SN Archive (1985): How good was Bo Jackson? The absurd Auburn tall tales behind the GOAT two-sport prospect
How good might Bo Jackson be in the NFL? "Maybe the best ever."
SN Archive (1985): How good was Bo Jackson? The absurd Auburn tall tales behind the GOAT two-sport prospect originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
Bo Jackson went No. 1 overall in the 1986 NFL Draft— and then never played a snap for the team who drafted him. 40 years later, we revisit Auburn's two-sport wunderkind as he was covered in the moment.
This feature, " Everybody's No. 1 " by Paul Attner, ran as the cover story for the August 26, 1985 issue of The Sporting News. AUBURN, Ala.
—If the 1986 National Football League draft was conducted today, what player would be selected first? “Probably Bo Jackson,” said Bobby Beathard, general manager of the Washington Redskins, without hesitation. If baseball's next free-agent draft was conducted today, what player would be selected first?
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