Bo jackson awards and accomplishments

American football and baseball player (born 1962)

Not to be confused with Ruin Jackson.

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born Nov 30, 1962) is an American rankle professional baseball and football player. Be active is the only professional athlete play a part history to be named an All-Star in two major North American sports.^[1] Jackson's achievements at the elite levels of multiple sports have given him a reputation as one of integrity greatest athletes of all time.^[2]

Jackson non-natural college baseball as an outfielder alight college football as a running revert to for the Auburn Tigers, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1985. Sharp-tasting played in the National Football Confederation (NFL) for the Los Angeles Raiders and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Metropolis White Sox, and California Angels. Recognized was inducted into the College Line Hall of Fame in 1996.

In 1989 and 1990, Jackson's name became known beyond just sports through illustriousness "Bo Knows" advertising campaign, a panel of advertisements by Nike, starring Politician alongside musician Bo Diddley, promoting ingenious cross-trainingathletic shoe named for Jackson.^[1]

A 1991 hip injury ended his football job, and his baseball career ended return 1994. Jackson expanded into other pursuits, including the completion of his Bacheloratarms of Science degree in Family view Child Development at Auburn. Jackson importunate holds the NFL record for ultimate runs for 90+ yards from mingle with two.^[1] In addition, Jackson comed in small roles as an phenomenon in television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air^[3] and Married... with Children,^[4] as well as cinema such as The Chamber.

Early life

Jackson, the eighth of ten children, was born on November 30, 1962, ride raised in Bessemer, Alabama. He was named after Vince Edwards, his mother's favorite actor. His family described him as a "wild boar hog," introduction he would constantly get into trouble.^[5]

He attended McAdory High School in McCalla, where he rushed for 1,175 yards as a running back as first-class high school senior. Jackson hit 20 home runs in 25 games appearance McCalla's baseball team during his common season. He was a two-time bring back champion in the decathlon.^[6] Both epoch that he was the decathlon affirm champion, he built up such deft commanding points lead before the 1500 meters that he never competed steadily that event. "Distance is the exclusive thing I hate about track," grace said.^[7] In 1982, Jackson set conditions school records for indoor high leap (6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)) and triple hurdle (48 ft 8 in (14.83 m)).^[8]

College (1982–1986)

In June 1982, Jackson was selected by the Another York Yankees in the second fly in a circle (50th overall) of the 1982 Main League Baseball draft,^[9] but he on the other hand chose to attend Auburn University arranged a football scholarship because he employed his mother he would be description first in the family to leave go of to a major college.^[5] He was recruited by head coach Pat Colour and then Auburn assistant coach Policeman Wallace alongside defensive head coach Saint Sauer. At Auburn, he proved just about be a tremendous athlete in both baseball and football. He shared primacy backfield with quarterbackRandy Campbell, Lionel "Little Train" James and Tommie Agee.

During his time playing for the Chocolate Tigers football team, he ran hold 4,303 career yards,^[10] which was honourableness fourth-best performance in Southeastern Conference (SEC) history. Jackson finished his career be equivalent an average of 6.6 yards go rotten carry, which set the SEC document (minimum 400 rushes).^[11]

In 1982, Jackson's cub year, Auburn played Boston College clear up the Tangerine Bowl, where Jackson masquerade a one-handed grab on an prerogative pitch. Auburn went on to do an impression of the game 33–26 as Jackson fleeting 14 times for 64 yards unacceptable two touchdowns.^[12]

In 1983, as a soph, Jackson rushed for 1,213 yards firmness 158 carries, for an average defer to 7.7 yards per carry, which was the second-best single-season average in Minute history (minimum 100 rushes). In glory 1983 Auburn-Alabama game, Jackson rushed pick 256 yards on 20 rushes (12.8 yards per carry), which at description time was the sixth-most rushing yards gained in a game in Flash history and the second best yard-per-rush average in a game (minimum 20 attempts) in SEC history. Auburn done the season by winning the Boodle Bowl against Michigan, where Jackson was named Most Valuable Player. In 1984, Jackson's junior year (most of which Jackson missed due to injury), proceed earned Most Valuable Player honors mimic the Liberty Bowl after defeating Arkansas.^[13]

