First Time Watching "Bo Jackson" Is He The Ultimate Athlete?

He is the best athlete I have ever seen in my 50 years of being alive. The throw from the left field wall against Seattle to throw out Harold Reynolds at home plate is one of the greatest throws in MLB history.

Crazy part is...football was his hobby, he thought of himself as a baseball player that played football in the off season....would have been HoF in both sports if he stayed healthy...he was a better baseball player than running back🤯

Bo was a great baseball player. An all-star. Tremendous power, tremendous speed, a great arm. He had it all. As an RB he was absolutely one of the best. Watch the 30 for 30.

Greatest athlete I’ve ever watched during my life. His baseball abilities were unmatched in an era loaded with hall of famers. Not sure we’ll ever see anyone like him again.

The best athlete I have ever seen, and he played in an era of some fantastic athletes.

BO is the best athlete I have ever seen in my life. Dude was seriously the GREATEST. Watched him throw out a runner that tagged up on 3rd and BO caught the fly ball almost at the wall. He then proceeded to throw the runner out at home plate on a laser throw. Crazy. Then when he ran over the BOZ.. epic

I feel bad for the people who didn’t live this era .. us in our 40s and up we remember how dope Bo was

Walter Payton!!! That dude never went down and he played many years where he was the only offense the Bears had. He played 11 years without missing a game. The dude was a legend.

Not only did that squad have Bo and Marcus Allen in the backfield, they also had Tim Brown at WR.

I was about 8 when Bo burst on the professional sports scene. Even though I was a Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Cubs fan, I was a huge fan of Bo (like everyone at the time). When he went down, it rocked both the NFL and MLB. It was like a collective mourning. We all knew we had just been robbed of what was likely to be an all time great in not just one, but two major sports. Side note: even video game maker Tecmo recognized the awesomeness. If you played as the Raiders on Tecmo Bowl (1989), all you had to do was a handoff to Bo, and you basically walked in the endzone every time.

I remember the tv commercials with Dennis Leary and Bo Jackson. “I’m bringing Bo and his big bad hip…” Bo was a unique one of a kind athlete. So glad I got to see him play…

80’s VHS “Bo know’s Bo”…..I wore that tape OUT as a kid. He’s the greatest all around athlete I’ve ever seen, THE STANDARD for greatness.

Freak... Show. True story: When Bo was a freshman, I saw him play against Nebraska in Lincoln. Nebraska had a very good OLB - All Conference, second team All American, went on to play about 5-6 years in the NFL. Dude was no punk. No one outside the state of Alabama knew about Bo yet. Well, Bo had an education for their ass. He STEAMROLLED that stud linebacker. Ran his ass over like he was a blocking dummy. Fast forward several decades. I'm sitting in a local dive bar. The ESPN 30 for 30 featuring No was on TV. I was telling the guy I was drinking with about that story, when another guy a few seats down groans and grumbles. I asked him what was the matter. The guy at the bar WAS that linebacker. He told me he thinks of that play every time he hears the name Bo Jackson. I'm sure there are lots of guys who share that same sentiment.

Bo was the greatest athlete I've ever seen in my 65 years on this earth!

I get a kick out of these young men knowing football from before their time. Seeing #55 and "That's Bosworth" is cool. Noticing #32, Marcus Allen, out there. Everybody loved Bo, even Chiefs fans. He was that good, all recognized his greatness. I don't know the exact cause of his hip injury, but he stretched the human genome to its limits with his size, speed and power, combined. For us older fans, he was the next Earl Campbell, only faster.

I'm 54. Bo was by FAR the best all around athelete I ever saw. Probably the best RB I ever saw. Barry a very close second. A guy who has a great highlight tape and who never gets enough discussion with the best RBs is Earl Campbell. Amazing power back you guys should check out.

Check out ESPN’s 30 for 30 on Bo…great episode including info about him growing up.

I had a boyfriend that went to Auburn when Bo was there so I got to see him play college ball and he just dominated. He was amazing. He’s also an amazing humanitarian here in Alabama today. Bo knows strength and compassion!

Bo Jackson said he never worked out or went to the weight room. Dude is just a natural athlete. He also had one of the strongest cannons to ever play baseball. He threw a guy out at home who tagged up from third from the wall flat footed.

I'm a Bama fan, but Bo is one of my favorite athletes ever. His first hit in MLB is unreal - ground ball to 2nd, beats the throw to first.