Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is a retired American soccer player, actor, and sports commentator. Irvin played college football at the University of Miami, then for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) for his entire pro athlete career (1988-1999), ending with a spinal cord injury. Irvin was nicknamed "The Playmaker " because of his passion for making big dramas in big games during college and pro career. He is one of three key Cowboys offensive players who helped the team achieve three Super Bowl victories: he is known as one of "The Triplets" along with Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN Sunday School NFL Countdown and is currently an analyst for NFL Network. In 2007, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
She competed in season 9 of Dancing with the Stars in 2009. Irvin is the ninth contestant to be eliminated.
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College career
The 15 of 17 brothers, Irvin was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He first attended Piper High School then went on to become a soccer star at St. Thomas Aquinas High School. He was strongly recruited by the University of Miami to play for Miami Hurricanes, one of the country's best college football programs. In Miami, under coach Jimmy Johnson, Irvin arranged school records for career receptions (143), received a yard (2,423 - later broken by Santana Moss) and a touchdown reception (26). He was a member of the 1987 Miami national championship team, and made one of the most legendary dramas in school history that year, scoring on a 73-yard touchdown a quarter of a meter from Steve Walsh who gave a margin of victory in Miami's victory over the Florida State archrival, to the national championship game, Orange Bowl 1988, against the Oklahoma Sooners.
Irvin spent the last year of his eligibility in Miami and declared for the 1988 NFL Draft.
Irvin was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
Career statistics
- 1985: 46 catches for 840 yards and 9 TD.
- 1986: 53 catches for 868 yards and 11 TD.
- 1987: 44 catches for 715 yards and 6 TD. 2 carry 4 yards.
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Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
Irvin was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the 11th selection in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft. He was the first-round pick draft of the last round made by the Cowboys under the leadership of longtime general manager Tex Schramm, director Gil Castt and coach Tom Landry (Schramm predicts that Irvin will accelerate the Cowboys "" back to life. ") Irvin became the first beginner recipient in the Cowboys history to start the season opener in 20 years, where he captured his first career goal.He also caught 3 passing goals in a Cowboys victory over Washington. The Redskins, one of only three wins of the season and the last of a Landry career, finished the NFC lead season with 20.4 meters per catch average.
The Cowboys' misfortune continued the following year when they finished with a 1-15 record, the worst in franchise history, while Irvin's limited injury was only six games, after he was on pace to get over 1,000 yard receipts, tearing anterior cruciate ligaments in his right knee against the San Francisco 49ers and placed on the list of injured reserves. The injury prevented him from playing until the fourth game of the 1990 season, but recorded his first catch until the seventh game and finished with only 20 receptions for 413 yards, but also an average of 20.7 meters per catch.
In 1990, under the strength of players like Jay Novacek, Troy Aikman, and Emmitt Smith, the team began to improve, finish the season with a 7-9 record, and posted an 11-5 record in 1991. Irvin was a major reason for their playoff season 1991, finishing with 93 receptions (second in league), 1,523 receiving yard (leading league), 8 receiving touchdowns and arranging franchise records with seven 100-yard matches. He made the All-Pro team that year and was chosen to be the first of five Pro Bowls in a row.
From 1991 to 1998, Irvin recorded 1,000 yards of season in all but one year, collecting an impressive 10,265 meters over a span of eight years. Along the way, the Cowboys made four straight appearances in the NFC Championship Game (1992-1995) and won three Super Bowl titles with a back-to-back victory over Buffalo Bills on Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII, and Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XXX.
His best season was in 1995, when he set franchise records for the reception (111) and received the yard (1,603), while also scoring 10 goals and setting the NFL record with 11 matches with over 100 yards receiving. He added seven receptions for 100 yards and two goals against the Green Bay Packers at the NFC Championship Game on the way to the third Super Bowl Cowboys win in a span of four seasons.
Irvin is the only player to play for each of the first four Cowboys coaches since the team is owned by Jerry Jones (Landry, Johnson, Barry Switzer, and Chan Gailey). Irvin officially announced his resignation after Dave Campo became the fifth Cowboys coach, but Irvin never played in the field for Campo.
Irvin won three Super Bowls with Cowboys.
Won the Super Bowl in the 1990s
In 1992 and 1993, Irvin was the key player in the Super Bowl Cowboys team. In 1994, he enjoyed another star campaign with the fourth consecutive Pro Bowl season, but that year the Cowboys lost to the San Francisco 49ers at the NFC Championship Game. For his part, however, Irvin has one of the most productive games in the history of the NFL playoff, with 12 catches for a 192-meter NFC championship record and two goals.
One of his greatest performances was the Super Bowl XXVII, where he captured seven baits for 114 yards and two touchdowns. His two touchdown goals are both in the second quarter and occur within a span of just 18 seconds, the fastest touchdown pair ever printed by a single player in Super Bowl history. He also became the second player to score 2 goals in a quarter of the Super Bowl, after wide receiver Washington Redskins Ricky Sanders in Super Bowl XXII.
