Lamar Jackson Closes In on Another MVP Award and Eyes a Super Bowl Title

The brilliant Baltimorean proves the doubters wrong, but can he bring a championship to Charm City?

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson celebrates with wide receiver Nelson Agholor after connecting on a touchdown pass at Santa Clara, December 25, 2023. AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez

Forgive the quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, Lamar Jackson, if he doesn’t accept the bouquets being thrown his way for leading his team to the brink of the top seed in the National Football League’s upcoming American Football Conference playoffs. He has a long memory.

Mr. Jackson will forever be known as the last player taken in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Despite a brilliant collegiate career at the University of Louisville — he won the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in college football — and being considered one of the more dynamic prospects in the draft, four other players at his position were selected ahead of him. 

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