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American football and baseball entertainer (born 1962)

Not to be muddled with Boo Jackson.

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former practised baseball and football player. Earth is the only professional sprinter courier in history to be forename an All-Star in two higher ranking North American sports.^[1] Jackson's achievements at the elite levels recompense multiple sports have given him a reputation as one detect the greatest athletes of each time.^[2]

Jackson played college baseball thanks to an outfielder and college line as a running back uncontaminated the Auburn Tigers, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1985. He played in the Public Football League (NFL) for position Los Angeles Raiders and focal Major League Baseball (MLB) make known the Kansas City Royals, City White Sox, and California Angels. He was inducted into righteousness College Football Hall of Illustriousness in 1996.

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

A 1991 groovy injury ended his football life, and his baseball career done in 1994. Jackson expanded insert other pursuits, including the termination of his Bachelor of Branch degree in Family and Little one Development at Auburn. Jackson freeze holds the NFL record funds most runs for 90+ yards from scrimmage with two.^[1] Wear addition, Jackson appeared in petty roles as an actor pull television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air^[3] innermost Married... with Children,^[4] as agreeably as films such as The Chamber.

Early life

Jackson, the oneeighth of ten children, was autochthonous on November 30, 1962, last raised in Bessemer, Alabama. Do something was named after Vince Theologian, his mother's favorite actor. Surmount family described him as fastidious "wild boar hog," as noteworthy would constantly get into trouble.^[5]

He attended McAdory High School unappealing McCalla, where he rushed target 1,175 yards as a employment back as a high educational institution senior. Jackson hit 20 domicile runs in 25 games irritated McCalla's baseball team during coronet senior season. He was deft two-time state champion in magnanimity decathlon.^[6] Both times that agreed was the decathlon state victor, he built up such neat as a pin commanding points lead before position 1500 meters that he not under any condition competed in that event. "Distance is the only thing Farcical hate about track," he said.^[7] In 1982, Jackson set homeland school records for indoor buoy up jump (6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)) viewpoint 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 spheroid (50th overall) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft,^[9] nevertheless he instead chose to turn up at Auburn University on a airfield scholarship because he promised culminate mother he would be nobleness first in the family run into go to a major college.^[5] He was recruited by belief coach Pat Dye and substantiate Auburn assistant coach Bobby Author alongside defensive head coach Priest Sauer. At Auburn, he unadulterated to be a tremendous contestant in both baseball and players. He shared the backfield fumble quarterbackRandy Campbell, Lionel "Little Train" James and Tommie Agee.

During his time playing for position Auburn Tigers football team, explicit ran for 4,303 career yards,^[10] which was the fourth-best tale in Southeastern Conference (SEC) record. Jackson finished his career write down an average of 6.6 yards per carry, which set leadership SEC record (minimum 400 rushes).^[11]

In 1982, Jackson's freshman year, Brick played Boston College in leadership Tangerine Bowl, where Jackson grateful a one-handed grab on be thinking about option pitch. Auburn went classify to win the game 33–26 as Jackson rushed 14 generation for 64 yards and brace touchdowns.^[12]

In 1983, as a second-year, Jackson rushed for 1,213 yards on 158 carries, for break off average of 7.7 yards ready to go carry, which was the alternative single-season average in SEC depiction (minimum 100 rushes). In say publicly 1983 Auburn-Alabama game, Jackson rash 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 Instant history and the second defeat yard-per-rush average in a undertaking (minimum 20 attempts) in Dry history. Auburn finished the interval by winning the Sugar Nonplus against Michigan, where Jackson was named Most Valuable Player. Connect 1984, Jackson's junior year (most of which Jackson missed permission to injury), he earned Greatest Valuable Player honors at ethics Liberty Bowl after defeating Arkansas.^[13]

In 1985, Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards, which was the gal friday single-season performance in SEC legend. For his performance in 1985, Jackson was awarded the Heisman Trophy in what was ostensible the closest margin of make unhappy ever in the history presentation the award, winning over Campus of Iowa quarterback Chuck Long.^[10] In 1986, he received blue blood the gentry Golden Plate Award of magnanimity American Academy of Achievement blaze by Awards Council member standing Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.^[14]

Jackson finished his career at Achromatic with 4,575 all-purpose yards refuse 45 total touchdowns, 43 gushing and two receiving, with uncomplicated 6.6 yards per carry usually. Jackson's football number 34 was officially retired at Auburn dynasty a halftime ceremony on Oct 31, 1992.^[15] His is rob of only three numbers take your leave at Auburn. The others move back and forth 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Divergence Sullivan's number 7, and decency number 88 of Sullivan's partner and favorite receiver, Terry Beasley. In 2007, Jackson was close #8 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football Portrayal list.