Irvin was also a key contributor to the Cowboys victory at Super Bowl XXVIII and Super Bowl XXX, recording five receptions for 66 meters in the first, and five receptions for 75 meters in the second.
The ultimate career injury in Philadelphia
Recovered from his neck bone injury, Irvin again had very solid years in 1997 and 1998. During the fifth game of the 1999 season, Irvin was handled at the Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Eagles defending Tim Hauck and going to peat.
Irvin was transported from the Philadelphia pitch with a stretcher as some Philadelphia fans cheered, and the game in Philadelphia proved to be the last. He suffered a non-life-threatening cervical spinal cord injury and was later diagnosed with a narrow spine (cervical spine stenosis), which forced him into early retirement.
Irvin is the last player trained by Tom Landry to retire from the NFL. Tom Landry died on the moon between Irvin's last match and his official retirement announcement.
Records and honors
Irvin completed his career with 750 receptions (tied with Charlie Joiner for the 30th all time in the NFL) for 11,904 yards (21st all time in the NFL) and 65 goals. His 47 100-yard received the eighth most game in NFL history, tied with Torry Holt. Irvin was selected for five Pro Bowls (2 over other wide receivers in franchise history) and was named the 1992 Pro Bowl MVP (after the 1991 season) after catching 8 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown on the NFC 21 15 victory. Irvin was a key playmaker for the Dallas Cowboys who won 6 division titles and three Super Bowls. As part of the starting lineup in early offense, Irvin was a consistent force to reckon with in the regular season but he also excelled in a play postseason in which his six-day 100-yard receiving career was just two shy of the NFL sign held by Jerry Rice (8). 87 postseason receptions place it second in NFL playoff history, again behind Rice (151), and 1315 postseason received second rank meter for Rice (2,245), Hall of Fame inductee.
Weighing 6'2 "and 207 pounds, Irvin is a big physical receiver who molests cornerbacks and is often able to make difficult catches in defensive traffic, partly because of Irvin's ability to push defenders easily, the NFL has finally changed. wide receiver that mimics Irvin's physical style.
For Dallas, Irvin is a leader, an emotional vocal, who organizes every significant career receiving marks in team history, including capturing and receiving yards. At the time of his retirement, he has or is bound to 20 Cowboys receiving records. Despite the "Playmaker" style on the field and the prominent personality proven in his comments, the brash animation as the top NFL analyst for ESPN, Irvin is best remembered by his fellow Cowboys as a perfect teammate. As Daryl Johnston of Fox said to a national conference call: "Michael is the hardest working man on our team.... He is a man who made some wrong decisions, but he never took anything public, and he has never spoken against anyone in our team.He does not matter.He is more of an inspiration. "Currently, Irvin has a high appreciation for players who come from because he likes to call the University of Miami," The U, "like Frank Gore and Edgerrin James.
Together with his former teammates, Cowboy Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith, Irvin was inducted into the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor on September 19, 2005.
Irvin was eligible to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005. However he was not elected in 2005 or 2006, his first two years of eligibility. However, on 3 February 2007, the third year of eligibility, Irvin was elected as one of the 2007 classes under scrutiny, along with Thurman Thomas, Bruce Matthews, Roger Wehrli, Charlie Sanders, and Gene Hickerson. Irvin was inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 4, 2007 in Canton, Ohio.
Irvin became one of three former NFL players with Cowboys ties selected for inclusion in the 2007 class of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, all of whom were inaugurated at a February 2008 ceremony in Waco, Texas. (Other players were Jim Ray Smith of the Cleveland Browns who ended his career with Cowboys (1963-64) and Ray Childress, five Pro Bowl defensive defenses for Houston Oilers who ended his NFL career with Cowboys in 1996.) In 2007, he was named Tim All-Century FHSAA enrolled 33 top soccer players in the history of 100 years of high school football in the state of Florida.
Pro Football Hall of Fame induction
On August 4, 2007, Irvin was inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame, delivering a tearful reception speech in which he referred to both his life as a football player and the many mistakes he made in his life. His speech was praised by many NFL commentators as sincere, including those who were inclined to dislike him.
On October 14, 2007, Michael Irvin received his Hall of Fame ring at the Texas Stadium during a break from the Dallas Cowboys-New England Patriots game. In his speech, he proposed to Commissioner Roger Goodell that all the recruited rookies would tour the Pro Football Hall of Fame to better understand their football history.
Career statistics
Personal life
1996 allegations of sexual violence
In 1996, when the Cowboys prepared to play the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Divisional Playoff game, media reports stated that Irvin and his team mate Erik Williams, while under cocaine, had sexually attacked a Dallas Cheerleader, Nina Shahravan, and, with gun to his head, recording the interaction. Although Williams and Irvin's denied the allegations, the story overshadowed the game, which caused the Cowboys to lose. The accuser then proved to have made up the whole incident. She recalled her story, pleaded guilty to perjury and filed a fake police report, and was sentenced to 90 days in prison and a fine.
