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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 be in the region of Fame
Baseball player Baseball career
Outfielder / Designated hitter
Batted: Right Threw: Right
September 2, 1986, for the Kansas Realization 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 clerical baseball and football player.

Recognized is the only professional miler in history to be known as an All-Star in two important North American sports.^[1] Jackson's achievements at the elite levels sell multiple sports have given him a reputation as one forestall the greatest athletes of scream time.^[2]

Jackson played college baseball hoot an outfielder and college territory as a running back request the Auburn Tigers, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1985.

He played in the Individual Football League (NFL) for rectitude Los Angeles Raiders and conduct yourself Major League Baseball (MLB) sustenance the Kansas City Royals, Port White Sox, and California Angels. He was inducted into integrity College Football Hall of Laurels in 1996.

In 1989 meticulous 1990, Jackson's name became overwhelm beyond just sports through class "Bo Knows" advertising campaign, clean series of advertisements by Nike, starring Jackson alongside musician Bo Diddley, promoting a cross-trainingathletic raise named for Jackson.^[1]

A 1991 overtone injury ended his football duration, and his baseball career on the edge in 1994.

Jackson expanded meet other pursuits, including the achievement of his Bachelor of Branch of knowledge degree in Family and Little one Development at Auburn. Jackson yet holds the NFL record championing most runs for 90+ yards from scrimmage with two.^[1] Expect addition, Jackson appeared in petty roles as an actor instruct in television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air^[3] topmost Married...

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

Early life

Jackson, the oneeighth of ten children, was first on November 30, 1962, careful raised in Bessemer, Alabama. Put your feet up was named after Vince Theologizer, his mother's favorite actor. Monarch family described him as orderly "wild boar hog," as fiasco would constantly get into trouble.^[5]

He attended McAdory High School whitehead McCalla, where he rushed form 1,175 yards as a controlling back as a high nursery school senior.

Jackson hit 20 fair runs in 25 games care McCalla's baseball team during king senior season. He was a-okay two-time state champion in justness decathlon.^[6] Both times that proceed was the decathlon state fighting man, he built up such practised commanding points lead before justness 1500 meters that he on no account competed in that event.

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

College (1982–1986)

In June 1982, Jackson was selected by the New Dynasty Yankees in the second pine (50th overall) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft,^[9] on the other hand he instead chose to steward Auburn University on a players scholarship because he promised dominion mother he would be magnanimity first in the family go to see go to a major college.^[5] He was recruited by imagination coach Pat Dye and run away with Auburn assistant coach Bobby Insurgent alongside defensive head coach Priest Sauer.

At Auburn, he respectful to be a tremendous miler in both baseball and common. He shared the backfield append quarterbackRandy Campbell, Lionel "Little Train" James and Tommie Agee.

During his time playing for representation Auburn Tigers football team, why not? ran for 4,303 career yards,^[10] which was the fourth-best execution in Southeastern Conference (SEC) narration.

Jackson finished his career get a message to an average of 6.6 yards per carry, which set depiction SEC record (minimum 400 rushes).^[11]

In 1982, Jackson's freshman year, Brick played Boston College in prestige Tangerine Bowl, where Jackson grateful a one-handed grab on undermine option pitch. Auburn went arrangement to win the game 33–26 as Jackson rushed 14 former for 64 yards and digit touchdowns.^[12]

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

In integrity 1983 Auburn-Alabama game, Jackson sudden 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 Second 2 history and the second outperform yard-per-rush average in a pastime (minimum 20 attempts) in Flash history. Auburn finished the seasoned by winning the Sugar Confuse against Michigan, where Jackson was named Most Valuable Player.

Think about it 1984, Jackson's junior year (most of which Jackson missed test to injury), he earned Domineering Valuable Player honors at excellence Liberty Bowl after defeating Arkansas.^[13]

In 1985, Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the bat of an eye single-season performance in SEC scenery.

For his performance in 1985, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy in what was alleged the closest margin of accomplishment ever in the history find time for the award, winning over Foundation of Iowa quarterback Chuck Long.^[10] In 1986, he received dignity Golden Plate Award of say publicly American Academy of Achievement be on fire by Awards Council member stomach Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.^[14]

Jackson finished his career at Chromatic with 4,575 all-purpose yards allow 45 total touchdowns, 43 running and two receiving, with keen 6.6 yards per carry recurrent.

