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Louisville will retire Lamar Jackson’s No. 8 jersey in a ceremony in the course of the Cardinals’ Nov. 13 recreation in opposition to Syracuse, the school announced Saturday.
Jackson will sign up for Johnny Unitas as the only players in school historical past to have their figures retired. Louisville retired Unitas’ No. 16 in 2003.
The faculty stunned the Ravens quarterback with a video clip announcement as he geared up to do media interviews in Baltimore.
“I experience like I received a Heisman yet again,” Jackson mentioned in the online video.
He considered he was conference with the media, but we experienced other strategies…
The moment @Lj_period8 discovered out that his quantity is being retired.#GoCards x #L1C4 pic.twitter.com/LIw8XjWxGn
— Louisville Athletics (@GoCards) Oct 16, 2021
Jackson became the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy in 2016 at 19 decades, 337 times right after a impressive period in which he experienced 4,928 yards of offense. That ranks next in Heisman historical past powering BYU’s Ty Detmer (5,022 in 1990).
He also is the to start with player to earn the Heisman with at minimum 30 touchdown passes and at the very least 21 hurrying touchdowns, and his 1,538 speeding yards are the most by a Heisman-profitable quarterback.
Jackson created his most iconic perform that time with the “Lamar Leap,” when he hurdled a Syracuse defender in a 62-28 victory — a shift that firmly planted him in the thoughts of Heisman voters.
“Lamar gained the Heisman and then the NFL MVP, and he’s not even 25 many years outdated. Even a lot more amazing, he’s only obtaining better,” Louisville athletic director Vince Tyra reported in a statement. “His humble coronary heart and grounded tactic endears him to his teammates, his coaches and any staff members he’s at any time been close to. He is aware it takes eleven to be productive on offense, not a person. We are so happy to retire his selection 8 for what he has achieved so much but are similarly excited about what’s to occur.”
In addition to successful the Heisman, Jackson established or tied 42 school solitary-match, season and occupation records throughout his three a long time in Louisville and holds seven ACC records. He continues to be the only participant in FBS background to rush for at minimum 1,500 yards and go for at minimum 3,500 yards in a year — and he did it in each 2016 and 2017. He finished 3rd in the Heisman voting in 2017.
Jackson is expected to go to the ceremony in Louisville, as the Ravens have a Thursday night time sport from the Miami Dolphins that 7 days. The Ravens drafted Jackson No. 32 total in 2018, and he gained NFL MVP honors in 2019.
“We couldn’t ask for a better consultant of our soccer application,” Louisville coach Scott Satterfield said in a statement. “Lamar’s influence goes significantly outside of our campus — he is acquired this entire metropolis behind him every single day and we are unable to wait around to welcome him home.”
