"I don't think any professional athlete will start to live until he's out of sports and spends time with his family." - This says it all about the man.
Growing up in Alabama, as an Auburn Fan, I was blessed with getting to see a lot of Bo before he was pro or at Auburn. I am from Bessemer, the same city Bo is from and I wish I had film of his Baseball and football highlights from McAdory high school. He was definatly in a league of his own then.. You knew Bo would be something special back then even. I just don't know if anyone but Bo knew just how special that was gonna be.
the greatest athlete of all time,, im neither a raiders fan or royals fan,, but i was 10 when he went down against the bengals in 1991, and it knocked the wind out of my sail,, i loved this guy... He ran a 4.12 40 yard dash,, fastest ever at an nfl combine.. the guy was amazing, and its terrible that we didnt get to see how good he woulda been
Bo jackson will never be matched, ever, by anyone. This guy is an absolute machine, lets not forget Bo played football as a HOBBY, he didn't even put much time into it.
I remember the hype this guy was gettin back in day. The first time I actually watched him play when I was a kid he got that career ending hip injury. That moment scarred me for life and I never wanted to be a RB anymore :(
We will never ever see a speed power combo as great as this man BO jackson. One of the best if not the best one of the best players to wear the sliver and black.
Bo Jackson was just incredible. He ran through people like they weren't even there. He was a gifted athlete. The way he just ran over people was inhuman. And who can forget when he ran over Brian Bozworth? I'll never forget watching that play when I was a kid in disbelief.
I agree with Paul Hornung. To go All-Pro in football AND baseball, his speed, his power, the elusiveness, the agility... By far the greatest athlete of all time. It was a huge shame, HUGE shame that he got injured so early in his career.
War Eagle Bo! You are, the best running back ever. It is not always about how many yards you get or whatever... It is also about who you play against and when.
I just googled it and cant find any baseball highlights they are equally incredible, he was 10th in the MVP voting in 1989 MLB, the guy was almost baseballs MVP. Just amazing athlete.
Best running back ever, can't argue. Complete package. Never a package with all the tools. Forget the stats, injuries... This is from a Seahawks fan too...
Bo was great take it from someone who still watches his games,my dad has alot of them on tape and i also seen a few when i was young,but didnt know that i was watching a great player. Yes he did not last(injuries suck). But ask any player about Bo!! I cat say what he would of been,but he was a beast while he played.
I'm a Niner fan, but I'll say this: if there was ever one Raider I'd root for, it'd be Bo Jackson. It is most sorrowful the man was taken down like that- Bo deserved better.
Bo was absolutely the very best athelete I have ever seen! You should hear George Brett talk about some of the things Bo did when he played for the Royals
Bo had the best natural attributes of any rb to play the game. World class speed combined w/ body builder strength. It doesn't matter he didn't have HOF #s, he was a once in a century athlete and exciting as fuck 2 watch.
Bo Jackson is my most favorite football player of all times. I am from Ar. and have watched Darren McFadden. I have said that he reminded me of Bo,and it's ironic he's playing for the Raiders. McFadden will be as good in my opinion, and people will start comparing him to Bo.
Bo didn't play 2 sports. He did baseball full time and football was his "hobby". Freak of nature and absolutely most dominant Tecmo Bowl player ever. People should watch You Don't Know Bo to understand how great of an athlete he was, will always remember Al Michaels, "And nobody catches Bo."
Just one very small difference- Bo was playing baseball all spring and summer and football was a his secondary profession. That makes his accomplishments even more astounding.
imagine if he stayed in the league. he wuda been #1 running bak of all time. bo jackson is a monster a running back that big moving 4.1 in a 40 and he ran over people. hall of famer rite there
Best athlete in the world. Imagine how good he could have been in either baseball or football if that was the only sport he played, and he committed all his time to it.
no doubt about it, had it not been for the injury that ended his career, bo would have been the greatest of all time. quite possible the greatest athlete who has ever lived.
