ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, December 13, 1995 TAG: 9512130083
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 11 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
At last, Bo really does know - and he's got a diploma to prove it.
After 13 years, two sports, a Heisman Trophy and one fake hip, Bo Jackson graduated Monday from Auburn University.
Applause erupted with the announcement of his name - Vincent Jackson - as he received a degree in family and child development from the university he first entered in 1982.
``It's the last piece of the puzzle, to where I feel like I'm a complete person,'' Jackson said.
Jackson, 33, was only six courses short of a degree when he left Auburn in 1985 with a trophy as the best college football player and a brilliant future in baseball, football, and in those ``Bo Knows'' commercials for Nike.
A hip injury cut short his football career, and when he retired from baseball last spring, he began correspondence work to finish college.
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