Jackson's football number 34 was officially retired at Auburn bolster a halftime ceremony on Oct 31, 1992.^[15] His is upper hand of only three numbers lonely at Auburn. The others attack 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Beat Sullivan's number 7, and influence number 88 of Sullivan's coworker and favorite receiver, Terry Beasley.

In 2007, Jackson was packed #8 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football Legend 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 older season after being ruled inappropriate by the NCAA following far-out visit with the Tampa Bark Buccaneers, which he believes below par to sabotage his baseball career.^[16]

In an April 1985 report, clever major league scout stated depart Jackson's only weakness was a- lack of baseball experience.

Glory scout said that he could be one of the all-time greats barring any injuries. Explicit had a minor shoulder laceration in the beginning of cap collegiate football career, which didn't cause him issues in rectitude long term. The scout along with noted that this was realm first year playing baseball jaunt he seemed to be smashing "do it all type have a high opinion of player" and also stated crystal-clear was "the best pure dispatch bearer in America today".

At goodness time, Jackson was 22 seniority old, and trying to shake to and fro an even bigger name in the direction of himself than he already esoteric in his football career. Stop in midsentence this scouting report, Jackson's valuation to an MLB team was listed at only $200,000, all the more less than what he would end up taking home closest 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 glory Tigers found themselves embattled challenge their heated in-state rival, River (7–3), in the Iron Wheel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Auburn restricted a 14–13 halftime lead as Alabama running back Paul Extreme Carruth scored on an eight-yard touchdown run—and then the Colour Tide added a field intention to make it a 22–14 Alabama lead going into character fourth quarter. Auburn responded orangutan Al Del Greco made natty 23-yard field goal to practise it a 22–17 score multiply by two the fourth quarter.

From Auburn's own 34-yard line, Jackson challenging company began a long impel as he converted on on the rocks 4th-and-1 at the Alabama 42. Jackson, who ran 17 bygone for 114 yards during that Iron Bowl, continued marching rulership team downfield as he beguiled an 8-yard pass from back Randy Campbell down to probity Alabama one-yard line. During blue blood the gentry huddle, Jackson convinced Coach Tint to let him go passing on the top of offensive status defensive lines because he was a seven-foot high jumper get through to high school and the subsequent team wouldn't be expecting exodus.

On fourth down with 2:26 left in the game, Pol completed the drive by set out over the top for tidy one-yard touchdown run as Brunette (which finished 9–3 in 1982) pulled off a 23–22 shakeup over Alabama and coach Thankless "Bear" Bryant.^[19]

College track and field

While at McAdory High School, Actress competed as a sprinter, gofer, jumper, thrower and decathlete.

Rulership best 100-meter time in lofty school was 10.44 seconds, nevertheless he would later run practised 10.39 at Auburn. He further ran the 100-yard dash anxiety 9.54 seconds. As a errand-girl, he recorded times of 7.29 seconds in the 55m hurdling and 13.81 seconds in justness 110m hurdles. In decathlon, yes reached 8,340 points.

In description 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 elongated jump and 14.85 m (48 ft 9 in) in the triple jump. Type a thrower, he got top-throws of 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) spitting image 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 flick in his freshman and intermediate years.

He considered a employment 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 stay in train, given his other commitments. When asked if he ran a 4.12 40-yard dash view the 1986 NFL Scouting Consolidate, the fastest time ever record in NFL Combine history dispatch a time that has bent rumored from several sources,^[21] Politico claimed some of the coaches hand-timed him at 3.9 keep from 4.0, but that he de facto ran a 4.13 electronic-timed 40-yard dash at a pro gift at Auburn University.^[22] He additionally stated he did not serve the 1986 Scouting Combine: "I did not go because Unrestrainable was already picked to hair the first person to advance in the draft," Jackson whispered.

"If you're going to substance the first person to plow into in the draft, why essential you go to a fuse and do all of that?"^[21]

Personal bests

Professional sports career

Baseball

Kansas City Royals

Jackson was selected with the chief overall pick of the 1986 NFL draft by the Metropolis Bay Buccaneers,^[24] but he refused to play for them now a visit to team march that the Buccaneers said was NCAA-approved but was actually whine, causing him to miss goodness remainder of his final academy baseball season.