Bo Jackson is the best physical sportman to ever play the game. Period. Right under him is Herschal Walker. And Im not talking bout stats. Im talking bout born with the size, strength, and speed. Pure brute force.
i dont know where his baseball highlights are, he used to break bats over his head and knee when he would strike out, i remember another time he ran down a deep fly ball and ran up the wall and three steps horizontally down the wall, it was incredible. He made the all star team in baseball. He was still hittin dingers with an artificial hip, also heard he broke the record from home plate to first base, from the right side of the plated,,,pure phenom.
ITS REALLY NO SURPRISE THAT RUNNING BACKS TODAY GREW UP SAYING THEY WANTED TO BE LIKE BO.ONE OF THE BEST GUYS TO EVER DO IT.CLASS AND CHARACTER.A DYING BREED.
The video that contained Bo Vs Lott footage was named "Bo Jackson- Running Down A Dream". The video was removed due to NFL copyright claims. I personally watched this video over and over. I loved it. Did he do in Ronnie Lott? Yes Did he break through Lawrence Taylor? Yes
Not only one of the best backs ever to wear Silver & Black... one of the best backs to ever wear any color jersey in the NFL. One of the best ever... period.
Truly God gifted !!! Speed....Power & Quickness. If he had stayed healthy I believe Emmitt Smith would be the 2# all time leading rusher in NFL history & Bo would be No1#. Out.
If not for the injury Bo would have been athlete of the century, hands down. I remember when he was more popular than Jordan. He would have been in the baseball and football hall of fame.
Marcus was a freak. His stats were phenomenal until Bo came to town and took half his carries, not to mention the strike cut his rookie season short, and he suffered a knee injury in the middle of his career. After Bo's injury Allen had a huge falling out with Al Davis and wanted to be traded, but instead Davis sat him on the bench and refused to let him go. By the time Allen was able to leave he was 33 years old and he was still a very good running back at that age. He IS one of the greatest.
Bo is the prime example of what would have happened. I mean he was possibly the most gifted back to ever play the game. He was strong as hell, and had 4.2 speed (That's right, 4.2). If he had concentrated soley on football, and had he not gotten hurt, he may have been the greatest HB of all time.
well...truly he never broke the 1000 season mark because the raiders also had Marcus Allen...a HOF running back....Jackson only played half a season...and during that half a season he shared time with Marcus allen.....which means he truly played only a quarter of a "actual" season...but his name will be remembered forever because for the people that know recognize who Bo Jackson is....they will tell you he is the greatest athlete ever lived
bo jackson would have shattered every single record a running back has ever had...the greatest running back in NFL history,till this day theres no running back that you could compare to bo! but its best to ask yourself the big question...WHAT IF.
One thing you have to remember is although Bo averaged 5.4 yards in the NFL, he was only catching like 6 passes a year. Now if he was catching 100 like an LT has done (Bear in mind on catches you get hit by LBs, and more often without seeing your hitter) he would get worn down a lot more, be less fresh and his average per carry would undoubtedly be lower.
saying if bo just played football hed have done great things would be stupid since it was a football injury that caused his early retirement...hed of been past at least 400 hrs right now in the mlb (w/o steroids people thats alot of hrs)...Barry Sanders, Bo Jackson... what a game
i encourage any of you to read bo jackson's wikipedia profile especially if you are only vaguely familiar with this man. it is just downright SAD that his career had to end when it did. it's also saddening for how the careers of sterling sharpe and terrell davis ended too... :-/
dang.. wish he coulda kept going.. he would be amongst the top to for sure.. I think we can say the same to Terrell Davis.. wish their careers would have gone on longe.
Size and speed? His name was Christian Okoye, Bo. And I cannot believe people are talking about AP on a Bo Jackson video. Sweetness is my icon, but Bo was special.
