Troy Vincent

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Troy Vincent
Date of birth	June 8, 1971 (age 35)
Place of birth	Trenton, New Jersey
Position(s)	Cornerback/Safety
College	Wisconsin
NFL Draft	1992 / Round 1/ Pick 7
Career Highlights
Pro Bowls	2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Awards	2002 Walter Payton Man of Year
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference CBS.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1992-1995 1996-2003 2004-2005 2006	Miami Dolphins Philadelphia Eagles Buffalo Bills Washington Redskins

Troy Darnell Vincent (born June 8, 1971 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American football player who is currently a free agent. When he was a teen ager, he moved in with a friend in Yardley, PA so he could attend Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, PA, a better school - and football program - than he would have attended had he lived at home.

1 NFL career
2 External links

[edit] NFL career

[edit] Miami Dolphins

He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins out of the University of Wisconsin with the seventh pick in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft. Since ESPN began televising covering the NFL draft full-time, Vincent is the only first round pick that was missed on live television. After returning from a commercial break, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue was informed that the network was still at break, returned to the podium and repeated the selection of Vincent to Miami.

[edit] Philadelphia Eagles

He spent four seasons with the Dolphins. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996, and he spent eight more seasons. Vincent made four consecutive Pro Bowls from 2000 to 2003. In 2002 Vincent was the recipient of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

[edit] Buffalo Bills

Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Vincent signed a free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills. Vincent played one year as a cornerback, which he had played all his career, but most recently played free safety. He has 47 interceptions, the second most interceptions for an active NFL player behind Ty Law.

[edit] Washington Redskins

Vincent is playing his 15th year in the NFL. He was slated to miss the 2006 season after suffering a hamstring injury and being placed on injured reserve September 13, but the Bills released Vincent on October 12, allowing him to seek offers from other teams and was signed on October 16 by the Washington Redskins. Vincent had perhaps the greatest game of his Washington career on November 5, 2006, against rival Dallas Cowboys, recording six tackles and a crucial blocked 35-yard field goal attempt by kicker Mike Vanderjagt as time expired. The block, along with a 15-yard facemask penalty, allowed the Redskins to return the ball into field goal range for kicker Nick Novak and win the game 22-19 with no time remaining (the "Hand of God" game). On February 22, 2007, the Redskins released Troy Vincent.

Vincent resides in Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Troy is a 1988 graduate of Pennsbury High School, and is president of the NFL Players Association.