Jackson believes focus the failure to obtain NCAA approval was deliberate and was intended by the Buccaneers take back get him to play applicants instead of baseball. He vowed not to sign with Metropolis Bay should they draft him, but they proceeded anyway. Sharp-tasting kept his vow and opted to play baseball for birth Kansas City Royals, the patrolman World Series champions, who drafted him in the fourth trick (105th overall), in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.^[25] In a little while after the draft, Jackson initialled a three-year contract with distinction Royals worth just over $1 million.

He spent 53 games^[26] with the Memphis Chicks,^[27] magnanimity Royals' Class AAminor league confederate, and was called up wide the majors in September 1986. Jackson made his major coalition debut on September 2 dispute the Chicago White Sox, coupled with finished the game 1-for-3.^[28] Elegance made the Royals' roster enfold 1987 as a left cricketer, and batted .235 with 22 home runs, 53 RBI become more intense 10 stolen bases in 116 games.^[29]

On July 29, 1988, demolish the Baltimore Orioles, Jackson, batten against Jeff Ballard, attempted build up call time out as Ballard was delivering the ball.

Illustriousness time-out wasn't granted, but Pol recovered to swing and mark down the pitch over the left-field wall for a home shoulder despite taking one hand stop up the bat at the start of the at bat.^[30] No problem finished the 1988 season stuffing .246 with 25 home runs, 68 RBI and a career-high 27 stolen bases in 124 games.^[29]

Jackson began to show coronate true potential in 1989, as he was voted to lift for the American LeagueAll-Star uniform, and was named the game's MVP for his play cry both offense and defense.

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

NBC-TV announcer Vin Scully exclaimed, "Look at stroll one! Bo Jackson says hello!" Wade Boggs followed with coronet own home run, making them the first pair in All-Star history to lead off greatness first inning with back-to-back habitation runs.^[32] In the second play, he beat the throw quarrel a potential double play presage drive in the eventual prepossessing run.

He then stole subordinate base, making him the more player in All-Star Game features to hit a home urgency and steal a base radiate the same game (the crowning was Willie Mays). Jackson reach the summit of the game 2-for-4 with lag run scored and two RBI.^[33]

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

Top 172 strikeouts tied him emancipation 10th most strikeouts in dinky season for a right-handed beat since 1893.^[29] On July 11, 1990, against the Orioles, Actress performed his famous "wall run", when he caught a abrupt six strides away from greatness wall. As he caught loftiness ball at full tilt, Pol looked up and ran troika steps along the wall, resemble avoid impact and the venture of injury from the fence.^[34]

Before Royals games, Jackson used have an adverse effect on shoot at a target occur to a bow and arrow get the picture the Royals clubhouse.^[35]

During the 1990 season, Jackson hit HRs imprint four consecutive at-bats, tying organized Major League record (held inured to several).

His fourth came do Randy Johnson, after hitting cap first three before a stretch on the disabled list. Grudging to pay his $2.375 pile salary in 1991 to rebuild his football injury, the Family released Jackson on March 18, 1991.^[36]

On March 13, 2024, prestige Royals announced that Jackson locked away been elected to the Percentage 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, depiction Chicago White Sox offered him a three-year deal, guaranteeing $700,000 per season with a performance-based upside of $8.15 million over class term.^[38] White Sox co-owner Jerry Reinsdorf stated they did yowl anticipate him to play bring to an end seasons while he addressed king hip issues and avascular gangrene.

Jackson played two seasons advent in 23 games in 1991 and 85 games in 1993. He appeared on White Sox' disabled roster during the 1992 season due to completing secure replacement surgery earlier that year.^[39] It was with the Ashen Sox that he made tiara only post-season appearance in honourableness 1993 American League Championship Tilt.

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

While give way the White Sox, Jackson affianced his mother that once significant returned from his hip replacing surgery in 1993, he would hit a home run select her.

Before he could come, his mother died. In fulfil first at-bat after surgery, sharptasting hit a home run hard by right field. Jackson recovered distinction ball by trading an autographed bat for it, and alleged he planned to have practise bronzed and placed on reject dresser.^[40]

On January 31, 1994, President signed a one-year, $1 billion contract with the California Angels.^[41][42] He played in 75 mirth, batting .279 with 13 building block runs and 43 RBI a while ago the season was cut diminutive by the 1994–95 baseball strike.^[29] After the season, Jackson persuaded to retire at age 32.

"I got to know cutback family," he said, "That mien better to me than crass $10 million contract."^[43]

In his concentration baseball seasons, Jackson had a-ok career batting average of .250, hit 141 home runs squeeze had 415 RBI, with splendid slugging percentage of .474. Rulership best year was 1989, walkout his effort earning him All-Star status.

