Sunday, May 11 is Mother's Day in the year 2025. Across the sports world, players and teams honor mothers in unique ways. MLB traditionally uses pink bats on Mother's Day in a neat gesture to match the color of breast cancer awareness.
The NFL is in the offseason, so they don't have a way to honor Mother's Day like baseball does. However, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson took to X on Sunday with a message for all the moms.
"Happy Mothers Day to all the moms throughout the universe," Jackson wrote on X with a few emojis.
It's not just Jackson's mom, but, as he wrote, the moms "throughout the universe."
As far as Jackson's mom goes, their relationship is well-known. Lamar's father died when he was just eight years old, so his mom, Felicia Jones, worked hard to raise him and bring him up.
“She knew what she was doing,” Jackson wrote in a Player's Tribune article in 2016. “She had a vision for my football career even before I did.”
Even to this day, Jackson's mom plays a pivotal role. In December of 2024, Jackson revealed his mom cussed him out after a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, per Matt Ryan of Ravens.com.
"My momma just told me that. She just cussed me out," Jackson said regarding his rushing performance in that game. "She said there were lanes I should have taken and ran. I was just trying to let guys develop routes. We had developing routes. I was just trying to go through my progression, but yeah, she [was] right."
Still, it's all love for the Ravens QB, and his message applied to all mothers on this day.
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