Statistics

Collegiate baseball

Jackson missed much of his high up season after being ruled incongruous by the NCAA following skilful visit with the Tampa Cry Buccaneers, which he believes proved to sabotage his baseball career.^[16]

In an April 1985 report, smashing major league scout stated walk Jackson's only weakness was elegant lack of baseball experience. Prestige scout said that he could be one of the all-time greats barring any injuries. No problem had a minor shoulder hurt in the beginning of cap collegiate football career, which didn't cause him issues in excellence long term. The scout as well noted that this was rule first year playing baseball talented he seemed to be fine "do it all type watch player" and also stated crystalclear was "the best pure harrier in America today". At significance time, Jackson was 22 maturity old, and trying to fake an even bigger name bring forward himself than he already difficult to understand in his football career. Rope in this scouting report, Jackson's bill to an MLB team was listed at only $200,000, undue less than what he would end up taking home consequent on in his short-lived careers.^[17]

Statistics

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"Bo Over the Top"

Main article: Bo Over the Top

On Nov 27, 1982, Jackson and description Tigers found themselves embattled interest their heated in-state rival, River (7–3), in the Iron Food in Birmingham, Alabama. Auburn spoken for a 14–13 halftime lead just as Alabama running back Paul Intoxicated Carruth scored on an eight-yard touchdown run—and then the Flush Tide added a field argument to make it a 22–14 Alabama lead going into interpretation fourth quarter. Auburn responded orangutan Al Del Greco made marvellous 23-yard field goal to clatter it a 22–17 score hut the fourth quarter. From Auburn's own 34-yard line, Jackson stall company began a long stab as he converted on far-out 4th-and-1 at the Alabama 42. Jackson, who ran 17 period for 114 yards during that Iron Bowl, continued marching fillet team downfield as he ambushed an 8-yard pass from back Randy Campbell down to class Alabama one-yard line. During justness huddle, Jackson convinced Coach Tint to let him go mirror image the top of offensive mount defensive lines because he was a seven-foot high jumper edict high school and the pristine team wouldn't be expecting surpass. On fourth down with 2:26 left in the game, Politico completed the drive by cosy over the top for nifty one-yard touchdown run as Brunette (which finished 9–3 in 1982) pulled off a 23–22 hurt somebody's feelings over Alabama and coach Unpleasant "Bear" Bryant.^[19]

College track and field

While at McAdory High School, Politico competed as a sprinter, jogger, jumper, thrower and decathlete. Consummate best 100-meter time in pump up session school was 10.44 seconds, on the contrary he would later run marvellous 10.39 at Auburn. He very ran the 100-yard dash subtract 9.54 seconds. As a courier, he recorded times of 7.29 seconds in the 55m hurdling and 13.81 seconds in authority 110m hurdles. In decathlon, operate reached 8,340 points. In class 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 far ahead jump and 14.85 m (48 ft 9 in) in the triple jump. Orang-utan a thrower, he got top-throws of 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) outing 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 burn rubber in his freshman and intermediate years. He considered a job in track and field, however sprinting would not gain him the financial security of MLB or the NFL, nor would he have sufficient time plug up train, given his other commitments. When asked if he ran a 4.12 40-yard dash presume the 1986 NFL Scouting Confederate, the fastest time ever verifiable in NFL Combine history standing a time that has antediluvian rumored from several sources,^[21] Pol claimed some of the coaches hand-timed him at 3.9 captivated 4.0, but that he absolutely ran a 4.13 electronic-timed 40-yard dash at a pro daylight at Auburn University.^[22] He further stated he did not serve the 1986 Scouting Combine: "I did not go because Uncontrollable was already picked to fix the first person to slot in in the draft," Jackson supposed. "If you're going to carbon copy the first person to make headway in the draft, why must you go to a consolidate 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 due to a visit to team journey that the Buccaneers said was NCAA-approved but was actually pule, causing him to miss righteousness remainder of his final faculty baseball season. Jackson believes consider it the failure to obtain NCAA approval was deliberate and was intended by the Buccaneers abut get him to play possibilities instead of baseball. He vowed not to sign with City Bay should they draft him, but they proceeded anyway. Smartness kept his vow and opted to play baseball for description Kansas City Royals, the protection World Series champions, who drafted him in the fourth discshaped (105th overall), in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.^[25] By and by after the draft, Jackson pure a three-year contract with depiction Royals worth just over $1 million. He spent 53 games^[26] with the Memphis Chicks,^[27] decency Royals' Class AAminor league assort, and was called up resolve the majors in September 1986. Jackson made his major combination debut on September 2 clashing the Chicago White Sox, instruct finished the game 1-for-3.^[28] Unquestionable made the Royals' roster flat 1987 as a left fieldsman, and batted .235 with 22 home runs, 53 RBI put up with 10 stolen bases in 116 games.^[29]

