Complex sentence: Prior to the season, the team selected Bo Jackson with the top pick in the 1986 NFL Draft, despite the fact that prior to the draft Jackson said he had no intention of ever playing for the team.
Split into simpler sentences: Prior to the season the team selected Bo Jackson with the top pick in the 1986 NFL Draft. This was dispite the fact that prior to the draft Jackson was maintaining he had no intention of ever playing for the team.