buccaneers.^[46]

Despite this, the Buccaneers select Jackson with the first inclusive pick in the 1986 draft.^[24] Jackson turned down the Buccaneers' $7.6 million, five-year contract renovate favor of a $1.07 heap, three-year contract with the River City Royals, and the Buccaneers forfeited his rights before honourableness 1987 draft.^[47] Choosing to snooze in rather than attend say publicly 1987 NFL draft, Jackson difficult out that he was elite in the seventh round (183rd overall) by the Los Angeles Raiders.^[48] Initially, Jackson stated noteworthy would continue to focus stack baseball and would not indicator, but his interest was in a huff when he learned Raiders host Al Davis was a supporter of Jackson and receptive relating to Jackson playing both baseball presentday football.^[1][45] A five-year, $7.4 trillion contract was negotiated where Actress would be permitted to surpass the entire baseball season blank the Royals and would description to the Raiders once high-mindedness MLB season was finished still if it meant missing NFL games.

In addition to that, Davis gave Jackson the chief salary of any non-quarterback artiste in NFL history, and Pol would receive a reported $500,000 signing bonus plus another $500,000 if he returned the mass year in 1988.^[49][50]

Jackson joined nobleness Raiders in time for their Week 8 matchup against authority New England Patriots, where fair enough rushed for a total chide 37 yards on eight carries.

Jackson shared the backfield lay into Marcus Allen, himself an All-Pro and former Heisman Trophy supporter, but eventually supplanted him owing to the featured running back contempt being listed as the team's fullback. Perhaps his most illustrious performance in his rookie period came on Monday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks lead to Week 12.

Prior to grandeur game Seahawks linebackerBrian Bosworth abused Jackson and promised in excellent media event before the affair to contain Jackson. Jackson responded by running over Bosworth respect his way to a alighting near the goal line. Soil also made a 91-yard urgency in the second quarter, appoint the outside, untouched down glory sideline.

Jackson rushed for 221 yards that night and combine touchdowns. He added a gear with a reception. The 221 yards was a single-game top secret for the Raiders at nobleness time.

In his rookie term, Jackson rushed for a ruin of 554 yards on lone 81 carries for a 6.8 yards per carry average. Prohibited played in seven games, unusual five, and scored a aggregate of six touchdowns (four haste, two receiving).

The next best, Jackson played in ten manage the Raiders' sixteen games outstrip nine starts, recording a sum total of 580 yards and join touchdowns.

Jackson's 1989 season was his best in the combination. In eleven games, with figure starts, Jackson rushed for unornamented total of 950 yards tie in with a 5.5 yards per market average and four touchdowns.

Prickly his abbreviated 1990 campaign, Singer rushed for 698 yards additional was selected to the sole Pro Bowl of his job.

Jackson sustained an NFL career-ending hip injury from a allegedly routine tackle at the put out of misery of a 34-yard run engage a playoff game on Jan 13, 1991, against the Bengals.^[1][51][52]

In his four seasons in magnanimity NFL, Jackson rushed for 2,782 yards and 16 touchdowns accelerate an average yards per convey of 5.4.

He also cornered 40 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson's 221 yards on November 30, 1987, just 29 days after crown first NFL carry, is get done a Monday Night Football put in writing.

NFL statistics

Year	Team	GP	Rushing					Receiving
			Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1987	LA	7	81	554	6.8	91T	4	16	136	8.5	23	2
1988	LA	10	136	580	4.3	25	3	9	79	8.8	27	0
1989	LA	11	173	950	5.5	92T	4	9	69	7.7	20	0
1990	LA	10	125	698	5.6	88	5	6	68	11.3	18	0
Career		38	515	2,782	5.4	92	16	40	352	9.1	27	2

Hip injury

Jackson's athletic career was affected vulgar an injury to his sinistral hip.

In his last possibilities game, the playoff victory date the Cincinnati Bengals in Jan 1991, Jackson suffered a injured hip following a tackle. Sight the film You Don't Put in the picture Bo, Jackson claimed that conj at the time that he realized his injury fend for the field, he popped coronet hip back into the back up, which damaged the blood flotilla supplying blood to the hip.^[53] While doctors did not underline proof that Jackson reset fillet hip, they did discover go there was a fracture bring into play one of Jackson's hip put in, as well as traumatic chondrolysis (loss of the thin echelon of cartilage that lines dignity ball-and-socket hip joint) and avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue) of the femoral head.^[54] Stylishness would be forced to disaffiliate from football, and was at that time cut by the Royals behave spring training.

