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During his twelve-year career as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, Michael Irvin was one of the National Football League's (NFL) most flamboyant players.

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Blessed with lightening speed and soft hands, he helped lead the Cowboys to three Super Bowl titles in a four-year span. Flashy both on and off the field, Irvin, often weighed down with diamonds and gold, led a free-for-all life of drugs and sex that resulted in his arrest on cocaine possession in His is a see-saw story of rising fame, falling from grace, and searching for redemption.

Always Hungry

Michael Irvin was born on March 5, , in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Walter and Pearl Irvin.

He was the fifteenth of seventeen children. His father brought two children from a previous marriage and his mother had six; together they added nine more. Irvin's house on 27th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale only had two bedrooms until his father converted the porch and the garage into extra living space.

Still, Irvin never had his own bed until he went to college. Irvin's father was a hardworking roofer who worked long hours six days a week. Irvin's mother took care of the house full of children.

Irvin's family was poor, and he was often without shoes that fit, but his father refused to allow his children to complain. Irvin's main problem as a growing boy was getting enough to eat.

With little food in the house, Irvin would scheme to fill his rumbling stomach. He would often wait until everyone went to sleep and then sneak into the kitchen to polish off a whole box of cereal, usually softened with tap water as milk was often not to be found in the refrigerator. When there was nothing else, he would eat mayonnaise or ketchup sandwiches.

Christmases often passed with no presents, and Irvin dreamed of an easier life.

By the time he was a teenager, he was determined to make things better for both himself and his family. He began hanging out with a rough crowd and, by his own admission, made some poor choices. After he was suspended at the end of his sophomore year at Piper High School, his father decided his son needed a more positive environment and in enrolled

him at St.

Thomas Aquinas, a private Catholic school. Piper High, which didn't want to lose the school's star athlete, protested the transfer. A court ruling determined that Irvin could attend St. Thomas but would be required to sit out of athletics his junior year because Piper had refused to sign a waiver allowing him to participate.

The Playmaker

Irvin lettered in football and basketball at St.

Thomas. His football team went undefeated and won the state championship when he was a senior. However, his senior year was marred by the death of his beloved father from cancer. Staying close to home, Irvin attended the University of Miami, playing for the Hurricanes under head coach Jimmy Johnson. As Irvin began receiving attention for his outstanding athletic abilities, he also began being noticed for his mouth and his ego.

But Johnson and the Miami coaching staff gave Irvin a wide berth, knowing his background and correctly assuming that his ability and enthusiasm could lead the team to a national championship.

During his three years as a starting receiver for the University of Miami, Irvin, who had become known by the nickname "Playmaker," set Miami records for most career catches (), receiving yards (), and touchdown receptions (26).

He was selected as the eleventh overall pick in the NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys had been struggling, finishing the previous season just Despite Irvin's reputation as an egomaniacal trash talker who was potentially trouble off the field, Dallas was desperate for an influx of fresh talent.

As a rookie Irvin became the team's starting wide receiver.

He used his $ million contract to buy his mother a four-bedroom house with a swimming pool in Fort Lauderdale and supplied her with the first credit card she had ever carried.

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In his second year, Irvin was reunited with his college coach when the Cowboys' new owner, Jerry Jones, fired long-time coach Tom Landry and hired Jimmy Johnson. Irvin, who tore an anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the sixth game of the season, missed the remainder of the season.

Returning to play in the fifth game of the season, Irvin led the team in yards-per-carry, but the Cowboys still finished with a losing record of The following year the team started off before winning the last five games of the season and earning a spot in the playoffs.

The season proved to be Irvin's break-out year. In his fourth season in the league he caught ninety-three passes for 1, yards, compared to a combined total of seventy-eight receptions for 1, yards during his first three seasons. As the leading receiver in the nation in , Irvin was invited to his first Pro Bowl and selected as the game's most valuable player.

Typical of Irvin's demeanor and emotion, he ranted on the sidelines of the Pro Bowl, which is commonly a laidback affair, because he felt he should be getting more receptions. His Pro Bowl teammates shrugged their shoulders, and Irvin ended up with eight receptions for yards.

The Cowboys' powerful offense, led by Irvin, quarterback Troy Aikman , and running back Emmitt Smith , rolled through the next two seasons, winning back-to-back Super Bowls.

Irvin had seventy-eight receptions for 1, yards in and eighty-eight receptions for 1, yards in He thrilled Cowboy fans in the Super Bowl XXVII by making two touchdowns on receptions in the span of just fifteen seconds, leading the Cowboys to a romp of the Buffalo Bills. Following the team's second storybook season, owner Jerry Jones shocked the sports world by announcing the firing of Johnson.

Irvin, who was personally close to his coach, was livid and demanded to be traded. Yet in the end, he decided to remain committed to his teammates and stay in Dallas.

Hopes for an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl ring following the season were dashed when the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cowboys, , in the National Football Conference championship.

Irvin had outdone himself in the game, catching twelve passes for yards, setting new championship game records, but the devastated wide receiver was crying on the sidelines at the end of the game.

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Despite his legendary showboating, winning, not personal glory, was his main objective.

Irvin posted the best statistics of his career in , catching passes for 1, yards and ten touchdowns. His eight straight yard games and eleven yard games overall tied the NFL records. Irvin's numbers take on added significance considering many teams tried to stop him, or at least slow him down, with double coverage.

Although it wasn't a perfect season for the Cowboys, the team's record carried them easily into the playoffs, where they won a record third Super Bowl in four years by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers,

Falls from Grace

At the top of his game in , Irvin's world came crashing down in On March 3, , two days before his thirtieth birthday, Irvin was arrested in a room at a Residence Inn in Irving, Texas, where cocaine and marijuana were found.

