Marcus Vick Marcus Deon Vick ( born March 20 , 1984 ) is a former professional football player . He is the younger brother of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick , who also began playing high school football in Newport News Public Schools . After accepting a full scholarship to attend Virginia Tech , Marcus played quarterback for the team . However , he was suspended for the entire 2004 season due to many criminal convictions . After a conditional reinstatement , he started every game in the 2005 season , but was involved in several highly - publicized incidents during the season , including the display of his middle finger to the crowd and stomping on the leg of Louisville ' s Elvis Dumervil , as well as having additional traffic arrests . In early 2006 , he was dismissed from the Virginia Tech football program " due to a cumulative effect of legal infractions and unsportsmanlike play " . Vick then declared himself eligible for the NFL spring draft in 2006 , but was not selected . He was later signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent but was released from the team on May 1 , 2007 . In November 2012 , after the Eagles loss to the New Orleans Saints on " Monday Night Football " , Vick made controversial tweets criticizing the Eagles offensive line for troubling Vick ' s brother Michael , and requesting for him to be traded . The tweets have since been deleted . His legal troubles continued after leaving Virginia Tech , and have included a charge of brandishing a firearm against a group of people , a civil lawsuit involving a juvenile girl who claimed that she was 15 years old ( below the legal age of consent in Virginia ) when forced into a sexual situation with Vick , who was 20 years old , and additional traffic incidents and arrests in January 2007 , February 2008 , and June 2008 in the Hampton Roads area . After the June incident in Norfolk , he was convicted of DUI , misdemeanor eluding police , and driving on the wrong side of the road , and on October 20 , 2008 , received a 12 - month suspended jail sentence and $ 530 in fines , and his privilege to operate motor vehicles in Virginia was suspended for a year . Early years . Marcus Deon Vick was born to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie on March 20 , 1984 , in Newport News , Virginia . His parents married about a year later , by which time they had four children , Christina ( Marcus ' s older sister ) , Michael ( Marcus ' s older brother ) , and Derrius ( Marcus ' s younger brother ) . After their parents wed , the children elected to continue to use their mother ' s name as their surname . Vick grew up in Ridley Circle , a public housing project in the crime - ridden East End neighborhood of Newport News . During his younger years , his father , Michael Boddie , had a job which required a lot of travel . Their mother , Brenda , worked relatively low wage service jobs that included driving a school bus as well as a position at K - Mart . Vick attended Warwick High School . At Warwick High School , he was coached by Tommy Reamon , a former collegiate and professional football player who had been instrumental in the development of future NFL quarterbacks Aaron Brooks ( his older cousin ) and Marcus ' brother , Michael . College career . Recruitment to Virginia Tech . Heading into his senior year of high school , Marcus Vick was one of the country ' s top quarterback prospects . Although his brother had taken Virginia Tech in Blacksburg , Virginia within one game of a national championship and despite Michael ' s close relationship with Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer , Marcus did not seem sold on attending Tech . North Carolina State , Virginia , Tennessee , and Miami all had scholarship offers on the table and after taking a trip with Reamon to the Atlanta Falcons training camp , even Michael was not convinced that Tech was the best option for his brother . Marcus was seriously considering NC State and Virginia Tech . By September , it was clear that Marcus was considering several schools , mostly because of concerns about the Hokies ' scheme and its ability to prepare him for the NFL . 2002 – 2003 . While Vick arrived at Tech with great fanfare , he did not play as a true freshman . Beamer redshirted him , and he was a member of the dress squad for every game . During his freshman year , he ran a 4 . 48 forty and posted a 36 - inch vertical jump during spring max testing . Vick threw five touchdown ( TD ) passes during spring scrimmages and added another in the Maroon - White game . He was 6 - for - 7 passing for 95 yards and one TD during one scrimmage , and turned in a 57 - yard run in another scrimmage . He hit 10 - of - 15 passes for 92 yards and a TD in the Maroon - White game . For performances such as these , he was awarded the Paul Torgersen Award for the top offensive newcomer . In 2003 , Vick played in seven games , splitting time with Bryan Randall . The highlight of Vick ' s season came during a 31 – 7 upset win over # 2 Miami . Despite completing only one pass , Vick ' s exceptional running ability and the outstanding play of Tech ' s defense contributed to one of the biggest wins in Tech ' s history . In Virginia Tech ' s loss in the Insight Bowl to the California Golden Bears , Vick racked up 82 receiving yards , including one touchdown reception . 