Gale Sayers also set records in his short NFL career, including 22 TDs in his rookie year(more then Jackson had his whole career) and the TD return record at the time. I just don't think you can justify putting someone who only played 4 seasons, never had over 1,000 yards, or over 6 TDs in the HOF. There was no denying Bo Jackson's ridiculous talent, but talent doesn't get you into the HOF.
Walter payton is my favourite. But Bo Jackson is such an amazing guy. Nothing beats the fast power backs. They're a dying breed, but when they come along they do damage.
If it wasn't for that injury BO would have been the best RB of all time. He's just the type of guy that wanted those extra 2-3 yards theres only another RB i can think that played that way and its Jim Brown. Bo is a legend! I mean half a first down everytime he touched the ball? dude would have been the best no doubt!
Its sad as to how spectacular this dude could have been not just in football but beyond. People forget that Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson were neck and neck for being the top marketable athletes in sports around 1989-90 period and after Bo was injuried that is when MJ ran away with bein the most marketable athlete in the world
Bo was a blessed athlete. I know he worked hard, but the man had a super human body before he got injured. The dude never carried more than about 7% bodyfat at any time. He was clocked at 4.12 in the 40 at the combine. That said, I'd still take Earl Campbell over him just because Earl was a tougher runner. Earl was one of the few running backs who actually knocked out defenders. He was nasty, and plenty fast.
If you were around to see Bo run live in a NFL game, SHIT...!!! No doubt he would've broken multiple records. One of the Greatest running backs that left an impression of Greatness never to be fully realized. That's why we're commenting about him today. It's because you know what would have happened. Otherwise, it's another long forgotten football player.
I love Bo Jackson. I love watching highlights of Bo Jackson. But I don't understand how he would have broken any records or gone for 2000 yards in a season when he only played part time.
"I don't think any professional athlete will start to live until he's out of sports and spends time with his family." - This says it all about the man.
Growing up in Alabama, as an Auburn Fan, I was blessed with getting to see a lot of Bo before he was pro or at Auburn. I am from Bessemer, the same city Bo is from and I wish I had film of his Baseball and football highlights from McAdory high school. He was definatly in a league of his own then.. You knew Bo would be something special back then even. I just don't know if anyone but Bo knew just how special that was gonna be.
OMG.........when I hear that name it still sends chills down my back. What a great Raider.
the greatest athlete of all time,, im neither a raiders fan or royals fan,, but i was 10 when he went down against the bengals in 1991, and it knocked the wind out of my sail,, i loved this guy... He ran a 4.12 40 yard dash,, fastest ever at an nfl combine.. the guy was amazing, and its terrible that we didnt get to see how good he woulda been
Im glad im old enough to have seen Bo play. My fav run was when he was going so fast that he ran through the end zone and out of the stadium.
Bo jackson will never be matched, ever, by anyone.
This guy is an absolute machine, lets not forget Bo played football as a HOBBY, he didn't even put much time into it.
Bo was amazing. Love the Earl Campbell helmet hit at 0:35 too. I was a kid in Earl's time.
I remember the hype this guy was gettin back in day. The first time I actually watched him play when I was a kid he got that career ending hip injury. That moment scarred me for life and I never wanted to be a RB anymore :(
We will never ever see a speed power combo as great as this man BO jackson.
One of the best if not the best one of the best players to wear the sliver and black.
Bo Jackson was just incredible. He ran through people like they weren't even there. He was a gifted athlete. The way he just ran over people was inhuman. And who can forget when he ran over Brian Bozworth? I'll never forget watching that play when I was a kid in disbelief.
We miss you Bo! Much love from the Raider Nation!
I agree with Paul Hornung. To go All-Pro in football AND baseball, his speed, his power, the elusiveness, the agility...
By far the greatest athlete of all time. It was a huge shame, HUGE shame that he got injured so early in his career.
He was a pro bowl RB and an all star outfielder. Amazing. I still get sad when I think about his untimely end of his playing days.
Bo was a freak of nature, his size and speed were insane. We'll be lucky if another like him comes along in the next 100 years.
