In the new Prime Video docuseries 'Evolution of the Black Quarterback,' Michael Vick talks to past Black NFL players about their experiences
early half of the NFL’s teams—15 out of 32—started Black quarterbacks on opening week of the 2024 season, breaking the prior record of 14 Black signal-callers starting a season opener, which was set a year ago. A Black QB is the reigning back-to-back Super Bowl champof the Kansas City Chiefs), and Black QBs have won the past two NFL MVP awards . Last year’s Super Bowl wasof the Philadelphia Eagles).
Yeah. It wasn’t the norm. It wasn't the look. That was a time when the world was just different. People's views were different. There were all types of stereotypes that you couldn’t be a quarterback in the National Football League, that you couldn't be a leader in the locker room in your own right, you had to look a certain way. That was the stigma. It was happening in real time, and they had to take a different route.
The crazy part, by the time he left that workout, he probably felt like I could play quarterback on the collegiate level, because I toasted him that day.My high school coach wouldn’t let me. He continued to push me. I told him what happened. He was so disappointed in that guy, because he knew him personally. He told me what the journey would be like. It would be lonely. It would be rigorous. I had to have thick skin.
No. I don't think me being a Black quarterback had anything to do with the mistake that I made in life. You know, that was off the field. I spoke about accountability and leadership and how important that is. When being a quarterback, you have so high a standard, you have to be a role model. I didn't truly take on that definition of a role model. I strayed away from it. I have no excuses, no regrets, other than it happening at a very inopportune time. Should have been more mature.
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