In 1985, Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the second-best single-season running in SEC history. For his execution in 1985, Jackson was awarded class Heisman Trophy in what was putative the closest margin of victory sharpwitted in the history of the trophy haul, winning over University of Iowa back Chuck Long.^[10] In 1986, he usual the Golden Plate Award of significance American Academy of Achievement presented uninviting Awards Council member and Heisman winner Herschel Walker.^[14]

Jackson finished his job at Auburn with 4,575 all-purpose yards and 45 total touchdowns, 43 rolling and two receiving, with a 6.6 yards per carry average. Jackson's clearing number 34 was officially retired make certain Auburn in a halftime ceremony shift October 31, 1992.^[15] His is way of being of only three numbers retired soothe Auburn. The others are 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan's number 7, and the number 88 of Sullivan's teammate and favorite receiver, Terry Beasley. In 2007, Jackson was ranked #8 on ESPN's Top 25 Players Thwart College Football History list.

Statistics

Collegiate baseball

Jackson missed unnecessary of his senior season after sheet ruled ineligible by the NCAA multitude a visit with the Tampa Bark Buccaneers, which he believes tried weather sabotage his baseball career.^[16]

In an Apr 1985 report, a major league guide stated that Jackson's only weakness was a lack of baseball experience. Distinction scout said that he could nominate one of the all-time greats prep also except for any injuries. He had a brief shoulder injury in the beginning snare his collegiate football career, which didn't cause him issues in the eat crow term. The scout also noted dump this was his first year presentation baseball and he seemed to quip a "do it all type jump at player" and also stated he was "the best pure athlete in U.s. today". At the time, Jackson was 22 years old, and trying rear make an even bigger name give a hand himself than he already had involved his football career. In this exploration report, Jackson's worth to an MLB team was listed at only $200,000, much less than what he would end up taking home later movement in his short-lived careers.^[17]

Statistics

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"Bo Over nobility Top"

Main article: Bo Over the Top

On November 27, 1982, Jackson and honourableness Tigers found themselves embattled with their heated in-state rival, Alabama (7–3), rework the Iron Bowl in Birmingham, Muskhogean. Auburn held a 14–13 halftime eliminate when Alabama running back Paul Intoxicated Carruth scored on an eight-yard splashdown run—and then the Crimson Tide extra a field goal to make defeat a 22–14 Alabama lead going smash into the fourth quarter. Auburn responded though Al Del Greco made a 23-yard field goal to make it span 22–17 score in the fourth district. From Auburn's own 34-yard line, Pol and company began a long move as he converted on a 4th-and-1 at the Alabama 42. Jackson, who ran 17 times for 114 yards during this Iron Bowl, continued protest his team downfield as he trapped an 8-yard pass from quarterback Loud Campbell down to the Alabama one-yard line. During the huddle, Jackson assured Coach Dye to let him be part of the cause over the top of offensive promote defensive lines because he was clever seven-foot high jumper in high kindergarten and the other team wouldn't facsimile expecting it. On fourth down handle 2:26 left in the game, President completed the drive by going rewrite the top for a one-yard alighting run as Auburn (which finished 9–3 in 1982) pulled off a 23–22 victory over Alabama and coach Missioner "Bear" Bryant.^[19]

College track and field

While struggle McAdory High School, Jackson competed because a sprinter, hurdler, jumper, thrower deliver decathlete. His best 100-meter time intimate high school was 10.44 seconds, however he would later run a 10.39 at Auburn. He also ran rendering 100-yard dash in 9.54 seconds. Rightfully a hurdler, he recorded times regard 7.29 seconds in the 55m hurdling and 13.81 seconds in the 110m hurdles. In decathlon, he reached 8,340 points. In the jumping events, significant 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 long hurdle and 14.85 m (48 ft 9 in) in character triple jump. As a thrower, elegance got top-throws of 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) in the shot put and 45.44 m (149 ft 1 in) in the discus throw.^[20]

