After the Heisman presentation there was a new 30 for 30 on ESPN about Bo Jackson. Being born in 1994, I never got to watch Bo Jackson, only highlights but the stories I have heard of him intrigued me so I watched it. It was one of the most interesting stories I have seen of an athlete. He was a freak; he was probably the only person that will ever be even considered to be a hall of famer in 2 sports. Not only is he a great athlete he was a great role model. I don’t understand how someone that good could be that humble. I also found out a lot more about him then I knew.
Like why he played baseball, when he was a senior at Auburn he went and visited the Buccaneers and was told that the NCAA approved of it but it turned out he violated code and was forced to sit out the rest of his senior year of baseball. This made Jackson hate the Buccaneers and when they drafted Jackson he said no and went to play baseball. Which confused a lot of people until he got to the MLB and showed people what he was able to do. Then the famous Al Davis, owner of the L.A. Raiders, asked Jackson if he still wanted to play football and was drafted in the 7th round and played football as a hobby after the baseball season.
Jackson was the best athlete we have seen and he did something that isn’t really acceptable nowadays. Even in high school kids were told if you want to be good you need to choose one sport and work at it. But Jackson didn’t he played baseball and football and excelled in both. Another weird thing about Jackson was all his talent was God given and he hated practice. Which today would not be allowed because if an athlete like Jackson they would be accused of doping. Luckily Jackson came before the steroid phase. Bo Jackson was the best athlete to ever play sports.
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