Despite showing flashes of being the player his enormous physical skills hinted at during his first two years in the big leagues, Jackson started to put everything together in 1989 when he made the American League All Star team. Jackson was drafted in the 4th round of the 1986 Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals and made the Royals roster out of spring training in 1987. That meeting and the subsequent fallout would help change the course of Bo's career as it greatly influenced his decision to not sign a contract with the Buccaneers when they selected him first overall in that years Pro Football Draft. Unfortunately for Auburn fans (and really for sports fans everywhere) Bo was ruled ineligible for most of his senior year in college because of a visit he had with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 401 with 17 home runs and 43 RBIs, including a game against Georgia where he was 4 for 5 with a double and 3 homers!! That's what Bo was best at.having games or moments that very few who ever played could replicate.

In 2007, Jackson was ranked #8 on ESPN's Top 25 Players in College Football History list.īo also was one of the best players in college baseball while he was at Auburn. In 1982 he secured his place in Auburn football lore when his 1 yard touchdown leap late in the game over hated rival Alabama's defense help secure the Tiger's 23-22 win over the Crimson Tide and their legendary coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1985, rushed for 4,303 yards in his career, and averaged 6.6 yards per career which set an SEC record. While at Auburn University, Jackson was one of the greatest running backs to ever play college football. Jackson rushed for 1175 yards as a running back as a senior, hit twenty home runs in twenty five games for McAdory's baseball team during his senior season, was a two-time state champion in the decathlon, and in 1982, Bo set state school records for indoor high-jump (6'9') and triple-jump (48'8'). He was that kind of athlete.īo began to show his unbelievable physicals skills and athletic prowess across multiple sports while he was in high school at McAdory High School in McCalla, Alabama. You did not want to miss seeing Bo do something that no one had done before. And you definitely didn't leave your seat when the Raiders had the ball.

No one went to the bathroom or to get something to eat when Bo was about to come up to bat.

You never knew what Bo was going to do on the field. He was named an All Star in Baseball and to the Pro Bowl in Football, a feat that has never been matched.

Bo Jackson is one of the greatest athletes ever in fact he was named the greatest athlete of all time by ESPN.

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