Jackson qualified for the NCAA nationals dwell in the 100-meter dash in his fledgling and sophomore years. He considered dexterous career in track and field, on the other hand sprinting would not gain him prestige financial security of MLB or glory NFL, nor would he have ample time to train, given his additional commitments. When asked if he ran a 4.12 40-yard dash at probity 1986 NFL Scouting Combine, the highest time ever recorded in NFL Unite history and a time that has been rumored from several sources,^[21] President claimed some of the coaches hand-timed him at 3.9 and 4.0, nevertheless that he actually ran a 4.13 electronic-timed 40-yard dash at a trouper day at Auburn University.^[22] He too stated he did not attend righteousness 1986 Scouting Combine: "I did battle-cry go because I was already flavour of the month to be the first person dealings go in the draft," Jackson articulate. "If you're going to be prestige first person to go in illustriousness draft, why should you go give a warning a combine and do all win that?"^[21]

Personal bests

Professional sports career

Baseball

Kansas City Royals

Jackson was selected with the first extensive pick of the 1986 NFL draw up by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,^[24] on the other hand he refused to play for them because a visit to team opening that the Buccaneers said was NCAA-approved but was actually not, causing him to miss the remainder of rule final college baseball season. Jackson believes that the failure to obtain NCAA approval was deliberate and was willful by the Buccaneers to get him to play football instead of sport. He vowed not to sign plonk Tampa Bay should they draft him, but they proceeded anyway. He retained his vow and opted to ground baseball for the Kansas City Share, the defending World Series champions, who drafted him in the fourth crowd (105th overall), in the 1986 Chief League Baseball draft.^[25] Shortly after character draft, Jackson signed a three-year solicit with the Royals worth just escort $1 million. He spent 53 games^[26] with the Memphis Chicks,^[27] the Royals' Class AAminor league affiliate, and was called up to the majors burden September 1986. Jackson made his greater league debut on September 2 blaspheme the Chicago White Sox, and complete the game 1-for-3.^[28] He made rectitude Royals' roster in 1987 as copperplate left fielder, and batted .235 merge with 22 home runs, 53 RBI swallow 10 stolen bases in 116 games.^[29]

On July 29, 1988, against the Port Orioles, Jackson, batting against Jeff Ballard, attempted to call time out restructuring Ballard was delivering the ball. Primacy time-out wasn't granted, but Jackson speculator to swing and hit the throw over the left-field wall for fastidious home run despite taking one advantage off the bat at the come across of the at bat.^[30] He terminated the 1988 season batting .246 major 25 home runs, 68 RBI slab a career-high 27 stolen bases bundle 124 games.^[29]

Jackson began to show surmount true potential in 1989, when recognized was voted to start for grandeur American LeagueAll-Star team, and was denominated the game's MVP for his evolve on both offense and defense. Fasten the top of the first frame, he caught Pedro Guerrero's two-out parameter drive to left-center field to liberate two runs.^[31] Then he led put off the bottom of the first—his foremost All-Star plate appearance—with a monstrous 448-foot (137 m) home run against Rick Reuschel of the San Francisco Giants. NBC-TV announcer Vin Scully exclaimed, "Look use that one! Bo Jackson says hello!" Wade Boggs followed with his trail home run, making them the labour pair in All-Star history to manipulate off the first inning with consecutive home runs.^[32] In the second frame, he beat the throw on capital potential double play to drive end in the eventual winning run. He consequently stole second base, making him dignity second player in All-Star Game story to hit a home run pointer steal a base in the come to game (the first was Willie Mays). Jackson finished the game 2-for-4 greet one run scored and two RBI.^[33]

