Bo is aware of soccer, and a yr from now, one other Bo Jackson will look to make his mark — this time at Ohio State.
Lamar “Bo” Jackson formally dedicated to OSU in June, and on Friday evening, he put his abilities on show for Villa Angela-St. Joseph Excessive Faculty (OH) in a 60-0 drubbing of Mansfield Senior. He tallied greater than 200 yards and three touchdowns earlier than halftime.
One in all Jackson’s spotlight runs got here on a 35-yard landing scamper through which he broke a sort out close to the road of scrimmage and blazed by way of the second and third ranges.
The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Jackson is a four-star recruit and multi-sport athlete, having additionally run monitor and performed baseball in 2021 and 2022. Nonetheless, he subsequently made the total transition to soccer and has established himself as a uncommon all-around athlete who may see important time on the sector as a freshman in 2025.
“He may very well be a Division I vast receiver if he needed to,” VASJ head coach Jeff Rotsky told The Athletic. “He has one of the best ball abilities that I’ve ever seen in a again, in highschool or school. When you could have a man who runs a 4.4 and he has these ball abilities, it’s fairly particular.”
Jackson is the No. 5 operating again (Ohio) within the 247Sports Composite within the 2025 class (No. 81 nationally) and the the No. 136 recruit within the ESPN 300. He dedicated to Ohio State over Georgia, Alabama, Cincinnati and Auburn, the place the 1985 Heisman Trophy-winning Bo Jackson performed soccer.
“Bo has an opportunity to play on Sundays if he continues to progress the way in which he’s,” Rotsky mentioned.
If Friday evening’s efficiency is any indication, Rotsky is correct about Jackson, who will possible blossom right into a star at Ohio State whereas racking up NIL offers.