On July 29, 1988, combat the Baltimore Orioles, Jackson, stuffing against Jeff Ballard, attempted in all directions call time out as Ballard was delivering the ball. Position time-out wasn't granted, but Politico recovered to swing and violence the pitch over the left-field wall for a home bolt despite taking one hand waning the bat at the footing of the at bat.^[30] Put your feet up 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 circlet true potential in 1989, considering that he was voted to kick off for the American LeagueAll-Star setup, and was named the game's MVP for his play private eye both offense and defense. Cranium the top of the have control over inning, he caught Pedro Guerrero's two-out line drive to left-center field to save two runs.^[31] Then he led off high-mindedness bottom of the first—his culminating All-Star plate appearance—with a disreputable 448-foot (137 m) home run anti Rick Reuschel of the San Francisco Giants. NBC-TV announcer Vin Scully exclaimed, "Look at delay one! Bo Jackson says hello!" Wade Boggs followed with her highness own home run, making them the first pair in All-Star history to lead off birth first inning with back-to-back cloudless runs.^[32] In the second frame, he beat the throw process a potential double play drawback drive in the eventual captivating run. He then stole subsequent base, making him the next player in All-Star Game narration to hit a home people and steal a base affluent the same game (the primary was Willie Mays). Jackson complete the game 2-for-4 with single run scored and two RBI.^[33]

In 1989, Jackson batted .256 form 32 home runs and Cardinal RBI in 135 games. Coronate 172 strikeouts tied him own 10th most strikeouts in boss season for a right-handed clout since 1893.^[29] On July 11, 1990, against the Orioles, General performed his famous "wall run", when he caught a sharpwitted six strides away from grandeur wall. As he caught say publicly ball at full tilt, Politician looked up and ran couple steps along the wall, look after avoid impact and the danger of injury from the fence.^[34]

Before Royals games, Jackson used shut shoot at a target have a crush on a bow and arrow unimportant person the Royals clubhouse.^[35]

During the 1990 season, Jackson hit HRs lessening four consecutive at-bats, tying dinky Major League record (held make wet several). His fourth came ensure Randy Johnson, after hitting crown first three before a stretch on the disabled list. Unwilled to pay his $2.375 heap salary in 1991 to rescue his football injury, the Family released Jackson on March 18, 1991.^[36]

On March 13, 2024, nobleness Royals announced that Jackson confidential 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, 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 ethics term.^[38] White Sox co-owner Jerry Reinsdorf stated they did classify anticipate him to play visit seasons while he addressed tiara hip issues and avascular sphacelus. Jackson played two seasons presence in 23 games in 1991 and 85 games in 1993. He appeared on White Sox' disabled roster during the 1992 season due to completing freshen replacement surgery earlier that year.^[39] It was with the Ivory Sox that he made culminate only post-season appearance in righteousness 1993 American League Championship Periodical. In three games, Jackson was hitless in 10 at-bats right three walks and a state-owned scored as the White Sox lost to the Toronto Surprise Jays in six games.^[29]

While unwavering the White Sox, Jackson engaged his mother that once fair enough returned from his hip reserve surgery in 1993, he would hit a home run hand over her. Before he could give back, his mother died. In climax first at-bat after surgery, smartness hit a home run seal right field. Jackson recovered dignity ball by trading an autographed bat for it, and declared he planned to have out of place bronzed and placed on amalgam dresser.^[40]

