The time Louisville QB Lamar Jackson beat Rajon Rondo in a random foot race

The Heisman Trophy favorite talked about Rondo, Michael Vick and Reggie Bush in his column

This week, we found out about the time Louisville quarterback and Heisman Trophy favorite Lamar Jackson beat Rajon Rondo in a foot race.

Some background: Jackson penned a column for The Players' Tribune. The story, posted Thursday, includes a gang of tales from Jackson's recent rise to stardom from his perspective: how he felt throwing an interception against Auburn on the first play of his college career, what it was like to get Twitter love from childhood hero Michael Vick and how he modeled his open-field running style on Southern California-era Reggie Bush highlights. It's all in there, and it's all awesome.

But back to Rondo.

So apparently Rondo, a Louisville native, was in town hosting a basketball camp last summer. Jackson said he and some friends were walking back to the freshman dorms from practice when he saw two guys (Rondo and his cousin) racing down the street on foot. They realized it was Rondo, walked over and introduced themselves.

"Which one of y'all wants next?" Rondo said to the group of Louisville players.

"Immediately my teammates turn to me, and I started laughing. I'd just finished running in practice, and I wasn't exactly ready for this," Jackson wrote. "It was kind of crazy -- wasn't exactly on my list of things to do that day -- but we lined up on the street and just went.

"I beat him by a few strides, and then we shook hands. He was really cool, said he would come watch us play. I know he's a Kentucky guy, but I like to think he's pulling for us this year."

Jackson also describes his perspective of the recruiting process and how Bobby Petrino's complicated offense made the Cardinals more attractive as an option for playing college ball. As a three-star prospect coming out of Boynton Beach, Florida, Jackson picked Louisville over Florida, which offered him late, and Nebraska.

"Plenty of schools offered me the chance to play in pretty simple offenses with no real playbook where the main skills I would use were my speed and instincts. I wanted to be able to do more than that. I didn't want to come out of college known as just an athlete."

Check out the full column over at The Players' Tribune.