4.13 40 yard dash at 6'1 230lbs and breaks bats over his knee. tell me another any other running back that can do that. bo is #1
No one can do it like how bo jackson did it.
His 40 wasn’t laser, he ran more of a 4.35
Seems overated to me damn QBs get more yards rushing per season then bo now a days 🤷♂️
War Eagle Bo! You are, the best running back ever. It is not always about how many yards you get or whatever... It is also about who you play against and when.
I just googled it and cant find any baseball highlights they are equally incredible, he was 10th in the MVP voting in 1989 MLB, the guy was almost baseballs MVP. Just amazing athlete.
Bo was amazing.
Loved him.
George Vreeland Hill
that first run summed up the greatness of Bo. He was superman with a hip made out of kryptonite
I am an Alabama fan but Bo Jackson was the real deal. He is the best athelete that I have ever seen.
Best running back ever, can't argue. Complete package. Never a package with all the tools. Forget the stats, injuries... This is from a Seahawks fan too...
best ever, period.
unbelievable power and speed combination, unmatched.
Bo Jackson was Achilles reborn. I'm glad to have lived in the time of Bo Jackson.
Greatest natural athlete I've ever seen in my life. And I've seen Michael Jordan play in his prime in person, so that's saying something.
one of my favorite players.. Bo Knows!
Bo was great take it from someone who still watches his games,my dad has alot of them on tape and i also seen a few when i was young,but didnt know that i was watching a great player. Yes he did not last(injuries suck). But ask any player about Bo!! I cat say what he would of been,but he was a beast while he played.
Bo Jackson was a freak of nature simple. One of the greatest ever no doubt and the hip injury, damn... Who knows what could have been!
I'm a Niner fan, but I'll say this: if there was ever one Raider I'd root for, it'd be
Bo Jackson. It is most sorrowful the man was taken down like that- Bo deserved better.
I'll go with Bo as the best back i've ever seen dating back decades.
I wish I was Bo Jackson. I bet many feel the same way.
He would've broken all the records. Even without seeing him play for many years he's still the greatest ever, by far.
the what if factor is big but the fact is....he had size, power, and speed....he would have been a force even in today's game........a true legend bro
Bo was absolutely the very best athelete I have ever seen!
You should hear George Brett talk about some of the things Bo did when he played for the Royals
when he walked through the locker in his jockstrap...what i'm trying to say is that body deserves to be in the hall of fame.
Bo had the best natural attributes of any rb to play the game. World class speed combined w/ body builder strength. It doesn't matter he didn't have HOF #s, he was a once in a century athlete and exciting as fuck 2 watch.
Bo Jackson was the ultimate! LOL, running over linebackers and then out running d-backs.
Bo FTW
Put this guy in the hall of fame...this not some ordinary guy, it took a lot of these guys years to get to hof Bo was at that level from the jump.
Bo Jackson is my most favorite football player of all times. I am from Ar. and have watched Darren McFadden. I have said that he reminded me of Bo,and it's ironic he's playing for the Raiders. McFadden will be as good in my opinion, and people will start comparing him to Bo.
He is the best I have ever seen.
Bo is amazing he would have been he best running back ever
Best Raiders Rb
Go Raiders!!
a man among boys. he runs like i would if i played against 8th graders when i was a senior in high school.
I remember that day well! Too well :(
Bo Jackson was just incredible. I would've loved to have seen what he and Marcus Dupree could've done with about a dozen years in the NFL.
Bo didn't play 2 sports. He did baseball full time and football was his "hobby". Freak of nature and absolutely most dominant Tecmo Bowl player ever. People should watch You Don't Know Bo to understand how great of an athlete he was, will always remember Al Michaels, "And nobody catches Bo."
Just one very small difference- Bo was playing baseball all spring and summer and football was a his secondary profession. That makes his accomplishments even more astounding.