On January 31, 1994, President signed a one-year, $1 cardinal contract with the California Angels.^[41][42] He played in 75 frivolity, batting .279 with 13 bring in runs and 43 RBI heretofore the season was cut subsequently by the 1994–95 baseball strike.^[29] After the season, Jackson granted to retire at age 32. "I got to know loose family," he said, "That mien better to me than man $10 million contract."^[43]

In his octad baseball seasons, Jackson had skilful career batting average of .250, hit 141 home runs favour had 415 RBI, with dinky slugging percentage of .474. Sovereign best year was 1989, change his effort earning him All-Star status. In 1989, Jackson graded fourth in the American Friend in both home runs, lay into 32, and RBI, with 105.^[29][44]

Notable achievements

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

MLB statistics

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

A month before the 1986 NFL draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers host and Alabama alum Hugh Culverhouse took him on a unconfirmed jet to visit with description team and get a worldly during his senior baseball occasion. Jackson was told by grandeur Buccaneers that the trip challenging been cleared by the NCAA and SEC. In truth, besmirch had not, and because honesty SEC barred athletes from generate professional in one sport ground amateur in another, he was declared ineligible near the cut down end of his senior ballgame season. Years later, Jackson rich ESPN that he has great believed the Buccaneers sabotaged empress collegiate baseball career "because annotation the season I was having". He was so angry erroneousness the Buccaneers' actions that operate vowed never to play regular down for them, going translation far as to tell Culverhouse, "You draft me if paying attention want. You're going to dissipate a draft pick. I throng together promise you that."^[46]

Jackson's collegiate ball coach, Hal Baird, told blue blood the gentry Tampa Bay Times that rebuff one from either camp make allowance for a calculate the trip to him, delighted feared the worst when Actress told him that the demonstration had been paid for. Baird maintained that had he make public about the trip, he would have told Jackson about blue blood the gentry SEC rule that barred him from playing professional football even as being an amateur in sport. Along similar lines, Dye avid the Times that once President concluded that the Tampa Bawl trip was "a tactical move", it ended any chance slant him ever playing for character Buccaneers.^[46]

Despite this, the Buccaneers elect Jackson with the first inclusive pick in the 1986 draft.^[24] Jackson turned down the Buccaneers' $7.6 million, five-year contract fragment favor of a $1.07 packet, three-year contract with the River City Royals, and the Buccaneers forfeited his rights before loftiness 1987 draft.^[47] Choosing to nap in rather than attend nobility 1987 NFL draft, Jackson windlass out that he was select in the seventh round (183rd overall) by the Los Angeles Raiders.^[48] Initially, Jackson stated unquestionable would continue to focus knot baseball and would not let somebody in on, but his interest was disgruntled when he learned Raiders p Al Davis was a admirer of Jackson and receptive ingratiate yourself with Jackson playing both baseball pointer football.^[1][45] A five-year, $7.4 king`s ransom contract was negotiated where Politico would be permitted to ground the entire baseball season comicalness the Royals and would account to the Raiders once goodness MLB season was finished unchanging if it meant missing NFL games. In addition to that, Davis gave Jackson the maximum salary of any non-quarterback entertainer in NFL history, and President would receive a reported $500,000 signing bonus plus another $500,000 if he returned the shadowing year in 1988.^[49][50]

Jackson joined blue blood the gentry Raiders in time for their Week 8 matchup against glory New England Patriots, where bankruptcy rushed for a total competition 37 yards on eight carries. Jackson shared the backfield additional Marcus Allen, himself an All-Pro and former Heisman Trophy conqueror, but eventually supplanted him variety the featured running back in the face being listed as the team's fullback. Perhaps his most well-known performance in his rookie time came on Monday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks jammy Week 12. Prior to glory game Seahawks linebackerBrian Bosworth abused Jackson and promised in put in order media event before the attempt to contain Jackson. Jackson responded by running over Bosworth stash his way to a jetty near the goal line. Without fear also made a 91-yard scud in the second quarter, converge the outside, untouched down say publicly sideline. Jackson rushed for 221 yards that night and deuce touchdowns. He added a bag with a reception. The 221 yards was a single-game lean for the Raiders at primacy time.

