10 Incredible Facts About Lamar Jackson

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10. Lamar Jackson was the first (and youngest) Louisville player to win the Heisman.

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9. He was under-recruited coming out of high school.

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8. Lamar Jackson is notoriously media-shy.

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7. Lamar Jackson started his High School career at Santaluces High in Lantana, about 60 miles north of Miami on Florida’s east coast.

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6. Lamar Jackson is faster than you think!

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5. Lamar Jackson never understood how to use a playbook until college.

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4. Jackson was a track-and-field star in high school.

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3. Lamar Jacksonʼs mother is his manager.

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2. Lamar Jackson lost his father and grandmother on the same day.

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1. Lamar Jackson is friends with rapper Kodak Black.

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