Mark Ingram Sr.

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For his son, the running back, see Mark Ingram II.

Mark Ingram
No. 82, 85
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1965-08-23) August 23, 1965 (age 58)
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Flint Northwestern (Flint, Michigan)
College:Michigan State
NFL draft:1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
265
Receiving yards:3,926
Touchdowns:26
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Mark Valentino Ingram Sr. (born August 23, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1987–1992), the Miami Dolphins (1993 to 1994), the Green Bay Packers (1995), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1996). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans. He is the father of Mark Ingram II, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2009 and is the New Orleans Saints' all-time leader in rushing yards.

Early career

Ingram played high school football at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan. In high school, Ingram played at the quarterback position with Andre Rison at halfback. He then played college football at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. At Michigan State, Ingram was moved to the position of wide receiver, where he remained throughout his collegiate and professional career.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split
20-yard shuttle
 Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 10+5⁄8 in
(1.79 m) 		188 lb
(85 kg) 		30+1⁄4 in
(0.77 m) 		9 in
(0.23 m)		 4.42 s 1.53 s 2.54 s 4.16 s 32.0 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 3 in
(2.82 m)		 8 reps
All values from NFL Combine[1]

Ingram was

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 open in the end zone
.

Ingram retired after the 1996 season.

Legal problems

On September 16, 2008, Ingram was sentenced to seven years in prison and up to five years of probation for

Yazoo City Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) as inmate 22749-050, and was then in the custody of the Residential Reentry Management Detroit.[8]
Ingram was released from prison in early 2015.

Personal life

Ingram's son,

2011 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints
, where he is their all-time leader in rushing yardage.

References

  1. ^ "Mark Ingram, Combine Results, WR - Michigan State". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Valentine, Ed (January 31, 2016). ""Broken play" by Mark Ingram No. 8 SB moment". Big Blue View. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Super Bowl XXV - New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills - January 27th, 1991". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Former NY Giants star Ingram is headed to prison". Associated Press. September 17, 2008. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  6. ^ http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-limark035985691jan03,0,2942277.story [dead link]
  7. ^ Nocera, Kate; Kennedy, Helen (March 22, 2010). "Ex-Giants great sentenced for jumping bail to watch Heisman-winning son play". NY Daily News. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Inmate Locator". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved June 25, 2010.

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