Bo is definitely the greatest raw athletic talent we’ve ever seen IMO. Speed, strength, coordination, reaction time, instincts, and improvisation, Bo gets my vote.
Agreed. Like when Emmet says Walter was better. That's class. To admit that even though you have all the records, someone else was better. That's grace and humility. That's a good person.
For all of Deion's swagger and bragging, I like that when it comes to his contemporaries he doesn't bs. He admits what he could or couldn't and who was as good or better. Despite his media shenanigans, that's someone that respects the game and those who are in it. He didn't have to defer, he could've done his schtick but he respected the game and those players too much to put on that act. That's depth. They BOTH played pro baseball and football and were/are considered at the top of the list for their positions. He could've went the competitive response but he has to be a humble and good man to admit that even in that head to head with Bo, Bo was the better athlete. That's class.
He doesn’t have to act he only does that to get the money that’s the only way white folks pay to see you He’s a Great Father a Great man and your just jealous but get over it he’s Confident and rightfully so that’s what keeps him paid and in commercials he’s an expert at controversial marketing if he acts like Bo and everyone else they are an after thought not getting paid broke trying to be humble fuck humble he kicked in the door and made them pay for the show then and they gone pay now and you still going to be hating lamé talking about the way somebody act like you daddy teach your own kids to be humble you just never was elite at anything in your life so you don’t know what it feels like to be at the Top and stay there you always been looking up commenting on others and beta males like you make me sick probably look like trash but talking about what someone else does
Neither Bo, Deion, nor Jordan come even remotely close to being the greatest athletes. The greatest athlete, in my opinion, is rock climber Alex Honnold. You see, in football and baseball, both Deion and Bo are allowed to make mistakes - they can strike out. They can drop a bal. In basketball, Jordan is allowed to make mistakes - miss a shot, miss a free throw, get the ball stolen away from him. In Alex Honnold's sport, free climbing, mistakes ARE NOT ALLOWED. Even the smallest of mistakes are not allowed. If Alex Honnold makes the smallest mistake, HE DIES. Plain and simple. END OF DISCUSSION.
@@user-sg8kq7ii3y they teach people to climb every day you can’t teach what Bo Deion or Jordan had sorry and just because you do something difficult doesn’t mean you’re an athlete just that you have a skill there’s a difference tightrope walking is more dangerous than your cliff diving and you hear nobody bringing them up as a candidate to be a Top athlete get over it your boy is a nobody 😂😂🤫
@@user-sg8kq7ii3y is he the greatest athlete only while he still lives, and does he lose the title in your opinion after he falls or after he retires from climbing?
@@thomascrissman1124 He's the greatest athlete because his sport does not allow for ANY mistakes. He has to be 100% PERFECT or else he dies. Even if he dies, he will still be the greatest athlete because that would mean that he only made ONE MISTAKE in his entire career.
He would coach the team then run on to the field and play his position ,he was head coach at different points along his playing career..... That's impressive ,he was so dominant at football that no coach or man on Earth knew more or knew better than him....So he did it all he was like bill Walsh and deion Sanders at the same time
Agreed. Bo was one of the best running backs in pro football (and if he hadn't been injured he might have been THE best). He was also an All-Star baseball player (even playing hurt). In college he was a good track athlete. Nobody has reached that level of success, but Bo's career was cut short so we are just guessing at how great he would have been.
Crazyy that if he would have been a less powerful athlete that tackle would've been just a routine tackle. But Mr Jackson was so strong that he exploded through it.
80s were very blessed time for athletes. Truth be told they are behind Bo but guys like Lawrence Taylor, Rickey Henderson and Herschel Walker deserve mention in these conversations as well.
Deion and I are on the same page about BO..BO was incredible and everyone would get quiet in baseball or football when BO was up to bat or got the handoff because it was always magic when BO was involved in the action..he left people scratching their heads wondering how he just did what he would do it was next level excellence..I can only imagine if he did not get injured what should have could have and would have happened if he was able to play until he retired..IMO best athlete to ever live!!
Love how Deion gives Bo so much credit as a better two-sport/overall athlete - not because I expected different, but have had soooo many people argue between the two and now can just show Deion coming out and saying it. (This is especially relevant living in FSU country lol)
Watching Bo Run the Football is a great watch, where Barry made you look stupid with his moves and speed, Bo just ran you over and went full speed. Bo was Size, Speed, Vision, and he said Football was his Part time job SMH
I was just about to bring this up... Jim Thorpe did it all... football.... baseball... Olympic metals...i mean he's the first person you see when u walk into canton
Well, Jim Thorpe never competed against black guys, much less athletes the size of today's athletes, so that drops his stock quite a bit. Being the best 100 years ago and being the best today are 2 very different things
Thorpe is always given “Best of the first half of 20th century” credit. Nobody is really left to give many first hand accounts though. His definitely a credit to the indigenous people of the US and by all records was a superior athlete.
Dionne is an absolute legend and to see him humble himself as a fan Vincent Bo Jackson is really nice. He played in what I still consider the greatest era of Football.
