Mark Ingram Sr.

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.

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
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

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
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleVertical jumpBroad jumpBench 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 s1.53 s2.54 s4.16 s32.0 in
(0.81 m)		9 ft 3 in
(2.82 m)		8 reps
All values from NFL Combine[1]

Ingram was drafted by the Giants in the first round (28th overall) in the 1987 NFL Draft.[2] 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.[3] He finished the game as the Giants top receiver with five catches for 77 yards.[4] 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 open in the end zone.

Ingram retired after the 1996 season.

On September 16, 2008, Ingram was sentenced to seven years in prison and up to five years of probation for money laundering and fraud. He was also ordered in a Long Island federal court to pay $252,000 in restitution.[5] 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. On January 2, 2009, Ingram was arrested in a Flint, Michigan hotel room, where he was preparing to watch his son play in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. Alabama lost the game to the Utah Utes by a score of 31–17.[6] On March 22, 2010, in a courtroom in Central Islip, New York, Ingram was sentenced to an additional two years in prison for jumping bail to see his son, Mark Ingram II play for Alabama.[7][8] He was housed at 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, Mark Ingram II, played for the Alabama Crimson Tide and won the Heisman Trophy in 2009 and was drafted in the first round of the 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
  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. "Inmate Locator". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
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