Called the "most electrifying and exciting player in the NFL" by his peers and media throughout the League.
Enters the 2006 season ranked sixth in winning percentage among current NFL starting quarterbacks (.618).
Earned his second consecutive and third overall Pro Bowl nod in 2005 as he passed for 2,412 yards and 16 touchdowns in addition to leading all NFL quarterbacks with 597 rushing yards and six scores.
Vick's 2,412 passing yards in 2005 moved his career totals to 9,031, which bumped him into fourth place all-time in Falcons history.
With eight wins in 2005, Vick moved into third place on the Falcons all-time career wins list for quarterbacks. Only Steve Bartkowski (55) and Chris Chandler (34) have won more games for the team.
Named to the second Pro Bowl of his career after leading the Falcons to their third division title in team history and breaking numerous NFL and team records in 2004.
Set an NFL postseason record for a quarterback with 119 rushing yards in the 2004 NFC Divisional Playoff win against the Rams.
Became the first quarterback in NFL history to tally five career 100-yard rushing games after posting three alone in 2004.
Rushed for 902 yards with a 7.52 average per carry in 2004 to rank third and second, respectively, in NFL annals for quarterbacks.
Became the first quarterback to ever throw for more than 250 yards and rush for over 100 yards in the same game at the Broncos (10/31/04).
Named the NFC Offensive Player the Week on two separate occasions in 2004.
Became a bonafide star and MVP candidate in his first season as a full-time starter at the age of 22 in 2002.
Named to the 2002 Pro Bowl and became the sixth quarterback to be voted to the NFL All-Star game in his first year as a starter since 1970, joining Dan Marino of Miami (1983), Brett Favre of Green Bay (1992), Kurt Warner of St. Louis (1999), Daunte Culpepper of Minnesota (2000) and Tom Brady of New England (2001).
Missed 11 games in 2003 after breaking his right fibula vs. Baltimore (8/16) in the preseason. Returned in Week 14 to guide the Falcons to a 3-1 record as a starter in the final four weeks of action.
Established several NFL records in 2002, including the most rushing yards in a game (173) by a quarterback and the most rushing yards by a quarterback in his first two seasons (1,066).
Top overall NFL draft choice in 2001 after a celebrated college career at Virginia Tech. Was the fourth Falcons #1 overall pick in club history (Tommy Nobis in 1966, Steve Bartkowski in 1975, Aundray Bruce in 1988). The Falcons traded their #1 pick (5th overall) and #3 pick in 2001, a #2 pick in 2002 and WR/KR Tim Dwight to San Diego for the rights to the #1 overall choice a day before the draft.
Completed 15 of 27 passes for 167 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for 64 yards on nine carries in the 24- 21 victory at Buffalo (9/25). His 27-yard run in the fourth quarter set up a 12-yard T.J. Duckett touchdown.
Connected on 6 of 8 passes for 49 yards with one touchdown and rushed for 58 yards vs. Minnesota (10/2) before leaving the game with a sprained knee.
Posted a passer rating of 102.6 as he completed a season-high 22 passes on 31 attempts for 228 yards with one touchdown in the 17-10 victory at Miami (11/6). Also rushed for 38 yards and led the team on two scoring drives of 90 yards or more.
Completed 20 of 30 passes for 209 yards with two touchdown passes vs. Green Bay (11/13) as he finished with a passer rating over 100 (109.9) for the second consecutive week. Also rushed for 24 yards and one score.
Connected on 21 of 38 passes for a season-high 306 yards with two touchdowns vs. Tampa Bay (11/20). It marked his second career 300-yard passing game. Led the Falcons on five consecutive drives which led to scores.
Rushed for two scores vs. New Orleans (12/12) as he completed 12 of 23 passes for 231 yards with one touchdown. It marked the fourth time in his career that he rushed for two touchdowns in a game.
Led the team with 63 rushing yards on 11 carries at Tampa Bay (12/24) and completed 16 of 26 passes for 161 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 104.8.
Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week on two separate occasions during the season.
Became the first quarterback to throw for more than 250 yards and rush for over 100 yards in the same game in a performance against the Broncos (10/31).
Set an NFL playoff record for a quarterback with 119 rushing yards against the Rams (1/15/05).
Led the team to an 11-4 record, which was the third-best record for a starting quarterback in team history behind Chris Chandler (13-1 in 1998) and Steve Bartkowski (12-4 in 1980).
Tied a modern-day NFL single-season record for the most 100-yard rushing games by a quarterback with three on his way to setting an NFL record for the most career 100-yard rushing games for a quarterback with five.
Completed 13 of 22 passes for 163 yards with one touchdown and one interception at San Francisco (9/12). Connected on 11 of 13 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown in the first half for a quarterback rating of 138.8.
Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week after completing 14 of 19 passes for 179 yards and one interception for a passer rating of 120.3 vs. St. Louis (9/19). Also led the team in rushing with 109 yards on 12 carries, marking the third 100+-yard rushing game of his career.
