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Bo Jackson is known for his ability to be successful in both football and baseball, a feat no other professional athlete was able to attempt. As a young adult, Bo Jackson thrived at whatever he did; from baseball to football to track, and he was able to give it his best effort and naturally excel at these sports. As a college athlete, Bo Jackson retained his ability to achieve greatness in both football and baseball, a feat that would set the precedent for his adult life and careers. As an adult, Bo Jackson became famous for his ability to alternate between football and baseball at the same time, and excel at both sports, without any time to rest. Bo’s ability to jump from one sport to the next was seen as an impressive show of his skill and natural talent for the sports. Though Bo Jackson’s life is a real-life story, many see him as an epic hero like Odysseus or Hercules. According to the Characteristics of Epic Heroes, Bo Jackson displayed great strength and courage through performance of incredible deeds, accepted his capabilities with great humility, and was seen as a national hero.

ii. Even though Jackson told the Buccaneers he wouldn’t go to the NFL, they still drafted him first overall in the 1985 NFL Draft. He spent the 1986-87 playing for the Kansas City Royals, but he spent most of those years working his way up the minor leagues. Following the 1987 season, Jackson decided to pick up football again as a “hobby” he described it, and signed with the Los Angeles Raiders. In the 1989 baseball season, he was selected to the All-Star game and a lot of people were skeptical to whether he deserved to be there or not. So Bo did what only Bo

In 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears from 1975 to 1987, Payton literally rewrote the NFL record book with his ball-carrying feats. He rushed 3,838 times for 16,726 yards and 110 touchdowns-all records. He

He even has awards named after him. When Payton was enrolled at Jackson State he won multiple awards like Black College Player of the year award two times. He was also selected to the All-American team his freshman year. His senior season he finished 3rd in the heisman voting (best college football player in division 1). Payton has other significant accomplishments like in 1977 when he won MVP of the NFL. Payton was also inducted to the pro football Hall of Fame in 1993. “The Walter Payton Award, established in 1987 is annually presented to the most helpful person in their community and one who helps make the biggest changes in the world only for NFL players”-(Britannica). Walter Payton is also credited for awakening national interest in organ donations. Payton has done a lot of things before he passed from fighting segregation to helping the fight against liver disease. Walter Payton has always tried to make a change in the world and he did. Payton held rallies for segregation, he put on events to help raise donations for organ donations. Even though he is gone now his family is still trying to make a difference by putting on donations and events as

In the 1880s Bo Jackson was an athlete that excelled in three sports in high school. They were baseball, football, and track (Ten things to know on the 25th anniversary of Bo Jackson) While he was in high school he was already being recruited by the New

Every kid dreams of playing a professional sport, but Bo Jackson played two. Drafted 4th round in 1986, Jackson joined the returning world series champions the Kansas City Royals. Joining the Royals meant Jackson passed up a number one overall pick in the NFL. A few years later, he joins the Oakland Raiders and starts his NFL career. Bo Jackson is considered a real life epic hero based on his God given talents, ability to balance multiple sports, and how he stayed humble throughout the whole thing.

There are very few people (those few being Alabama fans) who will not call Deshaun Watson one of the best College quarterbacks of the decade. When we look at the way he played against Alabama in the Championship game, especially in the fourth quarter when he let the Tigers to a stunning win, all of his stats point to the NFL. But, so did Tim Tebow, Mr. Football Johnny Manziel, and Vince Young.

Pat Tillman had a stronger work ethic than most everyone. Tillman showed his hard work in every aspect of his life on the fiend and off he had a 3.5 or higher GPA all threw high school. When Pat was a 8th grader he tried out for the varsity baseball team, he didn't make the team also he decided to mainly focus on football. Everyone told him that he wasn't big enough or good enough to play football but he pushed himself and worked harder than everyone to get where he wanted to go. In Pats senior year of college he had NFL scouts come to one of the practices and he worked so hard that he would let the scouts leave until he completed the drill to the best of his abilities. Pat was the 226th pick of the draft and he proved to be the best safely

So in the 1987 draft the raiders chose him with their seventh round pick. The owner of the raiders seemed to take a liking in Jackson's baseball career so he offered him a contract that would allow him to pursue baseball but also have to work part-time in football after each MLB season. During the 1990 NFL season he rushed for 698 yards in 10 games and earned himself a Pro Bowl selection. But an injury also came with all of those accomplishments as he suffered a hip injury that the treatment couldn’t help. That spring the Royals released him and he was later acquired the the White Sox. He was able to play 23 games before his hip had deteriorated so much that he had to have it replaced.

These are for rushing and receiving. He had 1,016 rushing yards in his Junior year. He averaged 5.9 yards per rush. Then his rookie year after being drafted with the Falcons, he had 248 yards with only 65 attempts. In these he had some incredible breakout plays. Then in 2015 he had 1,056 yards off of 265 attempts. After that, in 2016, he had 1,079 yards in total. In all three years he has only fumbled the ball 5 times out of 557 attempts. His average yards per attempt is 4.3 rushing. These stats are impressive as is, but they just keep getting better.

In his rookie year, the first play of his career was on a kickoff. He went after the returner and laid the crap out of him. By the end of his first season he had rushed for 1117 yards. The next season he rushed for 1538 yards and 13 touchdowns. He kept on improving each season. In 1997, Terrell broke his own personal records and rushed for 1750 yards and 15 touchdowns. That season he carried the broncos through the playoffs and won the super bowl and the super bowl MVP. The next season he won the National Football League MVP. He rushed for over 2000 yards and 21 touchdowns. His team won the super bowl again. The next few season he regressed from injures. His final season was in 2001 he had injured his

Bo Jackson was an incredible ball player. He was in the NFL and the MLB at the same time. He was sponsored by Nike. Everyone knew his name and accomplishments. He was the rising star of both football and baseball. He was the first athlete to play both in the Pro Bowl and the All-Star game, making him a legend and a national hero.

His Freshmen year of City College, he averaged 10 yards when he received the ball. By Sophomore year, he was given recognition by 50 colleges. in the Spring of 1967, he enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles as a Junior and soon became college football's leading rusher. His Senior year, he ended with carrying the ball thirty-five times and gained

He played baseball, basketball, football, and track, and was the only player in UCLA history to

Marcus Dupree more God given talent than most people can even imagine. The clips shown during the film reminded me of classic videos of Jim Brown, Billy Sims, and Gale Sayers. In my opinion those might have been the three greatest running backs of all time. Ironically, Billy Sims was one of the guys Marcus looked up to as a child, and if he had not given up, so easily at Oklahoma, Marcus may have been the best of all of them.