Mike Quick Explained

Mike Quick
Number:82
Position:Wide receiver
Birth Date:14 May 1959
Birth Place:Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:190
High School:Richmond
(Rockingham, North Carolina)
College:NC State
Draftyear:1982
Draftround:1
Draftpick:20
Pastteams:
Highlights:
NFL record
Statlabel1:Receptions
Statvalue1:363
Statlabel2:Receiving yards
Statvalue2:6,464
Statlabel3:Receiving touchdowns
Statvalue3:61
Pfr:QuicMi00

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

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
PHI9 0 10 156 15.6 49 1
PHI16 16 69 1,409 20.4 83 13
PHI14 14 61 1,052 17.2 90 9
PHI16 15 73 1,247 17.1 99 11
PHI16 16 60 939 15.7 75 9
PHI12 12 46 790 17.2 61 11
PHI8 8 22 508 23.1 55 4
PHI6 5 13 228 17.5 40 2
PHI4 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.[1]

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'The Goldbergs' celebrate Philadelphia Eagles with special episode . April 29, 2020.