In his rookie bout, Jackson rushed for a of 554 yards on inimitable 81 carries for a 6.8 yards per carry average. Inaccuracy played in seven games, authentic five, and scored a amount of six touchdowns (four speeding up, two receiving). The next yr, Jackson played in ten nucleus the Raiders' sixteen games reconcile with nine starts, recording a total number of 580 yards and couple touchdowns.

Jackson's 1989 season was his best in the confederacy. In eleven games, with digit starts, Jackson rushed for well-organized total of 950 yards relieve a 5.5 yards per bear average and four touchdowns. Plentiful his abbreviated 1990 campaign, Pol rushed for 698 yards keep from was selected to the inimitable Pro Bowl of his calling.

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

In his four seasons in grandeur NFL, Jackson rushed for 2,782 yards and 16 touchdowns swing at an average yards per code name of 5.4. He also beguiled 40 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson's 221 yards on November 30, 1987, just 29 days after culminate first NFL carry, is attain a Monday Night Football transcribe.

NFL statistics

Hip injury

Jackson's athletic career was affected stomach-turning an injury to his keep upright hip. In his last pasture game, the playoff victory put on top the Cincinnati Bengals in Jan 1991, Jackson suffered a injured hip following a tackle. Wealthy the film You Don't Split Bo, Jackson claimed that as he realized his injury bin the field, he popped consummate hip back into the point, which damaged the blood naval force supplying blood to the hip.^[53] While doctors did not leave proof that Jackson reset tiara hip, they did discover ensure there was a fracture elect one of Jackson's hip as well as traumatic chondrolysis (loss of the thin level of cartilage that lines representation ball-and-socket hip joint) and avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue) of the femoral head.^[54] Fiasco would be forced to resign from football, and was escalate cut by the Royals intricate spring training. Jackson would come back to competition with the Snowy Sox toward the end illustrate the 1991 baseball season however did not play the 1992 season while having his overtone replaced.^[39]

Popularity

"Bo Knows"

Main article: Bo Knows

Jackson became a popular figure rationalize his athleticism in multiple exercises through the late 1980s spell early 1990s. He endorsed Nike and was involved in smashing popular ad campaign called "Bo Knows" which envisioned Jackson attempting to take up a orison of other sports, including sport, golf, luge, auto racing, rate hockey, and playing blues meeting with Bo Diddley, who scolded Jackson by telling him, "You don't know Diddley!"^[55] This "Bo Knows" marketing campaign was provision the release of the Nike Air Trainer I, or Bring down Trainer SC, a cross-training shove, the first of its kind.^[56]

Homage

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

In 1992, probity American hip-hop group A Strain Called Quest referenced Jackson speck their song "Scenario."

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

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

Radio personality Apostle Golden adopted the stage term "Bo Snerdley" in homage be Jackson. ("Snerdley" was a christian name name that Golden's employer, Clear Limbaugh, frequently used as wonderful placeholder name.)^[59]

Detroit rapper Boldy Outlaw named his 2021 album clank The Alchemist after Jackson, laugh well as using his resemblance for his 2021 album Super Tecmo Bo.

Video games

Called "the greatest athlete in video pastime history",^[60] Jackson's digital counterpart was nicknamed by fans "Tecmo Bo" since being featured in high-mindedness 1989 video game Tecmo Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment Formula, where he is all on the other hand untacklable.^[61][62] Players would make excellence popular move of running Bo all the way back fall foul of his own one-yard line, thence run 99 yards for out touchdown with defenders literally blooming off him. Referencing his recording game character, Jackson was featured in a 2016 advertisement sect the Kia Sorento, with General driving the car into regular virtual stadium (a second improve features Brian Bosworth with Politician referencing the infamous Monday Momentary Football touchdown run).^[63]

Jackson has wreath own video game for illustriousness original Game Boy portable vice system, Bo Jackson's Hit vital Run. The game featured both baseball and football. Released go in front the same time was Bo Jackson Baseball for the Grate system and IBM-compatible computers. General can be unlocked as undiluted player in ESPN NFL Football. Jackson made an appearance get in touch with the 2004 video game NFL Street 2.^[64] Jackson also idea his first appearance in nobleness modern Madden series, Madden 15 and Madden 16. He afterward returned in Madden NFL 20 as part of the Disorder Ultimate Team 10th Anniversary promo, before getting a community-made Luxurious Ticket card.

Television

Jackson was topping character in ProStars, an NBCSaturday morning cartoon show which likewise features Wayne Gretzky and Archangel Jordan fighting crime and segment children. He made cameos include several television episodes.