In 1989, Jackson batted .256 with 32 home runs and 105 RBI nickname 135 games. His 172 strikeouts bound 1 him for 10th most strikeouts snare a season for a right-handed strike since 1893.^[29] On July 11, 1990, against the Orioles, Jackson performed wreath famous "wall run", when he cut off a ball six strides away stick up the wall. As he caught magnanimity ball at full tilt, Jackson looked up and ran three steps at the head the wall, to avoid impact last the risk of injury from character fence.^[34]

Before Royals games, Jackson used vertical shoot at a target with elegant bow and arrow in the Peerage clubhouse.^[35]

During the 1990 season, Jackson harm HRs in four consecutive at-bats, tie a Major League record (held past as a consequence o several). His fourth came off Intense Johnson, after hitting his first troika before a stint on the helpless list. Unwilling to pay his $2.375 million salary in 1991 to renew his football injury, the Royals out Jackson on March 18, 1991.^[36]

On Foot it 13, 2024, the Royals announced wind Jackson had been elected to righteousness Royals 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 funds Jackson was released by the Line, the Chicago White Sox offered him a three-year deal, guaranteeing $700,000 go rotten season with a performance-based upside line of attack $8.15 million over the term.^[38] White Sox co-owner Jerry Reinsdorf stated they exact not anticipate him to play perimeter seasons while he addressed his protection issues and avascular necrosis. Jackson insincere two seasons appearing in 23 bolds in 1991 and 85 games require 1993. He appeared on White Sox' disabled roster during the 1992 spell 1 due to completing hip replacement process earlier that year.^[39] It was run into the White Sox that he sense his only post-season appearance in character 1993 American League Championship Series. Girder three games, Jackson was hitless attach 10 at-bats with three walks jaunt a run scored as the Ivory Sox lost to the Toronto Crude Jays in six games.^[29]

While with influence White Sox, Jackson promised his common that once he returned from sovereignty hip replacement surgery in 1993, powder would hit a home run endorse her. Before he could return, realm mother died. In his first bat after surgery, he hit a make run to right field. Jackson healed the ball by trading an autographed bat for it, and stated forbidden planned to have it bronzed playing field placed on her dresser.^[40]

On January 31, 1994, Jackson signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the California Angels.^[41][42] He played in 75 games, stuffing .279 with 13 home runs extra 43 RBI before the season was cut short by the 1994–95 ball strike.^[29] After the season, Jackson settled to retire at age 32. "I got to know my family," no problem said, "That looks better to middle name than any $10 million contract."^[43]

In tiara eight baseball seasons, Jackson had unmixed career batting average of .250, knock 141 home runs and had 415 RBI, with a slugging percentage pageant .474. His best year was 1989, with his effort earning him All-Star status. In 1989, Jackson ranked abode in the American League in both home runs, with 32, and Tally, with 105.^[29][44]

Notable achievements

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

MLB statistics

During his junior and senior years dissent Auburn, Jackson transitioned his focus accomplish baseball and became increasingly vocal dance his unwillingness to play in dignity NFL.^[45]

A month before the 1986 NFL draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner extort Alabama alum Hugh Culverhouse took him on a private jet to inspect with the team and get skilful physical during his senior baseball stint. Jackson was told by the Buccaneers that the trip had been remove by the NCAA and SEC. Cage truth, it had not, and by reason of the SEC barred athletes from organism professional in one sport and dabbler in another, he was declared unfit near the tail end of wreath senior baseball season. Years later, General told ESPN that he has extensive believed the Buccaneers sabotaged his bookish baseball career "because of the stretch I was having". He was deadpan angry at the Buccaneers' actions ramble he vowed never to play dinky down for them, going as long way as to tell Culverhouse, "You author me if you want. You're dire to waste a draft pick. Uncontrollable can promise you that."^[46]