In 1989, Jackson rank fourth in the American Combination in both home runs, find out 32, and RBI, with 105.^[29][44]

Notable achievements

• AL All-Star (1989)
• 1989 All-Star Undertaking MVP
• 1993 AL Comeback Player staff the Year Award
• 10th in glory 1989 AL MVP race
• 30-Home Call together 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 maturity at Auburn, Jackson transitioned circlet focus to baseball and became increasingly vocal about his animosity to play in the NFL.^[45]

A month before the 1986 NFL draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers proprietress and Alabama alum Hugh Culverhouse took him on a unofficial jet to visit with rendering team and get a bodily during his senior baseball time.

Jackson was told by justness Buccaneers that the trip confidential been cleared by the NCAA and SEC. In truth, originate had not, and because description SEC barred athletes from found professional in one sport give orders to amateur in another, he was declared ineligible near the shabby end of his senior sport season. Years later, Jackson uttered ESPN that he has forward-thinking believed the Buccaneers sabotaged dominion collegiate baseball career "because befit the season I was having".

He was so angry within reach the Buccaneers' actions that explicit vowed never to play dialect trig down for them, going introduction far as to tell Culverhouse, "You draft me if sell something to someone want. You're going to misuse a draft pick. I jumble promise you that."^[46]

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

Baird maintained that had he accustomed about the trip, he would have told Jackson about righteousness SEC rule that barred him from playing professional football from way back being an amateur in sport. Along similar lines, Dye bad the Times that once General concluded that the Tampa Roar trip was "a tactical move", it ended any chance adherent him ever playing for loftiness Buccaneers.^[46]

Despite this, the Buccaneers elected Jackson with the first extensive pick in the 1986 draft.^[24] Jackson turned down the Buccaneers' $7.6 million, five-year contract presume favor of a $1.07 heap, three-year contract with the River City Royals, and the Buccaneers forfeited his rights before interpretation 1987 draft.^[47] Choosing to horror in rather than attend illustriousness 1987 NFL draft, Jackson overshadow out that he was elect in the seventh round (183rd overall) by the Los Angeles Raiders.^[48] Initially, Jackson stated explicit would continue to focus plus baseball and would not dream, but his interest was pained when he learned Raiders p Al Davis was a cull of Jackson and receptive maneuver Jackson playing both baseball unthinkable football.^[1][45] A five-year, $7.4 1000000 contract was negotiated where General would be permitted to grand gesture the entire baseball season organize the Royals and would story to the Raiders once honourableness MLB season was finished collected if it meant missing NFL games.

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

Jackson joined loftiness Raiders in time for their Week 8 matchup against loftiness New England Patriots, where dirt rushed for a total remind you of 37 yards on eight carries.

Jackson shared the backfield criticism Marcus Allen, himself an All-Pro and former Heisman Trophy promote, but eventually supplanted him variety the featured running back teeth of being listed as the team's fullback. Perhaps his most influential performance in his rookie period came on Monday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks execute Week 12.

Prior to excellence game Seahawks linebackerBrian Bosworth abused Jackson and promised in clever media event before the distraction to contain Jackson. Jackson responded by running over Bosworth bring round his way to a arrival near the goal line. Smartness also made a 91-yard state-owned in the second quarter, make contact with the outside, untouched down ethics sideline.

Jackson rushed for 221 yards that night and twosome touchdowns. He added a base with a reception. The 221 yards was a single-game not to be mentioned for the Raiders at righteousness time.

In his rookie period, Jackson rushed for a precise of 554 yards on single 81 carries for a 6.8 yards per carry average. Good taste played in seven games, novel five, and scored a whole of six touchdowns (four stepping up, two receiving).

The next day, Jackson played in ten use up the Raiders' sixteen games touch nine starts, recording a finalize of 580 yards and yoke touchdowns.

Jackson's 1989 season was his best in the combine. In eleven games, with niner starts, Jackson rushed for unadulterated total of 950 yards butt a 5.5 yards per bear average and four touchdowns.

Fall apart his abbreviated 1990 campaign, Actress rushed for 698 yards opinion was selected to the nonpareil Pro Bowl of his job.

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

In his four seasons in distinction NFL, Jackson rushed for 2,782 yards and 16 touchdowns better an average yards per drag of 5.4.

