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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson had a surprisingly low GPA in his sophomore year of high school before a quick turnaround.

Lamar Jackson attended Boynton Beach Community High School in Florida before committing to the Louisville Cardinals football team. While Jackson easily dominated the competition in high school, his journey to Louisville certainly wasn’t devoid of hardships.

The ML Football X/Twitter account passed along an old quote from Jackson, where the two-time MVP admitted that he only had a 1.5 GPA during his sophomore year. Jackson claimed he had to learn “the hard way” that school is the priority over everything else.

Jackson made the comments to Jodie Wagner of The Palm Beach Post back in 2017:

“I didn’t have any expectations at first, because my 10th grade year, I had a 1.5 GPA. School comes first. I found out the hard way. I completed my 10th grade year. I was hurt. But I trained that year. I felt I owed it to my team, and my mother. My assistant principal at Boynton High was with me along the way.”

 

And the rest, as they say, is history. Lamar Jackson elevated his high school GPA, received an offer from Louisville and graduated with a degree in communications. The Baltimore Ravens traded up to select him 32nd overall in 2018, and he has since asserted himself as one of the league’s best quarterbacks.

Lamar Jackson & Ravens Open 2025 Season At Buffalo Bills

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The two-time league MVP and the Ravens will kick off the 2025 campaign against Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills on Sept. 7, the first “Sunday Night Football” game of the season. This will be a rematch of last season’s Divisional Round, which Buffalo won 27-25.

Brittney Griner Finally Breaks Her Silence Over Alleged Caitlin Clark Comments That The WNBA Refused To Investigate

Brittney Griner speaking to reporterBrittney Griner (Photo via Twitter)
WNBA star Brittney Griner was at the center of a new debate over what she allegedly said in a game against basketball phenom Caitlin Clark.

The Atlanta Dream center found herself at the center of social media controversy last month when some fans thought she disparaged Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark upon fouling out.

The game’s broadcast focused on an upset Griner saying something as she returned to the Dream bench after fouling out of the game. While there’s no audio of this moment, some who tried to read Griner’s lips thought she called Clark a “trash f–king white girl.”

However, there’s no proof of Griner saying those actual words since others thought she stated something else.

It took weeks for someone to finally get a quote from her, and she provided much of nothing.

Brittney Griner was asked about this moment before her team’s June 15 game against the Washington Mystics and said, “I remember fouling out, being mad. I remember fouling out on, I believe it was [Natasha] Howard driving to the basket. They said I put my hand in.”

WNBA Chooses Not To Investigate Brittney Griner

Griner Drops F-Bomb, Apologizes Amid Clark Slur RowBrittney Griner (Photo By Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)
Moments before the conclusion of the Indiana Fever’s 81-76 victory over the Dream at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta weeks ago, cameras seemingly caught Atlanta Dream star center Brittney Griner labeling Caitlin Clark “trash” before calling her a “f***ing white girl” in frustration over a foul on Natasha Howard.

The clip of Griner speaking on the bench, lacking context, spread on social media and went viral.

Griner, who won a gold medal for Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, essentially got aw@y with whatever came out of her mouth because the league basically ignored the controversy.

This incident is not the only time Griner vocalized her frustrations this season. Following another game, she stormed off mid-interview, yelling at the referees to “be f—ing better.