However, while Culverhouse's relationship with Tampa had been problematic for years, the Bo Jackson 1986 draft debacle permanently ruined the owner's reputation in his home city. Jackson, the Heisman Trophy-winning running back from Auburn, was the consensus #1 player headed into the draft. But Jackson disliked Culverhouse from their first meeting, later writing in his book "Bo Knows Bo" that the Bucs' owner had a miserable record and also that after Jackson's agents requested Tampa Bay not pick him, the Bucs refused all trade offers (including what Jackson described as a generous offer from Al Davis) and later told Jackson they would cut their contract offer in half if he didn't accept a below-market deal. Jackson announced he would play major league baseball instead, signing a contract with the Kansas City Royals and leaving the Bucs as the NFL's laughingstock.