{"id":4948,"date":"2024-09-28T01:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T01:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2024-09-28T01:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T01:27:57","slug":"breaking-news-donovan-mitchell-shares-the-perk-lamar-jackson-got-at-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4948","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Donovan Mitchell shares the perk Lamar Jackson got at Louisville!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Louisville Cardinals football team has produced two of the most notable quarterbacks in the NFL \u2013 both of whom have become big names in the city of Baltimore.<\/h2>\n
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The\u00a0Louisville Cardinals<\/b>\u00a0football team has produced two of the most notable quarterbacks in the NFL \u2013 both of whom have become big names in the city of Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Johnny Unitas, regarded as one of the greatest NFL players of all time, played at Louisville from 1951-1954. He went on to play for the then-Baltimore COlts from 1956-1972, bringing them Super Bowl V and three NFL championships (1958, 1959, and 1968). Unitas also won the MVP three times.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a few decades, and the Cardinals got Lamar Jackson. Jackson won the Heisman Trophy in 2016 before being selected by the now-Baltimore Ravens with the No. 31 pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Jackson, now 27 and the Ravens’ starter, won the MVP in 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Jackson had a slow start to his college career but broke out in 2016 as a sophomore. As the starter, Jackson became the youngest-ever recipient of the Heisman after finishing Louisville’s 9-4 season with 3,543 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns, and nine interceptions to go along with 260 carries for 1,571 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

While at Louisville, he also overlapped with Donovan Mitchell. The five-time NBA All-Star played basketball at Louisville from 2015 to 2017 before declaring for the draft. Now with the\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/b>, Mitchell also had a breakout sophomore season in 2016, averaging 15.6 points, 2.7 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game and being named First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference.<\/p>\n

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Their friendship is well-documented: One that began when they bumped into each other on campus as a true freshman.<\/p>\n

Mitchell elaborated on their shared time together at Louisville on “7PM in Brooklyn with\u00a0Carmelo Anthony<\/b>\u00a0& Kid Mero,” a podcast with the former NBA star and New York comedian.<\/p>\n