@@harrymills2770 Jim Thorpe competed against strictly white people, if you've noticed most of sports athletes are dominated by blacks, even so he still didn't even compete against today's white ppl who compete with blacks and are wayyyyy better than the whites back then, you saw when they let Jackie Robinson play, plus you have guys like herschal walker who is mma legend, football legend, Bob sledding, and track legend lol, but I still think bo is better athlete he's the only one to be hall of fame in 2 different sports
@@powerboatguy2308 No one is on Thorpe's level. But Wilt is on the level of Bo and Deion easily. So is Herschel Walker. Wilt - pro basketball HOF and pro volleyball HOF, college track and field Walker - pro football pro bowl, pro MMA, Olympic bobsledder, college track and field was actually a world class sprinter (faster than Bo) Bo - pro football pro-bowl, MLB allstar, college track and field Deion - pro football HOF, MLB, college track and field Thorpe - pro football HOF, MLB, pro basketball, 2x Olympic champion in the decathlon and pentathlon, also competed in the Olympic individual high jump (4th place) and the individual long jump (7th) place, also was the All-around champion (equal to decathlon World champion).
@@sydboski Walker is not faster than Bo, Bo best time in college would have made him the second fastest guy in the olympic in 84. It is consensus amongst most people that Bo is the best athlete of all time, Deion even said it himself, I like Walker, but he's no Bo. He trained like crazy, Bo could just walk off the street and be great.
Bo is the best I ever saw. I also saw Michael Vick up close and he was an amazing athlete. Was like watching an adult playing with kids and he was in the NFL playing with the best of the best when I saw him play. He was so quick and so fast. He had an amazing arm as well could really spin it. Shame Vick had things go like they did.
You really just bring up Vick? One helluva reach my friend, he was never the best at his position, he was never an all pro and his completion percentage was terrible..doesn’t matter how good your arm is when you can’t hit your target
Deion is right there with Bo. Bo was powerful but Deion was just as devastating with his speed. If the Atlanta would have beat the Toronto in the 1992 World Series, I might put Deion ahead. He had my vote for World Series MVP. Batting .533 through six games, leading the team in batting average, on-base %, slugging % and total bases. Man, he’s was great!
@@chefmarcos agreed. “Bo was powerful but Deion was just as devastating with his speed?” Very odd comment. Seems to carry the implication that Bo didn’t run a 4.2 40!
@@michaelhudson863 I guess you missed the words “just as”? It’s not like one guy ran 4.2 and the other ran 5.0. His speed was JUST AS devastating as BJ’s. I didn’t say he was better I said he was right there.
I understand what you're trying to say but you're opening a pandora's box of guys being Hall of Famers for just having a really good 3 year run. You have to have sustained success to be a Hall of Famer. And lets also remember Bo never played a full NFL season, baseball was his priority.
@@joemckim1183Bo was averaging 5.4 yards per carry without a training camp over those four years…in 88-89 he was twelfth in the NFL in rushing (950 yds) despite playing 5-6 games less than everyone else…if he had played two more games and accumulated 300 yds more - which he was more than capable of - he would have been sixth. Best running back that I’ve ever seen : they’d stack the box on him and it still wouldn’t matter… Also : TECMO BOWL Bo Jackson STILL hasn’t been surpassed as a football video game character 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@@joemckim1183 oh I agree wholeheartedly…I wasn’t saying that Bo SHOULD be in the HOF….I’m just emphasizing what I saw…the most complete running back that I’ve ever seen from an athletic standpoint : explosive, powerful, shifty, decent hands, and HIGHLY intelligent. The closest sports analogy that I can come up with is Brazilian Ronaldo - R9 - who was a damn cheat code! That’s what Bo was. R9 : ruclips.net/video/PruGUsOwof4/видео.htmlsi=5clhdBx9nu5uTTrq
As a kid I remember during black history month having to a project on an influential black American. Growing up playing baseball of course I picked Jackie Robinson. I already knew he was a great ball player but what absolutely blew my mind was when I learned he lettered in 4 different sports at UCLA. He has to be one of the greatest all around athletes in history. There’s actually a really interesting book that attempts to rank the greatest all around athletes. I believe they ranked Jim Brown as number 1 since not only was he one of the all time greats in football but also was a legendary Lacrosse player as well. Pretty sure Jackie Robinson is top 5 in the book’s rankings. I need to try to find that book because now I’m curious where Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders are listed.
What about Herschel Walker? Olympian, Pro Football, arguably the greatest college player of all time, MMA fighter. He needs to be in the conversation as well.
Herschel was great, but the difference was Bo did not even train much, while Hershel works out like a beast. One of Bo's college teammates stated that Bo did not even practice, never did anything in the gym, this guy was a genetic freak.
Jim Thorpe won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon. He also played pro football, baseball and basketball. He belongs in the discussion
Bo Jackson is definitely an AMAZING athlete. But, more importantly, Mr. Jackson is an AMAZING human being. I have only ever heard kind words about Bo and only ever heard kind words from him. That's why Bo is AMAZING and the complete package.
