Vick Timeline: From Fall to Rising Again

. . . After his time in court and prison.
. . . After his time in court and prison.
Posted: September 22, 2010

Early 2001

Michael Vick, Quanis Phillips and Tony Taylor decide to start an illegal dogfighting operation. Later that year, Purnell Peace joins the venture.

2002-07

Vick and his co-defendants establish "Bad Newz Kennels," host dogfights and participate in fights in other states.

April 25, 2007

Police raid Vick's Virginia property and find several neglected pit bulls and evidence of dogfighting.

June 7, 2007

Federal investigators raid Vick's property.

July 17, 2007

Vick, Peace, Phillips and Taylor are charged by a federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., with conspiring to engage in competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting, and conducting the enterprise across state lines.

July 30, 2007

Taylor changes his plea to guilty and agrees to cooperate with the prosecution of Vick and the other two men.

Aug. 17, 2007

Peace and Phillips plead guilty and implicate Vick in bankrolling gambling on dogfights. One says the quarterback helped drown or hang dogs that didn't do well.

Aug. 23, 2007

Vick signs plea agreement and statement of facts admitting to conspiracy in a dogfighting ring and helping to kill pit bulls. He denies betting on the fights, only bankrolling them.

Aug. 24, 2007

Commissioner Roger Goodell suspends Vick indefinitely without pay from the NFL.

Aug. 27, 2007

Vick pleads guilty to dogfighting conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson. At a news conference, Vick apologizes for "using bad judgment and making bad decisions. I offer my deepest apologies to everyone. And I will redeem myself. I have to.''

Nov. 20, 2007

Vick surrenders to U.S. marshals and begins serving his sentence in a Virginia jail 3 weeks before his official sentencing.

Dec. 10, 2007

Vick is sentenced to 23 months in federal prison.

Jan. 7, 2008

Vick leaves Virginia to enter a drug-treatment program at a Leavenworth, Kan., minimum-security facility.

Nov. 25, 2008

Vick appears in a Virginia courtroom to plead guilty to a state dogfighting charge and receives a 3-year suspended sentence.

April 3, 2009

Vick testifies in federal bankruptcy court that he has become a changed man and will do all the right things upon his release from prison.

May 20, 2009

After 18 months, Vick is released from the Leavenworth, Kan., prison to begin 2 months of home confinement at his Hampton, Va., home.

July 20, 2009

Vick is released from federal custody after serving his dogfighting term.

July 27, 2009

Vick is conditionally reinstated by Roger Goodell, who says he will consider Vick for full reinstatement by mid-October.

Aug. 13, 2009

Vick agrees to a contract with the Eagles.

Aug. 27, 2009

Vick plays briefly in an exhibition game against Jacksonville. It's his first appearance in an NFL game in nearly 32 months.

Sept. 4, 2009

Goodell says Vick can return for regular-season play on Sept. 27.

Sept. 27, 2009

An emotional Vick gets in for 11 plays, carrying the ball once for 7 yards, throwing two incompletions and either handing off or acting as a decoy on his other eight plays as the Eagles defeat Kansas City, 34-14.

January 2010

Vick finishes the season having played in 12 games, going 6 of 13 for 86 yards passing and rushing for another 95 yards.

March 9, 2010

Vick says the Eagles have exercised their 2010 option on him, meaning he receives a $1.5 million roster bonus.

June 25, 2010

A co-defendant of Vick's is shot at the quarterback's birthday party in Virginia Beach, Va. Authorities, the NFL and the Eagles investigate.

Aug. 3, 2010

Goodell tells Vick he will not face disciplinary action for the shooting and no charges are pressed against him. There is no change in his playing status with the Eagles.

Sept. 12, 2010

When Kevin Kolb sustains a concussion, Vick replaces him and leads the Eagles in their 27-20, opening-day loss to Green Bay. He's stuffed on a late fourth-down play but finishes with 175 yards passing and rushes for 103.

Sept. 19, 2010

With Kolb out, Vick starts against Detroit, his first time as a starting QB since 2006. He goes 21 of 34 for 284 yards and two TDs, runs for 37 yards, and the Eagles beat the Lions, 35-32.

Sept. 20, 2010

Eagles coach Andy Reid says Kevin Kolb will be the starting quarterback at Jacksonville in the next game, despite Vick's performances the last 2 weeks.

Sept. 21, 2010

The Eagles reverse course and announce that Vick is their starting quarterback.

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