I think he was on his way to being the greatest ever, he was a very good baseball player as well, no question on of the greatest pure athletes ever
I talked with bo several times during auburn's run to the national championship. bad ass!
when bo jackson turned the corner on seattle on a monday nite, he got my vote as the best ever
Crazy the Power and Speed he had, can you imagine if one team had him and Barry Sanders, they'd never have to throw the ball, just run it !
greatest running back of all time
the 1st athlete 2 ever make my jaw drop!
There is 'best ever' and then 'best season ever'.
imagine if he stayed in the league. he wuda been #1 running bak of all time. bo jackson is a monster a running back that big moving 4.1 in a 40 and he ran over people. hall of famer rite there
In my opinion the best ever. And I am a bronco fan saying this.
I wanna b number 34 wen I play football bcuz of Bo Jackson & Lamont Jordan
so many of the the running back legends are #34!
Best athlete in the world. Imagine how good he could have been in either baseball or football if that was the only sport he played, and he committed all his time to it.
no doubt about it, had it not been for the injury that ended his career, bo would have been the greatest of all time. quite possible the greatest athlete who has ever lived.
Bo Jackson is the best physical sportman to ever play the game. Period.
Right under him is Herschal Walker.
And Im not talking bout stats. Im talking bout born with the size, strength, and speed. Pure brute force.
i dont know where his baseball highlights are, he used to break bats over his head and knee when he would strike out, i remember another time he ran down a deep fly ball and ran up the wall and three steps horizontally down the wall, it was incredible. He made the all star team in baseball. He was still hittin dingers with an artificial hip, also heard he broke the record from home plate to first base, from the right side of the plated,,,pure phenom.
THis Guy is living Proof How many great Players out there cant show there talent cause of injuries
ITS REALLY NO SURPRISE THAT RUNNING BACKS TODAY GREW UP SAYING THEY WANTED TO BE LIKE BO.ONE OF THE BEST GUYS TO EVER DO IT.CLASS AND CHARACTER.A DYING BREED.
The video that contained Bo Vs Lott footage was named "Bo Jackson- Running Down A Dream". The video was removed due to NFL copyright claims. I personally watched this video over and over. I loved it. Did he do in Ronnie Lott? Yes
Did he break through Lawrence Taylor? Yes
Take it from me, Bo was the best ever!!!! On top of all runningbacks along side with Jim Brown PERIOD!!!!!!
Not only one of the best backs ever to wear Silver & Black... one of the best backs to ever wear any color jersey in the NFL. One of the best ever... period.
Love Bo!!
Truly God gifted !!! Speed....Power & Quickness. If he had stayed healthy I believe Emmitt Smith would be the 2# all time leading rusher in NFL history & Bo would be No1#. Out.
The best in only four years....
If not for the injury Bo would have been athlete of the century, hands down. I remember when he was more popular than Jordan. He would have been in the baseball and football hall of fame.
Bo Jackson A Raider!
Marcus was a freak. His stats were phenomenal until Bo came to town and took half his carries, not to mention the strike cut his rookie season short, and he suffered a knee injury in the middle of his career. After Bo's injury Allen had a huge falling out with Al Davis and wanted to be traded, but instead Davis sat him on the bench and refused to let him go. By the time Allen was able to leave he was 33 years old and he was still a very good running back at that age. He IS one of the greatest.
Bo is the prime example of what would have happened. I mean he was possibly the most gifted back to ever play the game. He was strong as hell, and had 4.2 speed (That's right, 4.2). If he had concentrated soley on football, and had he not gotten hurt, he may have been the greatest HB of all time.
Bo Jackson had no weaknesses. He played RB but had the size and power of a Linebacker.
well...truly he never broke the 1000 season mark because the raiders also had Marcus Allen...a HOF running back....Jackson only played half a season...and during that half a season he shared time with Marcus allen.....which means he truly played only a quarter of a "actual" season...but his name will be remembered forever because for the people that know recognize who Bo Jackson is....they will tell you he is the greatest athlete ever lived
bo jackson would have shattered every single record a running back has ever had...the greatest running back in NFL history,till this day theres no running back that you could compare to bo! but its best to ask yourself the big question...WHAT IF.
