Michael Vick has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, according to his agent, Joel Segal. Vick, was recently reinstated to the NFL after being freed from federal prison after serving time for a conviction related to dog-fighting. He was freed from federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, in May and served the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement.
The NFL reinstated Vick on a conditional basis last month. Vick “will be considered for full reinstatement and to play in regular-season games by Week 6 based on the progress he makes in his transition plan,” the NFL said in a statement last month.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters last month that Vick underwent tests, including a psychiatric evaluation, after requests from animal rights groups.
Vick has also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At a hearing in that case, he told the judge he earned 12 cents an hour as an overnight janitor while in prison.
Court documents released in Vick’s case showed that two of his co-defendants, who also pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal, said Vick helped kill dogs that didn’t fight well, and that all three men “executed approximately eight dogs” in ways that included hanging and drowning. The dogs were killed because they fared poorly in “testing” sessions held at Vick’s property.