NFL legend Jimmy Johnson has tears streaming down his face after watching Fox Sports’ tribute to him during the pregame show for the Super Bowl 2025.
The package showed Johnson’s career from a player, to winning Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys , to his retirement and current analyst job.
Coming out of the four-minute package, the cameras cut immediately to Johnson, who was choked up watching his life before his eyes.
The package was not meant as a send-off or a retirement notice, as his future was not talked about on air.
Johnson also narrates the package, which begins with him walking out onto the field at AT&T Stadium, where the Cowboys currently play their home games.
The first shot of Johnson using AI comes from his days as a defensive lineman at Arkansas, wearing No 60 and without the fully caged helmets football teams used to wear.
Then comes the introduction of Johnson’s college roommate, then-Razorback No 61, and current Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Jones and Johnson were not the only football legends to appear in AI in the tribute. His first coaching job at Louisiana Tech shows him meeting Terry Bradshaw, then as a Bulldogs’ future quarterback.
The package shows logos of the high school and four colleges Johnson worked at between his year in Shreveport and and his first head coaching job at Oklahoma State. Johnson led the Cowboys from 1979 through 1983.
Fox used footage of ‘Hail Flutie’ with Johnson being the losing head coach for Miami against Boston College in that infamous 1984 game.
Then came up his ‘old college roommate’ who asked him to coach in Dallas, with in iconic phrase, ‘How ’bout them Cowboys!’ being uttered.
The package starts its final shot with Johnson being greeted by his broadcast colleagues at Fox, which is the team he ‘cherished the most’.
The montage ends with Johnson being greeted by his Arkansas self in present day.
Johnson has been with Fox Sports full-time since his final retirement in 1999.
