Mark Ingram a Fallen Giant

Mark Ingram has had a life full of astounding highs and rock lowest lows. A true fallen giant who has gone from Super Bowl Xxv hero to an inmate in the Federal Prison System.

In 1991 during the Super Bowl against the Buffalo Bills, Ingram caught a pass and evaded any Bills tacklers and hopped his way to the most foremost first down in that game. I truly believe the Ny Giants would have lost that game without his contribution.

Mark was a good wide receiver who played for the Giants, Dolphins, Packers and Eagles in his expert Nfl career. He was drafted by New York as the 28th pick of the first round from Michigan State University in 1987. He was given a 0,000 signing bonus with a lucrative .285 million contract.

Ingram was also involved in an additional one memorable play on November 27th, 1994 when his Miami Dolphins led by Dan Marino defeated Afc East rivals The New York Jets in the infamous fake spike play. With seconds left Dan Marino runs up to the line of scrimmage and motions to his team that a spike is advent up in order to stop the clock, instead he takes the snap and throws a pass to the corner of the end zone to Ingram who catches his 4th touchdown pass of the game.

Mark retired 1997 and that is where all his troubles began. He had any run ins with the law which resulted in arrests and legal issues. In 2001 Mark Ingram was arrested and convicted for proprietary of counterfeit money which totaled ,290, his sentence for this offense was six months. In 2004 he was sentenced to one year in prison after an arrest for stealing a reputation card in Michigan. In 2007 he was charged but not convicted on counts of breaking and entering and stealing a purse. There was not adequate evidence in this case to convict. On September 16th, 2008 he received his longest sentence of seven years for committing bank fraud and laundering money.

This last sentence was rock lowest for Mark Ingram, he pleaded for lenience when he addressed the judge but his prior criminal report was not helpful. He was trying to buy some time in order to watch his son Mark Ingram Jr. Play in the Sec Championship game with his Alabama team. The judge ruled he had until 12/05/08 to turn himself in. The date came and went and Ingram failed to show up at which point a certify was issued for his arrest.

He was ultimately tracked down and apprehended on January 3, 2009 in Flint Michigan. Mark Ingram now 44 years old faces supplementary charges for evading authorities and failure to turn himself in to serve his sentence.

His son is a very talented player and seems destined for the Nfl. It is unfortunate that bad decisions and a lack of respect for the law will prohibit him from enjoying the extra moments Jr. May have in his expert football career.

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