I was fortunate enough to meet Bo briefly when he was a freshman ay Auburn, even then he was a gentleman and was incredibly generous with his time. Even though he had very humble beginnings Bo became a wonderful human being.
When I was a kid, I got his autograph three times and even talked to him at his hotel room door in New Orleans when Auburn was in the Sugar Bowl. He was kind and gracious, and made a lasting impression. I love Bo!!
@@Kermit46 like Deon said depends on what you call great, he was not known as the greatest for nothing. To the people he will always be the greatest, because he stood up against the mighty giant US Government, who wanted to send young black men to fight for a country, that would not even let them use the front door in some areas. And wanted to use his fame as a tool to hoodwink said youth in to thinking if Ali joined, it must be a good reason to go.I say that tops all of the other's, who probably would have folded especially given the era in America when that happened.
Probably not. He only had 141 homeruns in 8 season and was a career .249 hitter. Had way too many strikeouts. He was a decent baseball player but not a hall of famer. Had he focused on football then yes he easily would have been a hall of famer. But his love was baseball. He loved baseball more than football but he was better at football since football is an easier sport to play than baseball.
Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, Walter Payton were all great all-around athletes who excelled in multiple sports and/or positions...
You really are a piece of trash... We all love Bo!! What does his skin color have to do with it?? Racist prick.... You are the reason people still see colors... Grow up
What’s the point of saying incredible black man and how is that acceptable..if there’s a great white athlete, I would never think man, what an incredible white man
Deion bro had a .841 OPS in 325 PAs in 1992. And an amazing 14 triples, with only 6 doubles. That means, to me, he was turning any other player's double into triples.
My dad saw Jackie play football and told me as a kid he was best athlete ever . Its a darn shame there's not much quality video of him in football. He also gets overlooked in that conversation because he was short. Shortness in the big 4 sports is the scourge of man.
@@mahlonthomas1775 No. He wasn't Bo. He was a greater athlete than Bo. Bo only played 2 sports at the highest level pro football and pro baseball. Thorpe did FOUR. Two time Olympic Champion decathlon (10 events) and pentathlon (5 events). Both world records. He also competed in the individual Olympic high jump (4th place) and the individual Olympic long jump (7th place). Yes that is 17 events in ONE Olympiad. He then won the World All-around Athletic championship (equal to the Decathlon World Championship). After that he played pro football and is in the Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball, AND Pro Basketball. Bo, as great of an athlete that he was, can't hold a candle to these accomplishments.
Baseball was Kirk Gibson's 2nd best sport. All-American WR at Michigan State, led Big 10 in yards twice, averaged 21.0 yards per catch in his career, 2225lb and clocked under a 4.3 40 the three times NFL teams had him run....The third time was because the teams were in such shock. He only played baseball one year at MSU and it was only to get leverage when negotiating an NFL contract. But then he played so well he had a chance to go #1 in MLB's draft. After he did some math and realized he would make way more money in his life playing baseball, he went with the sport that was an afterthought. Tigers manager Sparky Anderson predicted he was the next Mickey Mantle because of his freakish speed and freakish power. Although he won MVP in 1989, injuries stopped that from happening; on the plus side, injuries caused him to have the greatest game winning HR in MLB history. A beast.
Dan should call up Deion’s name. Champ and all star in both leagues. Best DB ever. The reason the 49ers beat the Cowboys. Trading for him so he couldn’t guard Jerry Rice. He played WR. Best special teams player returning TDs. Who else was more diversely talented?
Never a mention of Otto Graham or Wilt as best athlete. Graham excelled in baseball, basketball and football. He won a professional basketball championship and the next year went to 10 straight championships for Cleveland, winning 7. Wilt is legendary for so many sports outside of basketball.
@@Mariners4405 It's not really the Bucs fault. Bo loved baseball more than football. Still til this day if you asked him what sport is his favorite he'd still say baseball. But it just so happens that he was better at football since football is a much easier sport to play than baseball.
You never hear the name Dave Winfield in the conversation of great athletes. But there were a few guys like him that played multiple sports. Or got drafted in one but ultimately they played another
People always leave out Brian Jordan when they talk 2 sport stars, Jordan really was a great football player and was on his way to being an all pro type safety and an all star outfielder..
It's either Bo or Thorpe. I'd hate to proclaim one over the other. Both were special athletes. Thorpe was clearly the best for the first 80 years of the 20th century and its sad that he was left out of this conversation.
If he didn't get hurt playing football Bo Jackson would of been in the hall of Fame in Baseball and football. Great baseball player and Heison award football player and super fast runner
Bo is definitely the greatest raw athletic talent we’ve ever seen IMO. Speed, strength, coordination, reaction time, instincts, and improvisation, Bo gets my vote.
Dk metcalf?
@@RMM98 Bo timed a faster 40 yd at 35 POUNDS heavier.
