American football player (born 1959)
American football player
Michael Anthony Quick (born May 14, 1959) is an American color commentator and former football player. He played as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for nine seasons, from 1982 to 1990. Quick played college football for the NC State Wolfpack .
Early life
Quick's family initially lived in North Yard , an unincorporated section of Richmond County, North Carolina , before moving to a public housing project on the south side of Hamlet . He played football at Richmond Senior High School .
Playing career
A surprise first-round pick by the Eagles in the 1982 NFL draft , Quick developed into a five-time Pro Bowler , selected consecutively from 1983 to 1987 . He led the NFL in receiving yards in 1983 with 1,409 and finished second in 1985 with a total of 1,247. On November 10, 1985, Mike Quick caught a 99-yard touchdown pass from Ron Jaworski in overtime (an Eagles team record, and tied with eleven other QB-WR combos as an NFL record), as the Eagles beat the Atlanta Falcons in the game. He retired because of severe patella tendinitis .
NFL career statistics
Regular season
Year
Team
Games
Receiving
GP
GS
Rec
Yds
Avg
Lng
TD
1982
PHI
9
0
10
156
15.6
49
1
1983
PHI
16
16
69
1,409
20.4
83
13
1984
PHI
14
14
61
1,052
17.2
90
9
1985
PHI
16
15
73
1,247
17.1
99
11
1986
PHI
16
16
60
939
15.7
75
9
1987
PHI
12
12
46
790
17.2
61
11
1988
PHI
8
8
22
508
23.1
55
4
1989
PHI
6
5
13
228
17.5
40
2
1990
PHI
4
4
9
135
15.0
39
1
Career
101
90
363
6,464
17.8
99
61
Later career
Quick is currently a color commentator for Philadelphia Eagles radio broadcasts on WIP-FM 94.1 along with Merrill Reese . He resides in Marlton, New Jersey .
Quick appears as Coach Ike Fast, an assistant football coach, at fictional William Penn Academy in Jenkintown, PA , in Season 5, Episode 14, of the ABC-TV sitcom The Goldbergs . The episode originally aired on February 28, 2018, in honor of the Philadelphia Eagles ' Super Bowl LII 41–33 win over the New England Patriots .[ 3]
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