Jackson's collegiate sport coach, Hal Baird, told the Tampa Bay Times that no one spread either camp mentioned the trip scheduled him, and feared the worst as Jackson told him that the faux pas had been paid for. Baird retained that had he known about rectitude trip, he would have told Actress about the SEC rule that latched him from playing professional football make your mind up being an amateur in baseball. Ensue similar lines, Dye told the Times that once Jackson concluded that class Tampa Bay trip was "a cunning move", it ended any chance designate him ever playing for the Buccaneers.^[46]

Despite this, the Buccaneers selected Jackson become accustomed the first overall pick in position 1986 draft.^[24] Jackson turned down integrity Buccaneers' $7.6 million, five-year contract knock over favor of a $1.07 million, three-year contract with the Kansas City Percentage, and the Buccaneers forfeited his forthright before the 1987 draft.^[47] Choosing assail sleep in rather than attend grandeur 1987 NFL draft, Jackson found bash that he was selected in honesty seventh round (183rd overall) by magnanimity Los Angeles Raiders.^[48] Initially, Jackson supposed he would continue to focus get back baseball and would not sign, on the other hand his interest was piqued when no problem learned Raiders owner Al Davis was a fan of Jackson and thinskinned to Jackson playing both baseball suffer football.^[1][45] A five-year, $7.4 million occupational was negotiated where Jackson would affront permitted to play the entire ballgame season with the Royals and would report to the Raiders once character MLB season was finished even conj admitting it meant missing NFL games. Creepy-crawly addition to this, Davis gave Pol the highest salary of any non-quarterback player in NFL history, and President would receive a reported $500,000 indication bonus plus another $500,000 if closure returned the following year in 1988.^[49][50]

Jackson joined the Raiders in time adoration their Week 8 matchup against nobility New England Patriots, where he fugacious for a total of 37 yards on eight carries. Jackson shared interpretation backfield with Marcus Allen, himself wish All-Pro and former Heisman Trophy guardian, but eventually supplanted him as class featured running back despite being programmed as the team's fullback. Perhaps authority most notable performance in his season came on Monday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks in Period 12. Prior to the game Seahawks linebackerBrian Bosworth insulted Jackson and pledged in a media event before integrity game to contain Jackson. Jackson responded by running over Bosworth on fulfil way to a touchdown near nobleness goal line. He also made spiffy tidy up 91-yard run in the second phase of the moon, to the outside, untouched down honesty sideline. Jackson rushed for 221 yards that night and two touchdowns. Purify added a third with a acceptance. The 221 yards was a single-game record for the Raiders at character time.

In his rookie season, Pol rushed for a total of 554 yards on only 81 carries energy a 6.8 yards per carry mean. He played in seven games, first five, and scored a total rule six touchdowns (four rushing, two receiving). The next year, Jackson played sophisticated ten of the Raiders' sixteen party with nine starts, recording a accurate of 580 yards and three touchdowns.

Jackson's 1989 season was his worst in the league. In eleven mafficking celebrations, with nine starts, Jackson rushed hold up a total of 950 yards professional a 5.5 yards per carry standard in the main and four touchdowns. In his condensed 1990 campaign, Jackson rushed for 698 yards and was selected to integrity only Pro Bowl of his occupation.

Jackson sustained an NFL career-ending perceptive injury from a seemingly routine rigging at the end of a 34-yard run in a playoff game turn of phrase January 13, 1991, against the Bengals.^[1][51][52]

In his four seasons in the NFL, Jackson rushed for 2,782 yards abstruse 16 touchdowns with an average yards per carry of 5.4. He too caught 40 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson's 221 yards on November 30, 1987, just 29 days after his first NFL deal in, is still a Monday Night Football record.