Bo will always get my vote
@@RMM98😂not even close to Bo bo was 240 and ran a 4.2 and was MLB all star to boot
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If Deion says that Bo is The One, that's good enough
Classy! He gave props where due, not trying to say, "well, I did two sports too..."
PrimeTime just gained my respect right here.
Agreed. Like when Emmet says Walter was better. That's class. To admit that even though you have all the records, someone else was better. That's grace and humility. That's a good person.
@@TheDissident77
@@TheDissident77 Emmitt also was man enough to say Barry was better.
Bo was unbelievable. He made superstars stop and stare.
For all of Deion's swagger and bragging, I like that when it comes to his contemporaries he doesn't bs. He admits what he could or couldn't and who was as good or better. Despite his media shenanigans, that's someone that respects the game and those who are in it. He didn't have to defer, he could've done his schtick but he respected the game and those players too much to put on that act. That's depth. They BOTH played pro baseball and football and were/are considered at the top of the list for their positions. He could've went the competitive response but he has to be a humble and good man to admit that even in that head to head with Bo, Bo was the better athlete. That's class.
He doesn’t have to act he only does that to get the money that’s the only way white folks pay to see you He’s a Great Father a Great man and your just jealous but get over it he’s Confident and rightfully so that’s what keeps him paid and in commercials he’s an expert at controversial marketing if he acts like Bo and everyone else they are an after thought not getting paid broke trying to be humble fuck humble he kicked in the door and made them pay for the show then and they gone pay now and you still going to be hating lamé talking about the way somebody act like you daddy teach your own kids to be humble you just never was elite at anything in your life so you don’t know what it feels like to be at the Top and stay there you always been looking up commenting on others and beta males like you make me sick probably look like trash but talking about what someone else does
Neither Bo, Deion, nor Jordan come even remotely close to being the greatest athletes. The greatest athlete, in my opinion, is rock climber Alex Honnold. You see, in football and baseball, both Deion and Bo are allowed to make mistakes - they can strike out. They can drop a bal. In basketball, Jordan is allowed to make mistakes - miss a shot, miss a free throw, get the ball stolen away from him. In Alex Honnold's sport, free climbing, mistakes ARE NOT ALLOWED. Even the smallest of mistakes are not allowed. If Alex Honnold makes the smallest mistake, HE DIES. Plain and simple. END OF DISCUSSION.
@@user-sg8kq7ii3y they teach people to climb every day you can’t teach what Bo Deion or Jordan had sorry and just because you do something difficult doesn’t mean you’re an athlete just that you have a skill there’s a difference tightrope walking is more dangerous than your cliff diving and you hear nobody bringing them up as a candidate to be a Top athlete get over it your boy is a nobody 😂😂🤫
@@user-sg8kq7ii3y is he the greatest athlete only while he still lives, and does he lose the title in your opinion after he falls or after he retires from climbing?
@@thomascrissman1124 He's the greatest athlete because his sport does not allow for ANY mistakes. He has to be 100% PERFECT or else he dies. Even if he dies, he will still be the greatest athlete because that would mean that he only made ONE MISTAKE in his entire career.
Bo is the Greatest Athlete that God has ever bestowed onto us! He only gave us a glimpse of what a human is capable of.
Love me some Bo, but Jim Thorpe straight up deserves consideration big time, as best athlete of all time .....
He would coach the team then run on to the field and play his position ,he was head coach at different points along his playing career..... That's impressive ,he was so dominant at football that no coach or man on Earth knew more or knew better than him....So he did it all he was like bill Walsh and deion Sanders at the same time
paul tomanio that means nothing. Bo was bigger stronger and faster than Thorpe. LeBron is more athletic than Thorpe
#TEAM TRUMP what do you mean? He was never injured until the big one! BTW TRUMP2020
Lebron and it's not close
“I’m still waiting on the curve!” LMAO!!! 😂
Totally agree. Bo was a phenomenon and its doubtful we will witness an athlete like him again in this lifetime. Prime was no slouch either lol.
Agreed. Bo was one of the best running backs in pro football (and if he hadn't been injured he might have been THE best). He was also an All-Star baseball player (even playing hurt). In college he was a good track athlete. Nobody has reached that level of success, but Bo's career was cut short so we are just guessing at how great he would have been.
Crazyy that if he would have been a less powerful athlete that tackle would've been just a routine tackle. But Mr Jackson was so strong that he exploded through it.
Jim Thrope perhaps can
The Randy Johnson story was hilarious.
80s were very blessed time for athletes. Truth be told they are behind Bo but guys like Lawrence Taylor, Rickey Henderson and Herschel Walker deserve mention in these conversations as well.
Prime is one of sports great storytellers.
To the catcher not pitcher
Deion Sanders is the second greatest athlete of all time, but the MOST exciting to watch ever. Everybody knows that Bo knows...
Nah jim brown is second
Damon Nope, Jim Thorpe.
@WS 95 No, herschel walker over michael jordan
This conversation has to include Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Look her up if you don’t know.