Known for his heavy indulgence, Irvin was in the company of teammate Alfredo Roberts and two young women whose professions were noted as topless "models." Police found close to three ounces of marijuana and nearly four ounces of cocaine on two dinner plates, along with rolling papers, razors, other drug paraphernalia and sex toys.

According to Sports Illustrated, when the police officers pulled out the handcuffs, Irvin rebuffed them saying, "Hey, can I tell you who I am?"

Chronology

	Born March 5 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	Star football and basketball player for Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale
	Star football player for the University of Miami
	Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys as the eleventh pick overall of the National Football League (NFL) draft
	Jerry Jones buys Cowboys, drafts quarterback Troy Aikman; finishes season with only one win
	Wins back-to-back Super Bowl titles
	Loses Super Bowl to the San Francisco 49ers
	Wins third Super Bowl ring; arrested and charged with possession of cocaine; falsely accused of rape
	Cuts a teammate with a pair of scissors during a scuffle
	Announces retirement
	Arrested for possession of marijuana; charges later dropped
	Experiences religious conversion
	Hired by Fox Sports Net as an analyst on "NFL This Morning"

Awards and Accomplishments

	Received National Football League (NFL) Alumni award as Wide Receiver of the Year
	Named to the NFL Pro Bowl
,	Wins Super Bowl as member of the Dallas Cowboys

From that moment Irvin's life became a media circus, with Irvin himself adding fuel to the fire by showing up to court in a full-length black mink coat and dark sunglasses.

The whole ordeal became even more unbelievable when a Dallas police officer was arrested for conspiring to murder Irvin. The officer's common law wife was called before the Grand Jury to testify because her name had appeared in the motel's log along with Irvin's on numerous occasions. Another topless model, the woman testified at length about Irvin's drug and sex habits.

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Irvin found out about the testimony and allegedly threatened the woman. The police officer in turn reportedly paid $3, down on $30, to put a hit on Irvin.

Irvin went to trial on drug-related charges, but before the decision was turned over to the jury, he agreed to a plea bargain, pleading guilty to cocaine possession, a second-degree felony, that cost him $10, and hours of community service.

On July 17, , the day the trial ended, Irvin held a news conference and was, for the first time, contrite. His wife was at his side although she had never appeared with him in court, and Irvin publicly apologized to his family, fans, teammates, and the Dallas organization. Suspended for the first five games of the season, Irvin spent time in Florida trying to make amends with his family.

Irvin continued to make periodic headlines.

In December of he and a teammate were falsely accused of rape, and in he was involved in a bizarre incident during training camp when he allegedly inflicted a two-inch cut in the neck of Dallas guard Everett McIver while some team members were getting haircuts. Whether it was assault or "horseplay," McIver did not press charges, and rumors swirled that Jones brokered a six-figure settlement with McIver to drop the matter.

Retires

Irvin suffered a serious neck injury early in the season and was advised by doctors that returning to the field could be risky.

After playing just four games in , Irvin announced his retirement. Over the course of his twelve-year career in a Dallas Cowboys' uniform, Irvin was the city's biggest hero and its biggest villain. When asked whether he thinks he will make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, according the Knight Ridder Newspapers, Irvin reflected, "I don't know.

The things I experienced off the field could be held against me. But the things I accomplished on the field cannot be taken away. Say whatever, but when you fix your mouth to talk about me as a football player, you will say, 'He played football.'"

Career Statistics

Receiving
Yr	Team	GP	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
	DAL	14	32			5
	DAL	6	26			2
	DAL	12	20			5
	DAL	16	93			8
	DAL	16	78			7
	DAL	16	88			7
	DAL	16	79			6
	DAL	16				10
	DAL	11	64			2
	DAL	16	75			9
	DAL	16	74			1
	DAL	4	10			3
TOTAL					65

Where Is He Now?

Following retirement, Irvin was working on a deal with Fox Sports as a pre-game analyst; however, in August of , he was found with a woman in a North Dallas apartment raided by police, who discovered marijuana.

Although Irvin insisted that he hadn't touched drugs since , Fox Sports terminated the talks.

Michael irvin wife: He finished the season with 93 receptions second in the NFL for the season , 1, receiving yards first in the NFL for the season , eight receiving touchdowns, and set a Cowboys franchise record with seven yard games. Sports Spectrum. Robinson D. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly 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.

Then in early , with his wife by his side, Irvin went to a church and underwent a religious conversion experience. Taking to Jesus with the same compulsive enthusiasm that he took to the football field, Irvin has professed to be a new man, spending a good deal of his time in his church and in prayer.

Although Irvin continues to have detractors who doubt his sincerity, his spiritual rebirth has redeemed his image sufficiently for Fox Sports to find him a spot in front of the camera.

After appearing as a regular panelist on Fox Sports' "Best Damn Sports Show," in June Irvin was given a permanent spot on the network's studio show, "The NFL Show."

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address: Fox Sports, PO Box , Beverly Hills, CA

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"The Transformation Isn't Complete, but Michael Irvin has Gone from Partying Hard to Praying Hard." Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (November 30, ).

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Biography michael irvin During his three years as a starting receiver for the University of Miami, Irvin, who had become known by the nickname "Playmaker," set Miami records for most career catches , receiving yards , and touchdown receptions In , after his junior year, he decided to forgo his final year of college eligibility and declared for the NFL Draft. The officer's common law wife was called before the Grand Jury to testify because her name had appeared in the motel's log along with Irvin's on numerous occasions. After playing just four games in , Irvin announced his retirement.

"The Cop, the Cowboy, and the Topless Dancer." Newsweek (July 8, ):

"Michael Scissorhands?" Sports Illustrated (August 17, ):

Wagner, William. "A Warrior Departs." Football Digest (October ): 6.

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