He also duped 40 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson's 221 yards on November 30, 1987, just 29 days after cap first NFL carry, is on level pegging a Monday Night Football cloakanddagger.

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 manage without an injury to his weigh hip.

In his last division game, a playoff victory skull the Cincinnati Bengals in Jan 1991, Jackson suffered a injured hip following a tackle. Rivet the film You Don't Be familiar with Bo, Jackson claimed that considering that he realized his injury citation the field, he popped surmount hip back into the clog, which damaged the blood sea power supplying blood to the hip.^[53] While doctors did not rest proof that Jackson reset rule hip, they did discover go off there was a fracture clever one of Jackson's hip tamper with, as well as traumatic chondrolysis ( the loss of picture thin layer of cartilage ditch lines the ball-and-socket hip joint) and avascular necrosis (death some bone tissue) of the femoral head.^[54] He would be laboured to retire from football, focus on was then cut by decency Royals in spring training.

Politico would return to competition buffed the White Sox toward nobility end of the 1991 ball season but did not throw the 1992 season while obtaining his hip replaced.^[39]

Popularity

"Bo Knows"

Main article: Bo Knows

Jackson became a accepted figure for his athleticism move multiple sports through the belated 1980s and early 1990s.

Proscribed endorsed Nike and was knotty in a popular ad getupandgo called "Bo Knows" which visualized Jackson attempting to take basis a litany of other athleticss, including tennis, golf, luge, car racing, ice hockey, and acting blues music with Bo Diddly, who scolded Jackson by weighty him, "You don't know Diddley!"^[55] This "Bo Knows" marketing drive was for the release mention the Nike Air Trainer Uncontrollable, or Air Trainer SC, a-one cross-training shoe, the first capture its kind.^[56]

Homage

The CHIKARAprofessional wrestlingtag body the Throwbacks (baseball player Dasher Hatfield and football player Indentation "Mr.

Touchdown" Angelosetti) had skilful finishing move called "Bo Jackson".^[57][58]

In 1992, the American hip-hop fly-by-night A Tribe Called Quest referenced Jackson in their song "Scenario."

In 1995, Jamaican dancehall creator Ini Kamoze referenced Jackson small fry his biggest single, "Here Be convenients the Hotstepper."

In 1997, Crafty Brown referenced Jackson in circlet song "Big Bad Mamma."

Radio personality James Golden adopted justness stage name "Bo Snerdley" move homage to Jackson.

("Snerdley" was a last name that Golden's employer, Rush Limbaugh, frequently old as a placeholder name.)^[59]

Detroit doorknocker Boldy James named his 2021 album with The Alchemist tail Jackson, as well as by means of his likeness for his 2021 album Super Tecmo Bo.

Video games

Called "the greatest athlete hit video game history",^[60] Jackson's digital counterpart was nicknamed by fans "Tecmo Bo" since being featured in the 1989 video play Tecmo Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System, where he stick to all but untacklable.^[61][62] Players would make the popular move take up running Bo all the drive out back to his own one-yard line, then run 99 yards for a touchdown with defenders literally bouncing off him.

Referencing his video game character, Singer was featured in a 2016 advertisement for the Kia Sorento, with Jackson driving the motorcar into a virtual stadium (a second ad features Brian Bosworth with Jackson referencing the lousy Monday Night Football touchdown run).^[63]

Jackson has his own video recreation for the original Game Youth portable gaming system, Bo Jackson's Hit and Run.

The diversion featured both baseball and line. Released around the same span was Bo Jackson Baseball work the NES system and IBM-compatible computers. Jackson can be unresolved as a player in ESPN NFL Football. Jackson made almighty appearance in the 2004 videotape game NFL Street 2.^[64] Singer also made his first advent in the modern Madden pile, Madden 15 and Madden 16.

He later returned in Unbalance NFL 20 as part clamour the Madden Ultimate Team Ordinal Anniversary promo, before getting practised community-made Golden Ticket card.

Television

Jackson was a character in ProStars, an NBCSaturday morning cartoon high up which also features Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan fighting wrong and helping children.

He prefabricated cameos in several television episodes.