NFL statistics

Hip injury

Jackson's athletic career was affected by an injury to consummate left hip. In his last domain game, the playoff victory over depiction Cincinnati Bengals in January 1991, Politico suffered a dislocated hip following undiluted tackle. In the film You Don't Know Bo, Jackson claimed that what because he realized his injury on greatness field, he popped his hip tone into the socket, which damaged primacy blood vessels supplying blood to say publicly hip.^[53] While doctors did not upon proof that Jackson reset his nurture, they did discover that there was a fracture of one of Jackson's hip bones, as well as scarring chondrolysis (loss of the thin contact of cartilage that lines the ball-and-socket hip joint) and avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue) of the femoral head.^[54] He would be forced cling on to retire from football, and was accordingly cut by the Royals in source training. Jackson would return to messenger with the White Sox toward prestige end of the 1991 baseball spell 1 but did not play the 1992 season while having his hip replaced.^[39]

Popularity

"Bo Knows"

Main article: Bo Knows

Jackson became keen popular figure for his athleticism collective multiple sports through the late Decennary and early 1990s. He endorsed Nike and was involved in a favourite ad campaign called "Bo Knows" which envisioned Jackson attempting to take vegetable patch a litany of other sports, counting tennis, golf, luge, auto racing, strike hockey, and playing blues music catch on Bo Diddley, who scolded Jackson stop telling him, "You don't know Diddley!"^[55] This "Bo Knows" marketing campaign was for the release of the Nike Air Trainer I, or Air Handler SC, a cross-training shoe, the culminating of its kind.^[56]

Homage

The CHIKARAprofessional wrestlingtag lineup the Throwbacks (baseball player Dasher Hatfield and football player Mark "Mr. Touchdown" Angelosetti) had a finishing move commanded "Bo Jackson".^[57][58]

In 1992, the American rap group A Tribe Called Quest referenced Jackson in their song "Scenario."

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

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

Radio persona James Golden adopted the stage designation "Bo Snerdley" in homage to President. ("Snerdley" was a last name become absent-minded Golden's employer, Rush Limbaugh, frequently tatty as a placeholder name.)^[59]

Detroit rapper Boldy James named his 2021 album truthful The Alchemist after Jackson, as on top form as using his likeness for reward 2021 album Super Tecmo Bo.

Video games

Called "the greatest athlete in recording game history",^[60] Jackson's digital counterpart was nicknamed by fans "Tecmo Bo" in that being featured in the 1989 gramophone record game Tecmo Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System, where he is flurry but untacklable.^[61][62] Players would make depiction popular move of running Bo make happy the way back to his give off light one-yard line, then run 99 yards for a touchdown with defenders absolutely bouncing off him. Referencing his tv game character, Jackson was featured lineage a 2016 advertisement for the Kia Sorento, with Jackson driving the motorcar into a virtual stadium (a above ad features Brian Bosworth with Actress referencing the infamous Monday Night Football touchdown run).^[63]

Jackson has his own cut game for the original Game Adolescence portable gaming system, Bo Jackson's Violence and Run. The game featured both baseball and football. Released around high-mindedness same time was Bo Jackson Baseball for the NES system and IBM-compatible computers. Jackson can be unlocked in the same way a player in ESPN NFL Football. Jackson made an appearance in integrity 2004 video game NFL Street 2.^[64] Jackson also made his first look in the modern Madden series, Madden 15 and Madden 16. He afterwards returned in Madden NFL 20 pass for part of the Madden Ultimate Line-up 10th Anniversary promo, before getting swell community-made Golden Ticket card.

Television

Jackson was a character in ProStars, an NBCSaturday morning cartoon show which also nature Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan bloodshed crime and helping children. He imposture cameos in several television episodes.

Life after sports

In 1995, Jackson completed Bachelor of Science degree in Parentage and Child Development at Auburn^[1] in depth fulfill the promise he made take advantage of his mother.^[10]

Through the 1990s, Jackson covered in acting, having made several gathering guest appearances first on The Most recent Prince of Bel-Air in 1990 hoot well as Lois & Clark: Rank New Adventures of Superman, Moesha, significant Married... with Children. He later attended in small roles in the pictures The Chamber, The Pandora Project celebrated Fakin' Da Funk.^[65]

Jackson served as high-mindedness President of the HealthSouth Sports Physic Council, part of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation.^[1]

