| Date of birth: | August 23, 1965 |
| Place of birth: | Rockford, Illinois |
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| Position(s): | Wide receiver |
| College: | Michigan State |
| NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28 |
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| 1987–1992 1993–1994 1995 1996 |
New York Giants Miami Dolphins Green Bay Packers Philadelphia Eagles |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Mark J. Ingram (born August 23, 1965 in Rockford, Illinois) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants (1987-1992), the Miami Dolphins (1993-1994), the Green Bay Packers (1995), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1996).
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Early career
Ingram played high school football for Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan. He then played college football at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Professional career
Ingram was drafted by the Giants in the first round (28th overall) in the 1987 NFL Draft. He is probably best known for a third down play in Super Bowl XXV in which he eluded at least five Buffalo Bills defenders to achieve a critical first down for the Giants to sustain a long touchdown drive. He finished the game as the Giants top receiver with five catches for 77 yards. As a Miami Dolphin, in a game against the New York Jets, Ingram caught four touchdown passes from Dan Marino. The most notable was the game-winning touchdown which was the result of Marino faking out the Jets defense by indicating he was going to spike the ball to stop the clock. Instead, he lobbed a short pass to Ingram who was wide open in the end zone.
Legal troubles
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Ingram retired after the 1996 season and has been in trouble with the law ever since. In July 2001, Ingram was sentenced in a Miami federal court to six months in prison after getting caught with $3,290 in counterfeit cash during a police sting targeting a stolen vehicle. He was sentenced to a year in jail in October 2004 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for stealing a credit card from the Copper Ridge golf course in Davison, Michigan. He was also charged in August 2007 with a felony count of breaking and entering of a building in Grand Blanc Township, near Flint, Michigan, and of stealing a purse containing cash and credit cards.
On September 16, 2008, Ingram was sentenced to seven years in prison and up to five years of probation for bank fraud and money laundering. He was also ordered in a Long Island federal court to pay $252,000 in restitution.[1] Ingram failed to show up to a federal prison in Ashland, Kentucky to turn himself in on December 5, 2008, and an arrest warrant was issued for him. The reason for his no show in the courthouse has been widely believed to be caused by his interest to watch his son play in the SEC Championship Game.[2] On January 3, 2009, Ingram was arrested in a Flint, Michigan hotel room.[3] He will be returned to New York, where he will face additional charges related to his flight.[4]
Family
In 2008, Ingram's son, Mark Ingram Jr., began his college football career as a running back for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
See also
References
- ^ "Former NY Giants star Ingram is headed to prison". Associated Press. 2008-09-17. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jo0JF8fx96u1D6Ax6saYd9SyDjEAD9383G4G1. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/12/10/ingram.fugitive.ap/index.html
- ^ http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-limark035985691jan03,0,2942277.story
- ^ Ex-Giant Mark Ingram Captured 1 Month After Vanishing SI.com, January 3, 2009
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