Mike Quick

Michael Anthony Quick (born May 14, 1959) is an American color commentator and former professional 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.

Mike Quick

No. 82
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	(1959-05-14) May 14, 1959 (age 66) Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Richmond (Rockingham, North Carolina)
College:	NC State
NFL draft:	1982: 1st round, 20th pick
Career history
Philadelphia Eagles (1982–1990)
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-Pro (1983, 1985) 5× Pro Bowl (1983–1987) NFL receiving yards leader (1983) Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame NFL record Longest receiving touchdown: 99 yards (tied)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 363 Receiving yards: 6,464 Receiving touchdowns: 61 Stats at Pro Football Reference

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.^[1] He played football at Richmond Senior High School.^[2]

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 twelve 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

Year	Team	Games		Receiving
		GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1982	PHI	9	0	10	156	15.6	49	1
1983	PHI	16	16	69	1,409	20.4	83	13
1984	PHI	14	14	61	1,052	17.2	90	9
1985	PHI	16	15	73	1,247	17.1	99	11
1986	PHI	16	16	60	939	15.7	75	9
1987	PHI	12	12	46	790	17.2	61	11
1988	PHI	8	8	22	508	23.1	55	4
1989	PHI	6	5	13	228	17.5	40	2
1990	PHI	4	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, a position Quick has held since 1998. 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.^[3]