Recorded a career-long 58-yard run late in the fourth quarter to help set up a victory and converted 10 of 20 passes for 115 yards with one interception vs. Arizona (9/26).
Completed 10 of 18 passes for 148 yards and registered seven carries for 35 yards at Carolina (10/3).
Converted 18 of 29 passes for 196 yards and rushed five times for 29 yards vs. Detroit (10/10).
Posted a passer rating of 104.9 after completing 12 of 21 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns vs. San Diego (10/17). Also rushed nine times for 35 yards and one touchdown against the Chargers.
Led the team with 62 rushing yards on six carries at Kansas City (10/24) while completing 7 of 21 passes for 199 yards and two interceptions.
Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance at Denver (10/31) when he became the first quarterback to throw for more than 250 yards and rush for over 100 yards in the same game. Completed 18 of 24 passes for 252 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 136.1. Also led the team with 12 carries for 115 yards to account for 367 of the Falcons 467 total yards of offense.
Converted 8 of 16 passes for 147 yards with one touchdown and one interception vs. Tampa Bay (11/14). Also rushed nine times for 76 yards against the Bucs.
Surpassed Billy Kilmer to establish a new NFL record for the most 100-yard rushing games by a quarterback in NFL history with five after rushing for 104 yards on 15 carries at New York Giants (11/21). Also completed 12 of 20 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 109.4.
Completed 16 of 29 passes for 212 yards with two touchdowns and one interception vs. New Orleans (11/28). Also served as the team's leading rusher with 69 yards on 10 carries with one touchdown.
Rushed eight times for 81 yards while completing 13 of 27 passes for 115 yards with two interceptions at Tampa Bay (12/5).
Converted 13 of 20 passes for 145 yards and recorded two carries for 31 yards vs. Oakland (12/12).
Scored the game-tying touchdown on a 12-yard scramble on 4th down and 12 to force overtime vs. Carolina (12/18). Finished with 68 yards rushing on eight attempts while completing 11 of 28 passes for 154 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Inactive (shoulder) at New Orleans (12/26).
Completed 6 of 7 passes for 35 yards and one touchdown in addition to three carries for 13 yards with one score before leaving the game in the middle of the second quarter at Seattle (1/2).
Set an NFL postseason record for a quarterback with 119 rushing yards (on eight carries) vs. St. Louis (1/15/05) in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game as he completed 12 of 16 passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns.
Completed 11 of 24 passes for 136 yards and rushed four times for 26 yards at Philadelphia (1/23/05).
Made season debut in relief of QB Doug Johnson in the third quarter at Houston (11/30), completing 8 of 11 passes for 60 yards and recording 16 rushing yards on three carries.
Posted his first start of the season vs. Carolina (12/7) and amassed the third-highest rushing total by a quarterback in NFL history with 141 yards on 14 carries and one score to lead the Falcons to a come-from-behind 20-14 overtime victory. The 141 yards trail Tobin Rote's 150 yards on November 18, 1951 with Green Bay and his own NFL record of 173 at Minnesota (12/1/02) on the NFL's all-time list for quarterbacks. Completed 16 of 33 passes for 179 yards and accounted for 320 of the team's 380 total yards worth of offense.
Engineered a 30-28 victory at Tampa Bay (12/20) to knock the Bucs out of the playoff race and stop a five-game losing skid. Completed 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 119.2.
Closed out the season with a 21-14 victory vs. Jacksonville (12/28), where he completed 12 of 22 passes for 180 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.
Missed the New York Giants (10/13) due to a sprained shoulder.
Established numerous single-game career-highs, including passes completed with 24 and pass attempts with 46 at Pittsburgh (11/10), as well as passing yards with 337 vs. Detroit (12/22). Also completed a career-long 74 yards for a touchdown to WR Trevor Gaylor vs. New Orleans (11/17).
Registered an NFL record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single a game with 173 yards at Minnesota (12/1).
Tied for third in team history for the lowest interception percentage in a season at 1.90. Continued a streak of consecutive passes without an interception that began at St. Louis (1/6/02) in the season-finale of the 2002 season and extended to the first quarter vs. Baltimore (11/3/02). His streak covered 25 straight quarters and 177 passes without an interception.
Completed 15 of 23 passes for 209 yards and one touchdown as he rushed for 72 yards on nine carries with one score at Green Bay (9/8).
Converted on 16 of 26 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns in addition to five carries for 56 yards vs. Cincinnati (9/22).
Rushed six times for 91 yards and one touchdown as he completed 16 of 22 passes for 178 yards vs. Carolina (10/20).
Completed 16 of 24 passes for 195 yards while rushing 10 times for 91 yards and two scores in the 37-35 victory at New Orleans (10/27).
Connected on career-highs of 24 of 46 passes with one score at Pittsburgh (11/10). Also recorded 10 carries for 38 yards and one touchdown.
Converted 11 of 23 passes for 160 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in addition to seven carries for 55 yards and one score vs. New Orleans (11/17).
