Louisville will be retiring Lamar Jackson’s No. 8 jersey during Cards’ Nov. 13 game vs. Syracuse. The Heisman Trophy winner joins Johnny Unitas as the only players with their numbers retired at UL.
The school surprised the Ravens quarterback with a video announcement as he prepared to do media interviews in Baltimore.
Jackson became the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy in 2016 at 19 years, 337 days after a remarkable season in which he had 4,928 yards of offense. That ranks second in Heisman history behind BYU’s Ty Detmer (5,022 in 1990).
Lamar is expected to attend the ceremony in Louisville, as the Ravens have a Thursday night game against the Miami Dolphins that week. The Ravens drafted Jackson No. 32 overall in 2018, and he won NFL MVP honors in 2019.
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