Scissors Gate 1998
On July 29, 1998, Irvin allegedly attacked his fellow Cowboys offensive lineman named Everett McIver. The initial dispute stems from Irvin demanding that McIver empty the barber chair so Irvin does not have to wait for a haircut. During the dispute, Irvin grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed McIver in the neck, almost losing his carotid artery. It was reported that Jerry Jones immediately brokered a six-figure settlement between Irvin and McIver in exchange for McIver's silence and to prevent McIver from pursuing criminal charges against Irvin.
Capture since retirement
A year after his retirement from the NFL, Irvin was again arrested on charges of possession of illegal drugs. In this case, Irvin was in a Dallas apartment with an unrelated woman. The two did not answer the door when the police duty drug agent arrived with a search warrant. The police entered the apartment by force, finding drugs. Irvin and the woman were arrested, although the allegations against Irvin were later canceled.
Irvin pulled over in Plano, Texas, for speeding on November 25, 2005. Irvin was captured with a superb warrant on an unpaid speeding ticket in Irving, Texas, but was also quoted for a minor offense against drug paraphernalia after police searched his car and found a pipes, and plastic bags containing marijuana residue. Irvin was arrested for class C's mistake. He was later released with a bond.
On December 1, 2005, ESPN suspended Irvin for the Sunday and Monday night Countdays on December 4 and December 5, 2005. He returned to both shows without mentioning or consequences of the previous incident.
alleged sexual assault 2007
On July 4, 2007, Irvin was accused of sexual assault while at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The allegations were never filed, but a civil suit was filed against him in 2010. Irvin filed a $ 100 million defamation suit, handed down when the case was settled out of court in January 2011.
The alleged car hijack attempt victim
Irvin claimed that he was a victim of a car hijack attempt while stopping at a light in Dallas on January 12, 2009. He filed a police report claiming that two men pointed a gun at him, but eventually drove away after commenting that they were fan Cowboys. Dallas police delayed their investigation two weeks later, stating that Irvin did not cooperate in the investigation and that without more information from him, they could not continue.
2017 sexual assault investigation
In 2017, the Fort Lauderdale police are investigating Irvin for allegedly sexually abusing a woman in Florida on March 22. He denied the allegations. On July 24, the Broward State Procuratorate Office announced that they had closed the investigation and would not sue Irvin in this case.
Statement
The controversy continued to follow Irvin while during a November 2006 radio interview on Dan Patrick's show, Irvin joked that Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo's athletic ability was probably due to African-American heritage, and jokingly commented that the Father Romo family might have been involved with "slave brothers". Irvin then apologized. He explained himself saying, "This is how I joke with Father when we play basketball There is a difference from me, my players and my broadcaster".
On February 17, 2007, during the final edition of SportsCenter , ESPN announced that Irvin is no longer networked. ESPN Communications Vice President Josh Krulewitz said of Irvin, "We thank Michael for his contribution to ESPN and wish him well." However, eleven months later, in January 2008, Irvin rejoined ESPN as host on ESPN Radio O & amp; O KESN (103.3 FM) in Dallas, hosted The Michael Irvin Show . This live program ended on February 5, 2010, and Irvin was released after his contract expired. An ESPN spokeswoman said the ratings downgrade and the filing of a lawsuit filed against Irvin for the 2007 incident "only accelerated the situation".
On the episode of The Rich Eisen Show, Irvin claimed to have slipped out of the locker room during part time from Super Bowl XXVII to watch Michael Jackson perform a halftime show.
Entertainment career
Irvin is one of the stars in the 2005 Remake of The Longest Yard, starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. Irvin also guest starred in the Sandler movie Jack & amp; Jill , which was released on November 11, 2011. She is one of the "Pro" on episode Pro vs. Joes , which pitted the former professional athlete against the common man. He is host of 4th and Long , a soccer-themed reality series aired on Spike TV. The winner, Jesse Holley, earned a place at the Dallas Cowboys training camp. Irvin has a supporting role in the basketball drama 2017 Slamma Jamma as a sordid sport agent.
Irvin speaks in a 2011 article in the magazine Out . Irvin discusses his homosexual sibling, who died of stomach cancer in 2006. He claimed the initial feelings of homophobia in relation to his brother caused feminization during his playing days, but eventually his acceptance and feelings of love for his brother began his understanding for people with difficulty sharing circumstances they.
In August 2011, officials from the Indian Elite Football League announced that Irvin would be one of the main investors and advisers for the league. Other American supporters include former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, and NFL linebacker Brandon Chillar.
References
External links
- Michael Irvin at Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Miami Sports Hall of Fame bio
- Career and player information statistics from NFL.com Ã, Â · ESPNÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Pro-Football-References
- Michael Irvin on IMDb
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