Completed 19 of 24 passes and two touchdowns at Carolina (11/24). His .791 completion percentage marked a career-high.
Set a career-high and NFL record for quarterbacks with 173 rushing yards on 10 carries to go with two touchdowns at Minnesota (12/1) as he completed 11 of 28 passes for 173 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Converted 21 of 38 passes for 240 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in addition to 13 carries for 40 yards vs. Seattle (12/15).
Completed 20 of 38 passes for a career-high 337 yards with two touchdowns and one interception vs. Detroit (12/22).
Rushed for 64 yards on 10 carries as he completed 13 of 25 passes for 117 yards and one touchdown in the Wild Card Game at Green Bay (1/4/03).
Completed 22 of 38 passes for 274 yards with two interceptions as he rushed for 30 yards on six carries at Philadelphia (1/11/03) in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game.
Made NFL debut at San Francisco (9/9) and saw limited action.
Completed first NFL pass with an 18-yard strike to WR Tony Martin in the second quarter vs. Carolina (9/23) and first NFL touchdown on a two-yard rushing score in the fourth quarter to help the Falcons to a 24-16 victory.
Completed 12 of 18 passes for 186 yards and recorded five carries for 18 yards vs. Chicago (10/7).
Rushed two times for 50 yards and completed 2 of 9 passes for 56 yards vs. New England (11/4).
Made first career start at Dallas (11/11) and threw the first touchdown pass of his career on a nine-yard toss to TE Alge Crumpler in a 20-13 victory.
Threw for 214 yards on 11 of 20 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions as he rushed for 63 yards on five carries at Miami (12/30).
Started the season finale at St. Louis (1/6) and accounted for 234 of the team's 255 yards.
Applied for early entry into NFL draft (as a redshirt sophomore) after two seasons as Virginia Tech's starter and one appearance in a National Championship Game.
Completed 87 of 161 passes for 1,234 yards with eight touchdowns while carrying 104 times for 607 yards as a sophomore in 2000.
Captured the first-ever Archie Griffin Award as college football Player of the Year as a (redshirt) freshman when he led the nation in passing efficiency at 180.37, the second-highest total ever, and guided the Hokies to a perfect 11-0 regular season record.
Set an NCAA record for a freshman and established single-season school records for highest yards passing per completion (20.4), per attempt (12.1), highest completion percentage (59.2) and most yards per play (9.3).
Appeared in 10 games, completing 90 of 152 passes for 1,840 yards with 12 touchdowns, and rushed 108 times for 585 yards with eight more scores. He averaged 242.5 yards of offense per game.
Incredible performance in the Sugar Bowl vs. Florida State for the National Championship included completing 15 of 29 pass attempts for 225 yards with a 49-yard touchdown pass, as well as gaining 97 yards on 23 carries with a three-yard score, to total 322 yards of offense in almost single-handedly engineering an upset before falling, 46-29.
Finished third in the balloting for the coveted Heisman Trophy (matching the highest finish ever by a freshman) while coming away with the hardware for Big East Conference Offensive and Rookie of the Year and finished runner-up in voting for the Associated Press Player of the Year.
Became the first player in Division I history to win a league's Player of the Year Award in the same season he won Rookie of the Year.
Finished his career with a 20-1 record as starter at Virginia Tech.
Prior to the Virginia Tech-LSU contest on September 1, 2002, Vick's No. 7 jersey was retired by the school in a special ceremony. (Under Virginia Tech's new policy, the No. 7 jersey will continue to be worn as Tech retires jerseys but not numbers.) The school added a banner featuring Vick's jersey and his name in the north end of the end zone.
Spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta and the Empty Stocking Fund. Gives credit to the Boys & Girls Club in his hometown for helping him grow as a youth and provides a monetary donation through a player performance pledge to the local chapter for every touchdown pass.
As a part of ESPN.com's "Jocks to GI's", he had a GI e-mail pen pal overseas during the war with Iraq that he communicated with in the spring of 2003. He and ssgt., USAF Angela Geist from Lawrenceville, GA, shared emails and life experiences.
Named to Sports Illustrated's "101 Most Influential Minorities In Sports" in May of 2003 at #77 and was chosen to be the EA Sports cover athlete and spokesman for (John) Madden NFL 2004.
Second cousin of Raiders' QB Aaron Brooks.
Became the 11th quarterback selected with the top overall pick in the NFL draft since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 and the first African-American quarterback ever taken with the #1 overall choice.
Ironically drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 30th round of the 2000 MLB draft despite not playing baseball since the 8th grade.
Hails from talent-rich Tidewater, Virginia area that has also produced the likes of athletes such as Allen Iverson (76ers), Ronald Curry (ex-UNC football and basketball player/Oakland Raiders ) and Aaron Brooks.
Throws the football left-handed but does just about everything else right-handed.
His mother, Brenda Boddie, is a strong positive influence in his life.
Born Michael Dwayne Vick on June 26, 1980 in Newport News, Virginia.