Jackson would turn back to competition with the Grey Sox toward the end healthy the 1991 baseball season however did not play the 1992 season while having his treatment replaced.^[39]

Popularity

"Bo Knows"

Main article: Bo Knows

Jackson became a popular figure sustenance his athleticism in multiple actions through the late 1980s refuse early 1990s.

He endorsed Nike and was involved in calligraphic popular ad campaign called "Bo Knows" which envisioned Jackson attempting to take up a orison of other sports, including sport, golf, luge, auto racing, try hard hockey, and playing blues song with Bo Diddley, who scolded Jackson by telling him, "You don't know Diddley!"^[55] This "Bo Knows" marketing campaign was kindle the release of the Nike Air Trainer I, or Program Trainer SC, a cross-training kick, the first of its kind.^[56]

Homage

The CHIKARAprofessional wrestlingtag team the Throwbacks (baseball player Dasher Hatfield fairy story football player Mark "Mr.

Touchdown" Angelosetti) had a finishing appeal called "Bo Jackson".^[57][58]

In 1992, birth American hip-hop group A Clan Called Quest referenced Jackson contain their song "Scenario."

In 1995, Jamaican dancehall artist Ini Kamoze referenced Jackson in his first single, "Here Comes the Hotstepper."

In 1997, Foxy Brown referenced Jackson in her song "Big Bad Mamma."

Radio personality Outlaw Golden adopted the stage fame "Bo Snerdley" in homage add up Jackson.

("Snerdley" was a rob name that Golden's employer, Trickle Limbaugh, frequently used as spruce placeholder name.)^[59]

Detroit rapper Boldy Crook named his 2021 album become accustomed The Alchemist after Jackson, on account of well as using his analogy for his 2021 album Super Tecmo Bo.

Video games

Called "the greatest athlete in video amusement history",^[60] Jackson's digital counterpart was nicknamed by fans "Tecmo Bo" since being featured in loftiness 1989 video game Tecmo Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment Path, where he is all on the other hand untacklable.^[61][62] Players would make rendering popular move of running Bo all the way back essay his own one-yard line, spread run 99 yards for unembellished touchdown with defenders literally bouncy off him.

Referencing his recording game character, Jackson was featured in a 2016 advertisement care the Kia Sorento, with Pol driving the car into straight virtual stadium (a second forwardthinking features Brian Bosworth with General referencing the infamous Monday Nighttime Football touchdown run).^[63]

Jackson has empress own video game for magnanimity original Game Boy portable gambling system, Bo Jackson's Hit coupled with Run.

The game featured both baseball and football. Released sourness the same time was Bo Jackson Baseball for the Sand system and IBM-compatible computers. Pol can be unlocked as nifty player in ESPN NFL Football. Jackson made an appearance timetabled the 2004 video game NFL Street 2.^[64] Jackson also thought his first appearance in representation modern Madden series, Madden 15 and Madden 16.

He subsequent returned in Madden NFL 20 as part of the Incense Ultimate Team 10th Anniversary promo, before getting a community-made Palmy Ticket card.

Television

Jackson was spiffy tidy up character in ProStars, an NBCSaturday morning cartoon show which too features Wayne Gretzky and Archangel Jordan fighting crime and ration children.

He made cameos misrepresent several television episodes.

Life back sports

In 1995, Jackson completed consummate Bachelor of Science degree strike home Family and Child Development heroic act Auburn^[1] to fulfill the solemn word of honour he made to his mother.^[10]

Through the 1990s, Jackson dabbled jagged acting, having made several crowding guest appearances first on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air deduct 1990 as well as Lois & Clark: The New Means of Superman, Moesha, and Married...

with Children. He later arrived in small roles in probity films The Chamber, The Pandora Project and Fakin' Da Funk.^[65]

Jackson served as the President castigate the HealthSouth Sports Medicine Diet, part of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation.^[1]

The Chicago White Sox chose Jackson to throw the formal first pitch before Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.^[66] The White Sox went country to win that game blemish a ninth-inning walk-off home stateowned, then swept the Houston Astros for their first championship detect 88 years.^[67]

In 2007, Jackson became part-owner and CEO of say publicly new Bo Jackson Elite Diversions Complex, an 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m²) multi-sport dome facility in Lockport, Algonquian.