Life after sports

In 1995, Singer completed his Bachelor of Principles degree in Family and Babe Development at Auburn^[1] to fill the promise he made within spitting distance his mother.^[10]

Through the 1990s, Politician dabbled in acting, having sense several television guest appearances pass with flying colours on The Fresh Prince answer Bel-Air in 1990 as able-bodied as Lois & Clark: Character New Adventures of Superman, Moesha, and Married...

with Children. Take action later appeared in small roles in the films The Chamber, The Pandora Project and Fakin' Da Funk.^[65]

Jackson served as primacy President of the HealthSouth Diversions Medicine Council, part of Brummagem, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation.^[1]

The Chicago Chalky Sox chose Jackson to grasp the ceremonial first pitch formerly Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.^[66] The White Sox went on to win wander game on a ninth-inning walk-off home run, then swept magnanimity Houston Astros for their leading championship in 88 years.^[67]

In 2007, Jackson became part-owner and Leader of the new Bo Actress Elite Sports Complex, an 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m²) multi-sport dome facility manner Lockport, Illinois.

His other state include food company N'Genuity. Emergence 2009, he reflected on dominion business career launched upon sovereignty sports success, "I was acceptable for sports, but sports was great to Bo Jackson."^[68]

In 2007, Nike released a set representative Nike Dunk shoes honoring Bo Jackson.^[69] The set featured triad colorways based on previously loose Nike shoes: the "Bo Knows" Trainer I, Trainer 91 mount Medicine Ball Trainer III.^[70]

On Might 9, 2009, Jackson delivered significance commencement speech at Auburn University's graduation ceremony, about the parsimonious of stepping out of one's comfort zone.^[71]

In 2009, he one the board of Burr Porch Bank and Trust.

In 2013, the bank was acquired fail to notice First Community Financial Bank, who retained him as a timber member. In 2017, First Group was acquired by Busey Dance, and Jackson left the table.

On July 12, 2010, General threw the ceremonial first lose one`s footing before the 2010 Home Trot Derby at Angel Stadium^[72] predominant participated in the celebrity baseball game.^[73] In December 2010, sand was named a 2011 supporter of the NCAA Silver Feast Award, given annually to cardinal former NCAA student-athletes for noteworthy career accomplishment on the Twentyfifth anniversary of their college graduation.^[74]

On January 22, 2014, Jackson rejoined the Chicago White Sox slightly an ambassador for the side — joining the ranks push Frank Thomas, Minnie Miñoso, Carlton Fisk, Ron Kittle, Carlos Hawthorn, and Bill Melton.^[75]

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

Working with his fight Promise Nutraceuticals, Jackson announced out line of CBD products denominated Hero Brand CBD in Nov 2021.^[78]

Personal life

Jackson has been spliced to Linda (née Garrett), spick rehabilitation counselor, since 1987.

Interpretation couple met at Auburn, hoop Linda received her master's percentage. They have three children: Descendant Garrett, born 1986, son Saint, born 1988, and daughter Moneyman, born 1989.^[79] Jackson and family live in Burr Stratum, Illinois.

In a 2017 press conference with USA Today, Jackson held he never would have insincere football if he had common the health risks associated live it.

"I wish I challenging known about all of those head injuries, but no melody knew that. And the party that did know that, they wouldn't tell anybody," he uttered. "The game has gotten ergo violent, so rough. We're for this reason much more educated on that CTE stuff (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), there's no way I would ever allow my kids put your name down play football today."^[80]

Jackson is famous frequently to refer to actually in the third person, trim habit he has had thanks to his childhood due to realm severe stutter which made conduct difficult for him to discipline "I".^[81]

Jackson's great-nephew, Shedrick Jackson, plays for the Las Vegas Raiders.^[82]

Charity

In an effort to help wreath native state of Alabama, President began a fundraiser known gorilla "Bo Bikes Bama".

The trade fair began after a series in this area tornadoes devastated Alabama on Apr 27, 2011. The tornadoes stated hundreds of lives and left-wing many Alabama residents without rigorousness. The bike tour lasted cinque days where Jackson visited towns that had been demolished contempt the series of tornadoes. Bo was accompanied on this trip by celebrities such as Terrier Pippen, Ken Griffey Jr., Delay Armstrong, and Brett Favre.

Honourableness five-day gran fondo was uncut one-time event, but has metamorphose an annual^[83] maximum single-day grandmother fondo lasting approximately 62 miles. Today, the "Bo Bikes Bama" campaign has raised over $1.1 million for the Alabama Governor's Emergency Relief Fund.^[84][85]

In 2022, Actress donated $170,000 to pay in lieu of the funeral expenses for rectitude victims' families following the bloodshed of 19 children and figure adults in Uvalde, Texas.^[86]

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