How is Babe Ruth not mentioned. Dude almost had a 100 wins as a pitcher and hit over 700 homeruns as a slugger.
Deion and I are on the same page about BO..BO was incredible and everyone would get quiet in baseball or football when BO was up to bat or got the handoff because it was always magic when BO was involved in the action..he left people scratching their heads wondering how he just did what he would do it was next level excellence..I can only imagine if he did not get injured what should have could have and would have happened if he was able to play until he retired..IMO best athlete to ever live!!
I like that Deion and Bo both are respectful of each other and are good friends. Pure class acts.
Bo was/is the greatest athlete to ever live. He was a freak on all counts. Size, speed, agility. I'd die on that hill.
Deion made a great point at the end about the receiver and QB. Most of the elite receivers recently don't have HOF QBs
Before devante and Aaron Josh Allen and sighs dak and cee dee kyler and d hop stafford and cupp
@@donnyd7206 bruh those last 3 combos you named have played like 1.5 years together if that.. Lol
Love how Deion gives Bo so much credit as a better two-sport/overall athlete - not because I expected different, but have had soooo many people argue between the two and now can just show Deion coming out and saying it. (This is especially relevant living in FSU country lol)
Bo's natural athletic ability across almost every sport other than hockey that he never played. Forget it he was an exceptional athlete.
Natural lmfao
@@Trappy-CYes , Natural. Genius
Don’t speak on things you don’t know
I had a Bo Knows hockey card
Glad I grew up in the Prime Time Era. Deion is the most exciting football player of all time and one of the greatest.
Deion is incredible! I love him as an athlete, player, and personality!
Watching Bo Run the Football is a great watch, where Barry made you look stupid with his moves and speed, Bo just ran you over and went full speed. Bo was Size, Speed, Vision, and he said Football was his Part time job SMH
Bo Jackson = Secretariat. Supernatural talent.
100%. Unreal. Unrivaled
Talent for what? baseball and RB?
I like how Prime speaks the truth about anything he just tell it like it is
Yeah man. I think it helps when he knows he's pretty shit hot as well ha ha
I admire him more my the day. I love him
Jim Thorpe is always left out of these conversations and that’s sad.
I was just about to bring this up... Jim Thorpe did it all... football.... baseball... Olympic metals...i mean he's the first person you see when u walk into canton
Brandon Drye Indigenous hero!!!
Well, Jim Thorpe never competed against black guys, much less athletes the size of today's athletes, so that drops his stock quite a bit. Being the best 100 years ago and being the best today are 2 very different things
No sport Thorpe couldn’t excel at
Thorpe is always given “Best of the first half of 20th century” credit. Nobody is really left to give many first hand accounts though. His definitely a credit to the indigenous people of the US and by all records was a superior athlete.
Bo Jackson is THE BEST Athlete EVER FACTS🏈⚾️ BO KNOWS.
Chappell Hannon anyone who knows sports no that Bo is the greatest athlete ever your totally right.
Buzz B
& Deion is 2nd
Their will never be another bo or Deion again
I guess you and Chappell Hannon never heard of Jim Thorpe.
fat guys playing profesional baseball, why Bo is the best athlete? because he was a NFL running back?
Athletes and sports were at their apex during the Bo, Jordan, and Prime era. From 1980 to 1995 sports in general were at their peak period.
Dionne is an absolute legend and to see him humble himself as a fan Vincent Bo Jackson is really nice. He played in what I still consider the greatest era of Football.
Deion*
Jim Thorpe the one man that played every major sport in his time. Plus he's an Olympic athlete, and gold medalist
Plus he got robbed.
@@harrymills2770 Jim Thorpe competed against strictly white people, if you've noticed most of sports athletes are dominated by blacks, even so he still didn't even compete against today's white ppl who compete with blacks and are wayyyyy better than the whites back then, you saw when they let Jackie Robinson play, plus you have guys like herschal walker who is mma legend, football legend, Bob sledding, and track legend lol, but I still think bo is better athlete he's the only one to be hall of fame in 2 different sports
Wilt is there with Bo and Thorpe, people forget he was a great track athlete.
@@powerboatguy2308 No one is on Thorpe's level. But Wilt is on the level of Bo and Deion easily. So is Herschel Walker.
Wilt - pro basketball HOF and pro volleyball HOF, college track and field
Walker - pro football pro bowl, pro MMA, Olympic bobsledder, college track and field was actually a world class sprinter (faster than Bo)
Bo - pro football pro-bowl, MLB allstar, college track and field
Deion - pro football HOF, MLB, college track and field
Thorpe - pro football HOF, MLB, pro basketball, 2x Olympic champion in the decathlon and pentathlon, also competed in the Olympic individual high jump (4th place) and the individual long jump (7th) place, also was the All-around champion (equal to decathlon World champion).
@@sydboski Walker is not faster than Bo, Bo best time in college would have made him the second fastest guy in the olympic in 84. It is consensus amongst most people that Bo is the best athlete of all time, Deion even said it himself, I like Walker, but he's no Bo. He trained like crazy, Bo could just walk off the street and be great.
