Marcus Vick
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[edit] Biography
Marcus Vick (Marcus Vick) was born on March 20, 1984 in Newport News, Virginia. Vick attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Vick made his professional debut in the NFL in 2006 with the Miami Dolphins. He has played for the Miami Dolphins for his entire 1 year career.
Marcus Deon Vick (born March 20, 1984 in Newport News, Virginia), is an American football player for the National Football League's Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He is the younger brother of former Virginia Tech quarterback and current Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick, and second cousin of Oakland Raiders quarterback Aaron Brooks.
[edit] Career and Controversy
Marcus Vick graduated from Warwick High School in Newport News, Virginia.
In his college career at Virginia Tech, he primarily played quarterback, but also ran plays at wide receiver, in three games during the 2003 season. In 2003, he played in eleven games, splitting time with Bryan Randall. In Virginia Tech's loss in the Insight Bowl to California, Vick racked up 82 receiving yards, including one touchdown reception. [1]
Prior to the 2004 collegiate season, Vick was arrested for providing alcohol to three underage girls who claimed to be college students, and later for reckless driving and possession of marijuana. Vick was also charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl, but never convicted of this charge. He was suspended from the university for the fall semester of 2004, during which Virginia Tech won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Vick was reinstated to school and the football team under specific guidelines that warrant immediate expulsion for further transgressions. Later, on October 1, 2005, Vick again angered fans and press in Morgantown by flipping off the crowd during a win at West Virginia University. Vick later apologized and made no further comments.
Head Coach Frank Beamer initially announced that Vick would enter the 2005 season as the team's third-string quarterback, but he quickly won the starting role after impressive spring practices and scrimmages. The choice had been a positive one for Virginia Tech, as Vick led a well-rounded Hokie team to a 11-2 record and an appearance in the inaugural ACC Championship Game in the 2005 season, and a win in the 2006 Gator Bowl.
Vick once again courted controversy on January 2, 2006, when he intentionally stomped on the leg of Louisville defensive end Elvis Dumervil with a cleated foot during the 2006 Gator Bowl. After an additional report four days later that Vick was arrested on December 17, 2005 for a misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended or revoked license [2], Virginia Tech announced his permanent dismissal from its football program "due to a cumulative effect of legal infractions and unsportsmanlike play."[3] In response to being thrown off the team, Vick has been quoted as saying, "It's not a big deal. I'll just move on to the next level, baby."[4]
Vick declared his eligibility for the NFL draft on January 7, 2006. Two days later he was charged with three counts of brandishing a firearm, a Class One misdemeanor [5], in Suffolk, Virginia. A police report stated that he allegedly pointed a gun at a 17-year-old and at least two of his friends in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in the 62-hundred block of Town Point Road in Suffolk. It has been reported that Vick approached the group of teenagers after his girlfriend told him that someone from the group had made disparaging remarks towards her. [6] Vick claimed that the "gun" in question was actually a BlackBerry cell phone that was mistaken for a gun and that his accusers were trying to blackmail him. [7] He surrendered and was released on a $10,000 bond. If convicted of the misdemeanor, Vick could receive up to 12 months' confinement in jail and or a fine of not more than $2,500 for each of the three charges. [8]
In 24 career games at Virginia Tech, Vick threw for 2,868 yards, 19 touchdowns and 15 interceptions while also running 184 times for 492 yards and six touchdowns.
Cartoonists Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds named Marcus Vick as the runner-up for the 2005 Tank McNamara Sports Jerk of the Year for stomping on Elvis Dumervil's leg - something alluded to with the joke "[Vick] can't be with us to accept because he's still nursing that bruise to the arch of his foot".
[edit] NFL career
Before the 2006 NFL Draft, he told ESPN's Michael Smith that he considered himself a better quarterback than both Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler. [9] Despite pre-draft speculation that Vick could go as high as the third round, he went undrafted, becoming an unrestricted free agent who could sign a contract with any team. Vick attended a Miami Dolphins rookie free agent minicamp after the draft,and was subsequently signed [10] to a free agent contract as a "wide receiver/quarterback/specialist."
[edit] External links
- http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/2005/vick.html - Official Virginia Tech bio
