2001 · Round 1 · Pick 1
Atlanta Falcons
Draft / entry source ↗Age at the 2001 draft: 20. Born 1980-06-26. Birth-date source ↗
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Michael Vick
Tier 3
Why Tier 3?
2nd in 2004 AP MVP voting, with 1 vote. This route does not claim a 2010 AP All-Pro selection.
At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
SOURCE-LABELED ENTRY RECORD · CHECKED NOVEMBER 14, 2026
Before the NFL.
6 ft 0 in · 211 lb
2001 NFL Combine, contemporary eyewitness report
BMI: 28.6, calculated from this recorded height and weight. BMI is a size descriptor, not a measure of athletic ability or health.
Measurement source ↗Source precision is retained. A pre-draft record is not automatically a verified Combine weigh-in; later NFL roster values are not substituted.
21 starts
Virginia Tech · 1999-2000
Starts, not games played. The passing-stat scope is disclosed separately below.
College career passing.
56.1% completion · 202/360 · 3,504 yards · 22 TD · 12 INT · 1.83:1 TD-to-INT · 9.73 yards/attempt
All NCAA career games, including bowls; JUCO excluded
Adds1999-season Sugar15/29/225/1/0 and2000-season Gator10/18/205/1/1. Regular totals177/313/3074/20/11 excluded BOTH bowls.
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Scouting at the time.
Exceptional running and arm talent; transition from a simpler college offense raised concerns.
Source context: Retrospective evaluator recollection by Bucky Brooks, 2017; NOT an original 2001 scouting report.
Read the evaluator / report ↗This is a short paraphrase of one source, not a full report, consensus grade or verified prediction. No numerical scouting score is invented. Vick’s linked recollection is retrospective, not proof of what was published in 2001.
What remains unverified?
This update adds the entry record, college totals, starts and source-linked scouting context. It does not claim a complete archive of film grades, pressure statistics, cognitive testing, recruiting history or supporting-cast quality. Missing information remains unknown, never zero.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 0 in · 211 lb · BMI 28.6. 2001 NFL Combine, contemporary eyewitness report. Status: source verified.
NCAA QB starts: 21. 21 NCAA quarterback starts, including postseason. Passing totals separately include both bowl games.