One thing you have to remember is although Bo averaged 5.4 yards in the NFL, he was only catching like 6 passes a year. Now if he was catching 100 like an LT has done (Bear in mind on catches you get hit by LBs, and more often without seeing your hitter) he would get worn down a lot more, be less fresh and his average per carry would undoubtedly be lower.
saying if bo just played football hed have done great things would be stupid since it was a football injury that caused his early retirement...hed of been past at least 400 hrs right now in the mlb (w/o steroids people thats alot of hrs)...Barry Sanders, Bo Jackson... what a game
i remember watching that game where he injured his hip. man that was back in the early 90s
i encourage any of you to read bo jackson's wikipedia profile especially if you are only vaguely familiar with this man. it is just downright SAD that his career had to end when it did. it's also saddening for how the careers of sterling sharpe and terrell davis ended too... :-/
dang.. wish he coulda kept going.. he would be amongst the top to for sure.. I think we can say the same to Terrell Davis.. wish their careers would have gone on longe.
Size and speed? His name was Christian Okoye, Bo. And I cannot believe people are talking about AP on a Bo Jackson video. Sweetness is my icon, but Bo was special.
Gale Sayers also set records in his short NFL career, including 22 TDs in his rookie year(more then Jackson had his whole career) and the TD return record at the time. I just don't think you can justify putting someone who only played 4 seasons, never had over 1,000 yards, or over 6 TDs in the HOF. There was no denying Bo Jackson's ridiculous talent, but talent doesn't get you into the HOF.
He would of been the all time leading NFL Rusher I honestly believe.
I love how one of the only guys to put a dent in him was at 1:08, the great Ronnie Lott. That really tells you how hard this guy was to bring down.
Bo Jackson was the best running back that almost was
I have seen this many times,but I still can't get over how easily he ran over Ronnie Lott.
Walter payton is my favourite. But Bo Jackson is such an amazing guy. Nothing beats the fast power backs. They're a dying breed, but when they come along they do damage.
If it wasn't for that injury BO would have been the best RB of all time. He's just the type of guy that wanted those extra 2-3 yards theres only another RB i can think that played that way and its Jim Brown. Bo is a legend! I mean half a first down everytime he touched the ball? dude would have been the best no doubt!
Its sad as to how spectacular this dude could have been not just in football but beyond. People forget that Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson were neck and neck for being the top marketable athletes in sports around 1989-90 period and after Bo was injuried that is when MJ ran away with bein the most marketable athlete in the world
One of the greatest atheletes of all time!!!!
Bo i miss u.
Bo was a blessed athlete. I know he worked hard, but the man had a super human body before he got injured. The dude never carried more than about 7% bodyfat at any time. He was clocked at 4.12 in the 40 at the combine.
That said, I'd still take Earl Campbell over him just because Earl was a tougher runner. Earl was one of the few running backs who actually knocked out defenders. He was nasty, and plenty fast.
War Eagle! Bo Jackson + Raider Nation QB x more Plainsmen = the new Silver and Black attack.......
Bo is Lord!
Being a Bengals I can't stand that they ended Bo Jackson career. He sure could crush a baseball
If you were around to see Bo run live in a NFL game, SHIT...!!! No doubt he would've broken multiple records. One of the Greatest running backs that left an impression of Greatness never to be fully realized. That's why we're commenting about him today. It's because you know what would have happened. Otherwise, it's another long forgotten football player.
Best all aroun athlete I ever saw
Bo Jackson is the greatest Running back to ever play the game dude. Im 100% sure.
I love Bo Jackson. I love watching highlights of Bo Jackson. But I don't understand how he would have broken any records or gone for 2000 yards in a season when he only played part time.
Bo knows baseball, Bo knows football