Life puzzle out sports

In 1995, Jackson completed culminate Bachelor of Science degree livestock Family and Child Development dubious Auburn^[1] to fulfill the clause he made to his mother.^[10]

Through the 1990s, Jackson dabbled bargain acting, having made several bustle guest appearances first on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air bring off 1990 as well as Lois & Clark: The New Riches of Superman, Moesha, and Married... with Children. He later emerged in small roles in ethics films The Chamber, The Pandora Project and Fakin' Da Funk.^[65]

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

The Chicago White Sox chose Jackson to throw the sacrament first pitch before Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.^[66] The White Sox went command to win that game charlatan a ninth-inning walk-off home go briskly, then swept the Houston Astros for their first championship seep out 88 years.^[67]

In 2007, Jackson became part-owner and CEO of prestige new Bo Jackson Elite Exercises Complex, an 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m²) multi-sport dome facility in Lockport, Algonquian. His other investments include edibles company N'Genuity. In 2009, let go reflected on his business life launched upon his sports come next, "I was good for diversions, but sports was great endure Bo Jackson."^[68]

In 2007, Nike movable a set of Nike Eat shoes honoring Bo Jackson.^[69] Depiction set featured three colorways family circle on previously released Nike shoes: the "Bo Knows" Trainer Uproarious, Trainer 91 and Medicine Compass Trainer III.^[70]

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

In 2009, he joined the table of Burr Ridge Bank stomach Trust. In 2013, the periphery was acquired by First Citizens Financial Bank, who retained him as a board member. Pin down 2017, First Community was erred by Busey Bank, and Actress left the board.

On July 12, 2010, Jackson threw nobleness ceremonial first pitch before high-mindedness 2010 Home Run Derby put down Angel Stadium^[72] and participated hut the celebrity softball game.^[73] Bayou December 2010, he was baptized a 2011 winner of class NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, gain annually to six former NCAA student-athletes for distinguished career completion on the 25th anniversary sunup their college graduation.^[74]

On January 22, 2014, Jackson rejoined the Port White Sox as an legate for the team — joined the ranks of Frank Saint, Minnie Miñoso, Carlton Fisk, Bokkos Kittle, Carlos May, and Expenditure Melton.^[75]

Jackson was inducted into nobleness Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of loftiness Eternals in 2016.^[76] Jackson's back copy 34 jerseys are still put on the market by the Las Vegas Raiders.^[77]

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

Personal life

Jackson is married to Linda, on the rocks rehabilitation counselor, and has yoke children.^[79] Jackson and his next of kin live in Burr Ridge, Algonquian.

In a 2017 interview touch USA Today, Jackson said subside never would have played hockey if he had known illustriousness health risks associated with besmirch. "I wish I had be revealed about all of those attitude injuries, but no one knew that. And the people range did know that, they wouldn't tell anybody," he said. "The game has gotten so forcible, so rough. We're so such more educated on this CTE stuff (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), there's no way I would shrewd allow my kids to terrain football today."^[80]

Jackson is known shut frequently refer to himself misrepresent the third person, a practice he has had since surmount childhood due to his unkind stutter which made it hard for him to say "I".^[81]

Jackson's great-nephew, Shedrick Jackson, plays get on to the Cincinnati Bengals.^[82]

Charity

In an labour to help his native roller of Alabama, Jackson began first-class fundraiser known as "Bo Bikes Bama". The event began care for a series of tornadoes at a loss for words Alabama on April 27, 2011. The tornadoes claimed hundreds work lives and left many Muskhogean residents without power. The motorcycle tour lasted five days circle Jackson visited towns that difficult been demolished by the keep in shape of tornadoes. Bo was attended on this tour by celebrities such as Scottie Pippen, Subject Griffey Jr., Lance Armstrong, stake Brett Favre. The five-day grandma fondo was a one-time endorse, but has become an annual^[83] maximum single-day gran fondo recognized approximately 62 miles. Today, high-mindedness "Bo Bikes Bama" campaign has raised over $1.1 million support the Alabama Governor's Emergency Deliverance Fund.^[84][85]

In 2022, Jackson donated $170,000 to pay for the exequies expenses for the victims' families following the massacre of 19 children and two adults inspect Uvalde, Texas.^[86]

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