Bo is the best I ever saw. I also saw Michael Vick up close and he was an amazing athlete. Was like watching an adult playing with kids and he was in the NFL playing with the best of the best when I saw him play. He was so quick and so fast. He had an amazing arm as well could really spin it. Shame Vick had things go like they did.
You really just bring up Vick? One helluva reach my friend, he was never the best at his position, he was never an all pro and his completion percentage was terrible..doesn’t matter how good your arm is when you can’t hit your target
@@jas9239I thought @wreckanchor was talking about Vick’s athleticism.
@@damonmoorepageexactly incredible raw athleticism.
This man is finger rolling at 6'9 🤣😂🤣🤣
Deion is right there with Bo. Bo was powerful but Deion was just as devastating with his speed. If the Atlanta would have beat the Toronto in the 1992 World Series, I might put Deion ahead. He had my vote for World Series MVP. Batting .533 through six games, leading the team in batting average, on-base %, slugging % and total bases. Man, he’s was great!
Bo was powerful and insanely fast
Absolutely not. Deion was NOT right there with Bo. That’s not subjective.
@@chefmarcos agreed. “Bo was powerful but Deion was just as devastating with his speed?” Very odd comment.
Seems to carry the implication that Bo didn’t run a 4.2 40!
He batted 533 through 4 games, not 6.
@@michaelhudson863 I guess you missed the words “just as”? It’s not like one guy ran 4.2 and the other ran 5.0. His speed was JUST AS devastating as BJ’s. I didn’t say he was better I said he was right there.
Bo Jackson should be in the Hall of Fame based on how special he was. To excel in two major sports at an All Star level is remarkable.
I understand what you're trying to say but you're opening a pandora's box of guys being Hall of Famers for just having a really good 3 year run. You have to have sustained success to be a Hall of Famer. And lets also remember Bo never played a full NFL season, baseball was his priority.
@@joemckim1183Bo was averaging 5.4 yards per carry without a training camp over those four years…in 88-89 he was twelfth in the NFL in rushing (950 yds) despite playing 5-6 games less than everyone else…if he had played two more games and accumulated 300 yds more - which he was more than capable of - he would have been sixth. Best running back that I’ve ever seen : they’d stack the box on him and it still wouldn’t matter…
Also : TECMO BOWL Bo Jackson STILL hasn’t been surpassed as a football video game character 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@@twilitezn Still is too incomplete of a career to consider the HOF. Sterling Sharpe needs to go in before him.
@@joemckim1183 oh I agree wholeheartedly…I wasn’t saying that Bo SHOULD be in the HOF….I’m just emphasizing what I saw…the most complete running back that I’ve ever seen from an athletic standpoint : explosive, powerful, shifty, decent hands, and HIGHLY intelligent.
The closest sports analogy that I can come up with is Brazilian Ronaldo - R9 - who was a damn cheat code! That’s what Bo was.
R9 :
ruclips.net/video/PruGUsOwof4/видео.htmlsi=5clhdBx9nu5uTTrq
@@twilitezn Was he a HOF level talent? I don't think anyones debating that.
As a kid I remember during black history month having to a project on an influential black American. Growing up playing baseball of course I picked Jackie Robinson. I already knew he was a great ball player but what absolutely blew my mind was when I learned he lettered in 4 different sports at UCLA. He has to be one of the greatest all around athletes in history.
There’s actually a really interesting book that attempts to rank the greatest all around athletes. I believe they ranked Jim Brown as number 1 since not only was he one of the all time greats in football but also was a legendary Lacrosse player as well. Pretty sure Jackie Robinson is top 5 in the book’s rankings. I need to try to find that book because now I’m curious where Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders are listed.
What about Herschel Walker? Olympian, Pro Football, arguably the greatest college player of all time, MMA fighter. He needs to be in the conversation as well.
Totally agree.
And Herschel was a track star!
Umm...No!
Herschel was great, but the difference was Bo did not even train much, while Hershel works out like a beast. One of Bo's college teammates stated that Bo did not even practice, never did anything in the gym, this guy was a genetic freak.
Absolutely. Herschel was a freak of nature.
Jim Brown was a beast of an athlete too.
100%
Jim Thorpe won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon. He also played pro football, baseball and basketball. He belongs in the discussion
Stfu bitch
You can't win this one because nobody seen him, proper way to say is the best athlete i have ever seen
Steven, You are absolutely correct.
Blacks were not allowed in the olympics back then. Were we? Pretty sure we weren't, anyways, that has to go against Thorpe (not his fault but....)
Bo is a TRUE legend. You'd have to go back to Jim Thorpe to find his like
Bo's resume pales in comparison to Thorpe's resume
If Bo hadn’t got hurt he may have been a HOF in both sports!!
Bo was amazing at both sports. Love Deion being humble enough to give praise to Bo.