2004 . Prior to the 2004 collegiate season , Vick had several run - ins with the law which resulted in misdemeanor convictions . According to an article in the " Washington Post " , the convictions triggered a review by Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver under the school ' s Comprehensive Action Plan , which was put in place in 1997 after 22 arrests involving 19 football players during a 15 - month period . Following an incident which occurred on January 27 , 2004 , he was arrested and accused of having sexual relations with a 15 - year old girl . The age of consent in Virginia is 18 . With the others , he was also charged with unlawfully providing alcohol to three underage girls who " claimed " to be college students . An eight - hour long trial was held in Montgomery County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court . According to a report in the Washington Post , " one of the girls wept as she recounted how she and two friends met the players at a Tech women ' s basketball game Jan . 27 and , after sneaking out of a house during a slumber party , went in Vick ' s sport utility vehicle to the apartment Vick and Hill share . " The newspaper also reported " another girl testified that she told the players she was 18 , three years older than her actual age . " Although Vick had confessed to police that he had consensual sex with one of the girls that night , during the hearing , the girl refused to answer questions from defense lawyers , invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination . Juvenile and Domestic Judge Robert C . Viar Jr . dismissed the sex charge against Vick . However , he was convicted of all three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor , sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $ 2 , 150 . On the same day , two of Vick ' s teammates also were convicted of three counts each of contributing to the delinquency of a minor . Hokies tailback Mike Imoh , 19 , was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $ 750 . Wide receiver Brenden Hill , 19 , was sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined $ 1 , 500 . Vick appealed the lower court decision to Montgomery County Circuit Court . However , on September 13 , he entered into a plea agreement which was accepted by the circuit court . The terms were a " no contest " plea to a single misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor , a suspended 30 - day jail sentence , a fine of $ 100 , and he was ordered to perform 24 hours of community service . Montgomery County Circuit Judge Robert Turk also prohibited Vick from contacting the teenage girls who were at the party . ( After planning to appeal , Hill also settled on a similar plea agreement that erased two of the three misdemeanor counts . He pleaded " no contest " to the same charge and received the same penalty as Vick ) . In the summer of 2004 , Vick was charged with reckless driving and possession of marijuana in New Kent County , Virginia . As part of a plea agreement in that case , Vick was placed in a drug offender program that required him to perform 24 hours of community service , undergo drug counseling and random drug tests , and give up his Virginia driver ' s license for six months . As a result of the incidents , Virginia Tech suspended him from school for the fall semester of 2004 . School officials also said that he would lose that year of eligibility . Marcus Vick was reinstated to the school and the football team under specific guidelines that warranted immediate dismissal from the team for further transgressions . 2005 . Beamer initially announced that Vick would enter the 2005 season as the team ' s third - string quarterback , but he quickly won the starting role after impressive spring practices and scrimmages . 2005 was Vick ' s most successful season , which saw the Hokies contending for a national championship and culminating in an 11 – 2 record , an ACC Coastal Division title , an appearance in the inaugural ACC Championship Game , and a win in the 2006 Gator Bowl . The 2005 season , however , saw more controversy surrounding Vick . On October 1 , 2005 , Vick angered fans in Morgantown , West Virginia with a display of his middle finger to the crowd during the game at West Virginia University . Vick later apologized . During the 2006 Gator Bowl on January 2 , Vick stomped on the leg of University of Louisville defensive end Elvis Dumervil . Dumervil was in a defenseless position trying to get back up after a play . Vick claimed the incident was accidental and asserted he apologized to Dumervil after the game ; Dumervil said that no apology was made . Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver issued a statement from the university on the incident : The referee working the game apologized for missing Vick ' s stomp , saying he would have thrown Vick out of the game if he had seen it . Vick lost his privilege to drive a motor vehicle in Virginia as the result of traffic convictions , including reckless driving . On December 17 , 2005 , he was charged in Hampton , Virginia with speeding , and for the second time , with the more serious misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended or revoked license . These offenses brought the total of his traffic arrests to nine in Virginia while he was enrolled at Virginia Tech . Dismissal from Virginia Tech . In 24 career games at Virginia Tech , Vick threw for 2 , 868 yards , 19 touchdowns , and 15 interceptions while also running 184 times for 492 yards and six touchdowns . However , during the same period , he was charged with nine traffic offenses , as well as convictions for possession of marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of a minor . On January 6 , 2006 , Virginia Tech announced his permanent dismissal from its football program " due to a cumulative effect of legal infractions and unsportsmanlike play " . In response to being thrown off the team , Vick has been quoted as saying , " It ' s not a big deal . I ' ll just move on to the next level , baby . " Professional career . Vick declared his eligibility for the NFL draft on January 7 , 2006 . After the 2006 NFL Draft , he told ESPN ' s Michael Smith that he considered himself a better quarterback than Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler . Miami Dolphins . Despite pre - draft speculation that Vick could go as high as the third round , he went undrafted , becoming an unrestricted free agent who could sign a contract with any team . Many of the NFL ' s scouts questioned his attitude and his ability to avoid future troubles on and off the field . Vick attended a Miami Dolphins rookie free agent minicamp after the draft and was subsequently signed by the Dolphins to a free agent contract for league minimum pay as a " wide receiver / quarterback / return specialist " . The Dolphins released him on September 2 , 2006 to reach the regular season roster limit but re - signed Vick two days later , assigning him to the practice squad . On October 17 , 2006 the Dolphins signed him as a wide receiver / kick returner / quarterback . He was moved from the practice squad to the active roster for the team ' s Week 7 game versus the Green Bay Packers . He was listed as the No . 3 " emergency " quarterback on the depth chart . His first action in the NFL was a regular season game against the New York Jets on December 25 , 2006 . He played the wide receiver position for the 4th quarter but had no recorded receptions . After the season , his contract expired and the Dolphins opted not to re - sign him . Legal troubles after Virginia Tech . On January 9 , 2006 , Vick was charged with three counts of brandishing a firearm , a Class One misdemeanor , in Suffolk , Virginia . A police report alleged that he pointed a gun at a 17 - year - old in the parking lot of a McDonald ' s in Suffolk after Vick ' s girlfriend had an argument with three people . Vick claimed that the gun in question was a BlackBerry cell phone and that his accusers were trying to blackmail him . On December 14 , 2006 , a 17 - year old girl from Montgomery County , Virginia , filed a civil lawsuit against Vick accusing him of molestation of a minor , fraud , and additional charges . In the lawsuit , seeking $ 6 . 3 million , the girl claimed that when she was 15 ( below the legal age of consent in Virginia ) , she was forced into a sexual situation with Vick , who was 20 years old , over a nearly two year long period . She also alleged that Vick offered to provide her alcohol and marijuana and forced her to have sex with other men . On September 15 , 2008 , the parties agreed to a settlement in the lawsuit . On June 13 , 2008 , a bicycle officer in Norfolk approached a couple arguing in a car . When asked for identification , Vick allegedly took off , driving the car at high speed . When another officer spotted the car and stopped it , Vick failed a sobriety test . He was charged with DUI , misdemeanor eluding police , driving on the wrong side of a street , reckless driving , driving on a suspended license , and was taken into custody . Vick was living at the time in his brother Michael ' s riverfront mansion in Suffolk and Michael ' s condominium in the South Beach section of Miami Beach . He was released on bond later Friday morning . On October 20 , Vick pleaded guilty to DUI . He was sentenced to 12 months in jail , which the judge suspended , a fine of $ 250 , and his Virginia driving license was suspended for a year . He was also convicted of eluding a police officer and driving on the wrong side of the road , and fined $ 280 on those charges . In August 2009 , a judge ordered him to jail for probation violations including failure to complete an alcohol education program , testing positive for marijuana , missed appointments , and failure to pay court costs and fines . Vick was freed on a $ 25 , 000 bond and appealed the decision . In January 2013 , A judge has sentenced Marcus Vick to five days in jail for failing to produce adequate documentation about his financial status by a court - ordered deadline .