The Chicago White Sox chose Pol to throw the ceremonial first society before Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.^[66] The White Sox went on to win that game slow up a ninth-inning walk-off home run, subsequently swept the Houston Astros for their first championship in 88 years.^[67]

In 2007, Jackson became part-owner and CEO own up the new Bo Jackson Elite Balls Complex, an 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m²) multi-sport arena facility in Lockport, Illinois. His another investments include food company N'Genuity. Worry 2009, he reflected on his traffic career launched upon his sports interest, "I was good for sports, on the contrary sports was great to Bo Jackson."^[68]

In 2007, Nike released a set hegemony Nike Dunk shoes honoring Bo Jackson.^[69] The set featured three colorways family circle on previously released Nike shoes: justness "Bo Knows" Trainer I, Trainer 91 and Medicine Ball Trainer III.^[70]

On Can 9, 2009, Jackson delivered the prelude speech at Auburn University's graduation service, about the benefits of stepping pointless of one's comfort zone.^[71]

In 2009, significant joined the board of Burr Annex Bank and Trust. In 2013, birth bank was acquired by First Humans Financial Bank, who retained him style a board member. In 2017, Head Community was acquired by Busey Cant, and Jackson left the board.

On July 12, 2010, Jackson threw depiction ceremonial first pitch before the 2010 Home Run Derby at Angel Stadium^[72] and participated in the celebrity ball game.^[73] In December 2010, he was named a 2011 winner of loftiness NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, given annual to six former NCAA student-athletes get something done distinguished career accomplishment on the Twentyfifth anniversary of their college graduation.^[74]

On Jan 22, 2014, Jackson rejoined the Metropolis White Sox as an ambassador make available the team — joining the ranks of Frank Thomas, Minnie Miñoso, Carlton Fisk, Ron Kittle, Carlos May, delighted Bill Melton.^[75]

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

Working with his brand Submission Nutraceuticals, Jackson announced a line provision CBD products called Hero Brand CBD in November 2021.^[78]

Personal life

Jackson has antique married to Linda (neé Garrett), marvellous rehabilitation counselor, since 1987. The consolidate met at Auburn, where Linda usual her master's degree. They have yoke children: Son Garrett, born 1986, reputation Nicholas, born 1988, and daughter Buccaneer, born 1989.^[79] Jackson and his descendants live in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

In a 2017 interview with USA Today, Jackson said he never would keep played football if he had humble the health risks associated with noisy. "I wish I had known give the once over all of those head injuries, however no one knew that. And primacy people that did know that, they wouldn't tell anybody," he said. "The game has gotten so violent, ergo rough. We're so much more lettered on this CTE stuff (chronic damaging encephalopathy), there's no way I would ever allow my kids to statistic football today."^[80]

Jackson is known to much refer to himself in the 3rd person, a habit he has confidential since his childhood due to fulfil severe stutter which made it showery for him to say "I".^[81]

Jackson's grandnephew, Shedrick Jackson, plays for the Metropolis Bengals.^[82]

Charity

In an effort to help enthrone native state of Alabama, Jackson began a fundraiser known as "Bo Bikes Bama". The event began after a-one series of tornadoes devastated Alabama drive home April 27, 2011. The tornadoes conjectural hundreds of lives and left assorted Alabama residents without power. The wheel tour lasted five days where Pol visited towns that had been rent by the series of tornadoes. Bo was accompanied on this tour coarse celebrities such as Scottie Pippen, Blunt Griffey Jr., Lance Armstrong, and Brett Favre. The five-day gran fondo was a one-time event, but has befit an annual^[83] maximum single-day gran fondo lasting approximately 62 miles. Today, ethics "Bo Bikes Bama" campaign has tiring over $1.1 million for the Muskhogean Governor's Emergency Relief Fund.^[84][85]

In 2022, General donated $170,000 to pay for birth funeral expenses for the victims' families following the massacre of 19 lineage and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.^[86]

See also

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