Bo Jackson is definitely an AMAZING athlete. But, more importantly, Mr. Jackson is an AMAZING human being. I have only ever heard kind words about Bo and only ever heard kind words from him.
That's why Bo is AMAZING and the complete package.
I was fortunate enough to meet Bo briefly when he was a freshman ay Auburn, even then he was a gentleman and was incredibly generous with his time.
Even though he had very humble beginnings Bo became a wonderful human being.
When I was a kid, I got his autograph three times and even talked to him at his hotel room door in New Orleans when Auburn was in the Sugar Bowl. He was kind and gracious, and made a lasting impression. I love Bo!!
Bo is THE GOAT. Period
lol "For what?!?!?" that part cracked me up
That’s crazy! How many QB - WR hall of fame duos he had to face and dominate...
Muhammad Ali is my personal favorite. But when Bo Jackson ran up the wall defying gravity? Good God, he was truly one of a kind.
Ali is not a great athlete in the respect of these guys.
@@Kermit46 like Deon said depends on what you call great, he was not known as the greatest for nothing. To the people he will always be the greatest, because he stood up against the mighty giant US Government, who wanted to send young black men to fight for a country, that would not even let them use the front door in some areas. And wanted to use his fame as a tool to hoodwink said youth in to thinking if Ali joined, it must be a good reason to go.I say that tops all of the other's, who probably would have folded especially given the era in America when that happened.
If Bo Jackson focused 100% on baseball he would be in the baseball Hall of Fame right now.
Jordan over prime easily,but both are great. Bo would have been a hall of Famer in to sports football and baseball if it wasn't for the injury.
EASILY
Probably not. He only had 141 homeruns in 8 season and was a career .249 hitter. Had way too many strikeouts. He was a decent baseball player but not a hall of famer. Had he focused on football then yes he easily would have been a hall of famer. But his love was baseball. He loved baseball more than football but he was better at football since football is an easier sport to play than baseball.
@Greg A football ruined his life. That hip at 70 will be brutal.
@Greg A you do understand what happened to him right??????
I Love listening to Prime speak on any topic.
That last part is what so many miss. Dude was covering top 10 All-Time receiver's and top 10 All-Time quarterbacks at the same time.
Im blessed to witnessed them athletes, bo, 80s/90s MLB/NFL/NBA, NHL/, Deion MLB, big unit, all of them, great 2 decades.
Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, Walter Payton were all great all-around athletes who excelled in multiple sports and/or positions...
J. Brown played Lacross at Syracuse how many players can say that.
So humble to praise everyone that was mentioned to him unlike some who can’t stop talking about themselves and put other athletes down.
Never thought I would live to hear Deion called humble.
Bo knows
Bo was a BEAST!
Fan or not, everyone lost something when Bo got injured. The world never got to see his lifetime of achievements.
Bo was one of the most amazing athletes I've ever seen in fact I've never seen anything like that before or after incredible Black man
You really are a piece of trash... We all love Bo!! What does his skin color have to do with it?? Racist prick.... You are the reason people still see colors... Grow up
What’s the point of saying incredible black man and how is that acceptable..if there’s a great white athlete, I would never think man, what an incredible white man
Dion is persuasive in reason, all you have to do is watch Bo videos they tell the story. He made men look like boys.
Deion*
Howie Long said it all "God looked down and said 'You're going to make great athletes look AVERAGE.' "
"FOR WHAT?!" 😂
Jim Thorpe's athletic accomplishments dwarf every other athlete in history.
Definitely Appreciate the respect for Bo... thanks Dion 👍 🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️
Deion bro had a .841 OPS in 325 PAs in 1992. And an amazing 14 triples, with only 6 doubles. That means, to me, he was turning any other player's double into triples.
My dad saw Jackie play football and told me as a kid he was best athlete ever . Its a darn shame there's not much quality video of him in football. He also gets overlooked in that conversation because he was short. Shortness in the big 4 sports is the scourge of man.
Prime Time has the best voice
A more articulate version of Magic Johnson.
Could watch Deion chop it up all day!
Bo is the greatest of all time
They should try to modify people's genetics to be like him. He never was in the weight room a day in his life! His words not mine.
@@tdb4763 that is so true never needed to lift weights naturally strong
I guess you've never heard of Jim Thorpe.
@@sydboski he was amazing but not Bo
@@mahlonthomas1775 No. He wasn't Bo. He was a greater athlete than Bo. Bo only played 2 sports at the highest level pro football and pro baseball. Thorpe did FOUR. Two time Olympic Champion decathlon (10 events) and pentathlon (5 events). Both world records. He also competed in the individual Olympic high jump (4th place) and the individual Olympic long jump (7th place). Yes that is 17 events in ONE Olympiad. He then won the World All-around Athletic championship (equal to the Decathlon World Championship). After that he played pro football and is in the Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball, AND Pro Basketball. Bo, as great of an athlete that he was, can't hold a candle to these accomplishments.
