Four-time NFL Pro Bowler Michael Vick joined FOX Sports in 2017 as an analyst for FOX NFL KICKOFF, FOX’s one-hour NFL pregame show airing on Sundays during the NFL season. Vick also contributes to FS1’s NFL coverage across all studio programming.

Vick entered the NFL as the first overall pick in 2001 with the Atlanta Falcons. Throughout his career, he impacted the game and league with the unique aspects he brought to his position, creating a new path for future generations of quarterbacks.

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In just six years with the Falcons, Vick reached three Pro Bowls (2002, 2004 and 2005) and led the team to two playoff appearances, including the NFC Championship in 2004. During his final season in Atlanta, Vick put on one of his best performances, breaking the single-season rushing record for a quarterback and becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.

Vick went on to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, and in 2010 posted more than 3,000 yards passing and nearly 700 yards rushing, with a total of 30 touchdowns, earning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award and selection to his fourth Pro Bowl.

Jun 26, 1980 Michael Dwayne Vick was born on June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia. The second of four children born to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie, Michael Vick grew up in a tough area of his hometown, a.

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After his 13th season and appearances with the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers, Vick retired from in 2017 as the league’s all-time quarterback rushing leader with more than 6,100 yards on the ground, 22,000 yards in the air and a career passer rating of 80.5 with 169 career touchdowns.

1. Michael Vick ended up spending a whopping 21 months in a federal prison. It's not just he was betting on dog fights; he was running the whole kit and caboodle, along with three other individuals. (Whom people cared less about because they weren't, you know, star quarterbacks and one of the most prominent and best performing athletes in the world.).
2. Michael Vick is 1 of 6 lefthanded QBs to throw for 20,000 yards. Can you name the other 5? Subscribe to Stathead, the set of tools used by the pros, to unearth this and other interesting factoids.
3. Michael Vick, in full Michael Dwayne Vick, (born June 26, 1980, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.), American professional gridiron football quarterback who was the highest-paid player in National Football League (NFL) history before pleading guilty, in 2007, to charges of running an illegal dogfighting ring.

As a redshirt freshman, Vick carried the Virginia Tech Hokies to an undefeated season and to the Bowl Championship Series national title game. In 1999, he led the NCAA in passing efficiency, a record for a freshman (180.4) and third-highest all-time mark. Vick also won an ESPY Award as the nation’s top college player in addition to the first-ever Archie Griffin Award as college football’s most valuable player.

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Vick was born in Newport News, Va., as the second of four children. Married to wife Kijafa, Vick is a proud father to four children.

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