Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick throws the soccer earlier than the NFL Pro Bowl soccer recreation, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O?Meara)
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Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick says he has accepted a head teaching place at Norfolk State University in Virginia.
“It’s an honor to announce that I’ll be the brand new head coach of Norfolk State University…trying ahead to coming again dwelling,” he stated Tuesday on Facebook.
Vick is a local of Newport News, Virginia, about 30 miles north of Norfolk.
University officers didn’t affirm the deal Tuesday night time, however the Virginian-Pilot, a newspaper between Norfolk and Newport News, reported that a number of sources stated an introductory information convention could be held inside every week.
Vick performed school soccer at Virginia Tech, the place as a redshirt freshman he led the varsity to the faculty nationwide title recreation, the place his workforce misplaced to Florida State. In 2001, Vick grew to become the primary Black quarterback to be drafted to the NFL first general, when he was chosen by the Atlanta Falcons.
He spent six seasons there, by which he was chosen to the Pro Bowl thrice and led his workforce to the NFC Championship recreation in 2004, shedding to the Philadelphia Eagles. His enjoying days have been briefly derailed starting in 2007 when he served almost two years of jail time for dogfighting.
But upon his launch in 2009, he went on to play 5 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, the place in 2010 he achieved a fourth Pro Bowl choice and gained Comeback Player of the Year. He later spent one season every with the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Over the course of his NFL profession, he amassed about 28,000 whole yards and 169 touchdowns. He retired in 2017, holding the all-time file for quarterback speeding yards, with about 6,100.
He has since turn into an animal activist and an analyst for Fox Sports.