I met Deion once years ago...breathmint bro, BREATHMINT
Deion always a great interview - super talent and smart! I agree with his take on Bo
PrimeTime giving it up to Bo is awesome. Im use to him putting himself up but passing it to Bo, Imma say, respect to Deion
Deion is such a class act and down right gentleman. Stay classy brother
Baseball was Kirk Gibson's 2nd best sport. All-American WR at Michigan State, led Big 10 in yards twice, averaged 21.0 yards per catch in his career, 2225lb and clocked under a 4.3 40 the three times NFL teams had him run....The third time was because the teams were in such shock.
He only played baseball one year at MSU and it was only to get leverage when negotiating an NFL contract. But then he played so well he had a chance to go #1 in MLB's draft. After he did some math and realized he would make way more money in his life playing baseball, he went with the sport that was an afterthought.
Tigers manager Sparky Anderson predicted he was the next Mickey Mantle because of his freakish speed and freakish power. Although he won MVP in 1989, injuries stopped that from happening; on the plus side, injuries caused him to have the greatest game winning HR in MLB history. A beast.
Jim Thorpe all day.
rl184 all dairy farmers at the Olympics too? Gold medalist. Original Bo Jackson.
rl184 would Michael Jordan dominate todays game? Yes and so would Jim Thorpe. Bow down
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Dan should call up Deion’s name. Champ and all star in both leagues. Best DB ever. The reason the 49ers beat the Cowboys. Trading for him so he couldn’t guard Jerry Rice. He played WR. Best special teams player returning TDs. Who else was more diversely talented?
Mad respect for BO / 1 love prime
Thank you for teaching me something about Jackie Robinson.
Thank you Deion...You said too!
Love that you kept it real showtime.
Never a mention of Otto Graham or Wilt as best athlete. Graham excelled in baseball, basketball and football. He won a professional basketball championship and the next year went to 10 straight championships for Cleveland, winning 7.
Wilt is legendary for so many sports outside of basketball.
Bro he meant every word of that for what on Randy Johnson 😂😂😂😂
1. Bo Jackson
2. Deion Sanders
3. Michael Jordan
4. Brock Lesnar
Can't argue with this list
Brock?
Walter Payton
Me
Mc001Rem002 I agree
If bo had played a full nfl career hed been better than jim brown & all the rest of rbs
Better than Jim Brown stat wise is impossible ......the only man to avg 100 yds a game for his career......
paul tomanio if bo would played 8-9 years he wouldve blown out all jim browns stats by a lot
Blame it on the bucs for drafting Bo #1 and forcing him to baseball.
@@Mariners4405 It's not really the Bucs fault. Bo loved baseball more than football. Still til this day if you asked him what sport is his favorite he'd still say baseball. But it just so happens that he was better at football since football is a much easier sport to play than baseball.
@@Mariners4405 Bo said if he could do it all over again he would have only played baseball though sooo.
Bo had it all, speed, power, arm strength and bat speed. That hip injury robbed us of the first ever 2 sport HOFer.
Wilt Chamberlain was already in 2 sport's halls of fame. Basketball and Volleyball.
@@sydboski 🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was at Auburn in the mid 80s, we had both Bo Jackson and Charles Barkley. Good times.
Wilt Chamberlain , as I find it odd as to how people forget about him .
Jim Brown. All-time best football AND the very best lacross player ever AND avg. 30 pts a game in NYC high school basketball.
Good call. Jim was so strong, tough, and fast, but I would have to give Bo the edge, clearly in speed, and also in overall coordination.
Bo is also an Alabama State champ in Archery
21 Deion Sanders baby
He threw a curve ball... and added "importance".. I like how prime called it out
Prime time and bo examples of pure talented athletes when talent wasn't measured by how many steroids you eat
You never hear the name Dave Winfield in the conversation of great athletes. But there were a few guys like him that played multiple sports. Or got drafted in one but ultimately they played another
People always leave out Brian Jordan when they talk 2 sport stars, Jordan really was a great football player and was on his way to being an all pro type safety and an all star outfielder..
What a great dude!
*EVEN HE KNOWS THAT "BO KNOWS"*
LMAO.... Dan Patrick going Jackie Robinson.
It's either Bo or Thorpe. I'd hate to proclaim one over the other. Both were special athletes. Thorpe was clearly the best for the first 80 years of the 20th century and its sad that he was left out of this conversation.
Jim Thorpe?
Wilt Chamberlain has to be in the conversation
Deion is a wise man. This guy he’s talking too just wants to argue.
Herschel Walker.
God new he made the perfect athlete in Bo and had to sit him down to be fair to everyone that came after him. Bo was blessed.
Glad Prime knows how to keep it real.
He's a great guest.
Some folks would just agree with the host.
Let the man talk sheesh! And yes Jim Thorpe please
If he didn't get hurt playing football Bo Jackson would of been in the hall of Fame in Baseball and football. Great baseball player and Heison award football player and super fast runner
Don’t forget about Jim Thorpe. He might be in more Hall of Fame’s than anyone.
With all due respect to Robinson, he was no Bo as far as pure athletic ability is concerned.