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Bo Jackson's legacy as a two-sport athlete is well documented, but it was his television acting debut that caught many by surprise. He squeezed in a cameo on the hit show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" in 1990, while he was still playing in the National Football League and Major League Baseball.
The episode titled "Someday Your Prince Will Be In Effect: Part 2" had the former 1985 Heisman Trophy winner playing himself in the episode alongside Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro.
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Not only was his appearance on the show memorable, but so was the promo for the upcoming episode. Will Smith tells viewers it's a must-see episode and names all the actors involved and then said Jackson's name.
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The NFL running back then appeared on the screen and asked Smith why he chose to say his name last. A moment that viewers found hysterical.
"Yo man, what's up with that? Why you say my name last?"
Smith then repeated that "Fresh Prince" will be on the following Monday night and that the episode will star "Bo Jackson", in which he then repeated the star athlete's name several times over again.
How long did Bo Jackson play in the NFL and MLB simultaneously?
When sports fans think of Bo Jackson, they immediately think back to his career as a two-sport athlete. As a standout football and baseball player at Auburn University, he garnered attention from both the NFL and MLB.
As he was considering leaning more towards baseball, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were interested in drafting him in the 1986 NFL and flew him down for a visit, which violated NCAA rules at the time and cost him his senior baseball season at Auburn.
He vowed he would never play for the Bucs if they drafted him, but they did. He refused to play for Tampa Bay, and the team eventually forfeited their rights.
In the meantime, he went on to play for the Kansas City Royals in 1986. In 1987, the Los Angeles Raiders drafted him in the seventh round, with longtime Raiders owner Al Davis declaring that he approved of Bo Jackson playing two sports.
He went on to play for the Raiders and Royals simultaneously from 1987 to 1990. He then left football and signed with the Chicago White Sox.
He was an MLB All-Star as well as an NFL Pro Bowler. He retired from baseball in 1994.
