To add a little bit more meaning to the Iron Bowl this season, Auburn athletics will honor legend Bo Jackson to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his 1985 Heisman Trophy-winning season.

While at Auburn from 1982-1986, Jackson played baseball, football and ran track for the Tigers before playing professionally in the National Football League and Major League Baseball. He spent four seasons with the Oakland Raiders in the NFL, totaling 2,782 yards and 16 touchdowns before a career-ending injury in 1991. He spent eight seasons in the MLB, playing for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox and California Angels, and was the 1989 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player and 1993 American League Comeback Player of the Year.

Jackson, the program’s second Heisman Trophy winner – Pat Sullivan (197

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