| Michael Irvin was born on March 5, 1966 in Fort | | | | After passing up his final year of college eligibility, |
| Lauderdale, Florida. Although Irvin is not the most | | | | Irvin was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys with the |
| well liked player in NFL history, there is no denying | | | | 11th pick of the first round in the 1988 NFL Draft. |
| that he is one of the best. Not only did Irvin have | | | | The Cowboys are the only team that he would |
| all of the physical tools to be a great wide | | | | play for during his 11 year career. |
| receiver, but he also had a great will to win. | | | | Irvin finished his NFL career with 750 receptions |
| These two things combined made him a great | | | | for 11,904 yards. Both of these stats are good |
| player at the high school, college, and professional | | | | enough for the top ten all time. He also had 47 |
| levels of football. | | | | career 100 yard receiving games, and pulled in 65 |
| Irvin attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in | | | | touchdowns. To go along with these individual |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was one of the best | | | | statistics Irvin also won two Super Bowl titles with |
| football players to ever come out of the area. | | | | the Cowboys. |
| This led to a heavily contested recruiting battle | | | | Irvin is still quite involved with the game of |
| that was eventually won by head coach Jimmy | | | | football, and can be seen every Sunday on |
| Johnson of the University of Miami. While at Miami, | | | | television talking about the upcoming NFL games. |
| Irvin set several school records including career | | | | Irvin had a great college and NFL career, and will |
| receptions with 143, touchdown receptions with | | | | always be remembered as one of the top wide |
| 26, and receiving yards with 2,423. Irvin helped to | | | | receivers to ever play the game. |
| lead the Hurricanes to the 1987 National Title. | | | | |
