The Baltimore Ravens superstar and the reigning NFL MVP is the first Ravens player on the Madden cover since Ray Lewis in 2005.

Lamar Jackson couldn’t believe it when he got the call that EA Sports wanted him to be on the cover of Madden NFL 21.

“Ahh man! It’s another one I can put in the man cave. When I get my own copy of it, I am going to sign it myself and put it up. That’s how dedicated I am [laughs],” Jackson told SI in an interview over the phone in May. “I grew up playing Madden and owned every copy I could get my hands on, so to be on the cover of Madden NFL 21 is a dream come true. I don’t even remember where I was when I first learned that I will be on the cover. I was like you are lying