Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft. He became the first African-American quarterback to be selected first overall in an NFL Draft. In six seasons with the Falcons, he gained wide popularity for his performance on the field, and led the Falcons to the playoffs twice. Vick ranks second among quarterbacks in career rushing yards.
In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated over five years. In August 2007, he pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement. With the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals, combined with previous financial mismanagement, Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008 Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on the Falcons, and after attempts to trade him failed, Vick was released. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and was reinstated in Week 3 of the 2009 season
* 1 Childhood
* 2 Early athletic career
* 3 High school
* 4 College career
o 4.1 Statistics
* 5 Professional career
o 5.1 Atlanta Falcons
+ 5.1.1 NFL Draft
+ 5.1.2 Early NFL career
+ 5.1.3 2003–2006 seasons
+ 5.1.4 Suspension
+ 5.1.5 Future in football and conditional reinstatement
o 5.2 Philadelphia Eagles
+ 5.2.1 2009
+ 5.2.2 2010
+ 5.2.3 2011
o 5.3 Career statistics
+ 5.3.1 Regular season
+ 5.3.2 Playoffs
* 6 Incidents and criminal troubles
o 6.1 Early incidents
o 6.2 Dog fighting investigations
+ 6.2.1 Federal criminal prosecution
# 6.2.1.1 Plea agreements, convictions
# 6.2.1.2 Failed drug test
# 6.2.1.3 Incarceration begins
# 6.2.1.4 Sentencing & prison
# 6.2.1.5 Funds to care for dogs
+ 6.2.2 State criminal prosecution
# 6.2.2.1 State trial and sentencing
o 6.3 Steroid allegations
* 7 Financial troubles
o 7.1 Bankruptcy
+ 7.1.1 Listing of major financial obligations
# 7.1.1.1 Joel Enterprises
# 7.1.1.2 Atlanta Falcons
# 7.1.1.3 Royal Bank of Canada
# 7.1.1.4 1st Source Bank
# 7.1.1.5 Wachovia Bank
# 7.1.1.6 U.S. Department of Labor
+ 7.1.2 Early proceedings
# 7.1.2.1 Mary Wong
# 7.1.2.2 David A. Talbot
+ 7.1.3 Ongoing expenses: support of friends and relatives
+ 7.1.4 Initial Reorganization Plan
# 7.1.4.1 Income prospects
# 7.1.4.2 Funds and assets handled by Reamon, Wong, Talbot, Washington
# 7.1.4.3 Revisions to Initial Reorganization Plan
# 7.1.4.4 Objections to Reorganization Plan
# 7.1.4.5 April 2009 hearing
# 7.1.4.6 Initial Reorganization Plan rejected
# 7.1.4.7 Revised Reorganization Plan approved
# 7.1.4.8 Joseph Luzinski
* 8 Awards, records, and accomplishments
o 8.1 College awards
o 8.2 College records and accomplishments
o 8.3 NFL records and milestones
* 9 Endorsements
* 10 Charitable foundations
* 11 Documentary series
* 12 References
* 13 External linksVick is the second of four children, one being brother Marcus Vick, born in Newport News, Virginia to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie, then unmarried teenagers His mother worked two jobs, obtained some public financial assistance, and had help from her parents, while his father worked long hours in the shipyards as a sandblaster and spray-painter They were married when Michael was about five years old, but the children elected to continue to use their "Vick" surname. The family lived in the Ridley Circle Homes, a public housing project in a financially depressed and crime-ridden neighborhood located in the East End section of the port city. A 2007 newspaper article published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch noted "not much changed" by observations of local people almost ten years after Michael Vick left. One resident said that there was drug dealing, drive-by shootings and other killings in the neighborhood, then suggested that sports were a way out and a dream for manyIn a 2001 interview, Vick told the Newport News Daily Press that when he was 10 or 11, "I would go fishing even if the fish weren't biting, just to get away from the violence and stress of daily life in the projects.
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