Was Bobby Boucer a retard or just autistic?

He was sheltered by his overbearing mother, likely never attending school prior to his college football career, as evidenced by his never having graduated high school. He actually ended up passing his exams and doing well in college if you recall. He was likely neither retarded nor afflicted with any sort of autism; in the case of "nature versus nurture", his shortcomings were from "nurture".

autistic