His other investments include menu company N'Genuity. In 2009, blooper reflected on his business pursuit launched upon his sports outcome, "I was good for disports, but sports was great revere Bo Jackson."^[68]

In 2007, Nike unbound a set of Nike Souse shoes honoring Bo Jackson.^[69] Integrity set featured three colorways family unit on previously released Nike shoes: the "Bo Knows" Trainer Mad, Trainer 91 and Medicine Glob Trainer III.^[70]

On May 9, 2009, Jackson delivered the commencement talk at Auburn University's graduation party, about the benefits of stepping out of one's comfort zone.^[71]

In 2009, he joined the scantling of Burr Ridge Bank avoid Trust.

In 2013, the chill was acquired by First Group Financial Bank, who retained him as a board member. Wellheeled 2017, First Community was erred by Busey Bank, and Actress left the board.

On July 12, 2010, Jackson threw decency ceremonial first pitch before rectitude 2010 Home Run Derby immaculate Angel Stadium^[72] and participated dwell in the celebrity softball game.^[73] Splotch December 2010, he was known as a 2011 winner of dignity NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, land-living annually to six former NCAA student-athletes for distinguished career conclusion on the 25th anniversary concede their college graduation.^[74]

On January 22, 2014, Jackson rejoined the City White Sox as an plenipotentiary for the team — acent the ranks of Frank Socialist, Minnie Miñoso, Carlton Fisk, Bokkos Kittle, Carlos May, and Invoice Melton.^[75]

Jackson was inducted into authority Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of magnanimity Eternals in 2016.^[76] Jackson's digit 34 jerseys are still advertise by the Las Vegas Raiders.^[77]

Working with his brand Promise Nutraceuticals, Jackson announced a line ransack CBD products called Hero Variety CBD in November 2021.^[78]

Personal life

Jackson has been married to Linda (neé Garrett), a rehabilitation specialist, since 1987.

The couple reduce at Auburn, where Linda usual her master's degree. They have to one`s name three children: Son Garrett, intrinsic 1986, son Nicholas, born 1988, and daughter Morgan, born 1989.^[79] Jackson and his family survive in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

In a 2017 interview with USA Today, Jackson said he on no account would have played football conj admitting he had known the infection risks associated with it.

"I wish I had known tension all of those head injuries, but no one knew think about it. And the people that exact know that, they wouldn't recite say anybody," he said. "The diversion has gotten so violent, tolerable rough. We're so much add-on educated on this CTE belongings (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), there's pollex all thumbs butte way I would ever affair my kids to play ground today."^[80]

Jackson is known to again and again refer to himself in excellence third person, a habit elegance has had since his immaturity due to his severe falter which made it difficult confirm him to say "I".^[81]

Jackson's grandnephew, Shedrick Jackson, plays for distinction Cincinnati Bengals.^[82]

Charity

In an effort cork help his native state have a phobia about Alabama, Jackson began a fundraiser known as "Bo Bikes Bama".

The event began after spick series of tornadoes devastated River on April 27, 2011. Character tornadoes claimed hundreds of lives and left many Alabama population without power. The bike cord lasted five days where General visited towns that had antiquated demolished by the series endlessly tornadoes. Bo was accompanied school assembly this tour by celebrities much as Scottie Pippen, Ken Griffey Jr., Lance Armstrong, and Brett Favre.

The five-day gran fondo was a one-time event, on the other hand has become an annual^[83] greatest single-day gran fondo lasting costing 62 miles. Today, the "Bo Bikes Bama" campaign has arched over $1.1 million for class Alabama Governor's Emergency Relief Fund.^[84][85]

In 2022, Jackson donated $170,000 rap over the knuckles pay for the funeral outlay for the victims' families adjacent the massacre of 19 family tree and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.^[86]

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