Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick throws the football before the NFL Pro Bowl football game on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O?Meara)

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Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick says he has accepted a head coaching position at Norfolk State University in Virginia.

“I am honored to announce that I will be the new head coach at Norfolk State University. I’m looking forward to getting back home,” he said on Facebook on Tuesday.

Vick is from Newport News, Virginia, about 30 miles north of Norfolk.

University officials did not confirm the deal Tuesday evening, but the Virginian Pilota newspaper between Norfolk and Newport News, reported that several sources said an introductory press conference would be held within a week.

Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a redshirt freshman he led the school to the college national title game, where his team lost to Florida State. In 2001, Vick became the first black quarterback to be drafted into the NFL by the Atlanta Falcons.

He spent six seasons there, during which he was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and led his team to the NFC Championship Game in 2004, where they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles. From 2007 onwards, his playing career temporarily faltered when he spent almost two years in prison for dogfighting.

But after his release in 2009, he played five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he left in 2010 He earned a fourth Pro Bowl selection and was named Comeback Player of the Year. He later spent one season each with the New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Over the course of his NFL career, he collected approx Totaled 28,000 yards and 169 touchdowns. He retired in 2017 and held the all-time record for quarterback rushing yards with about 6,100.

He has since become an animal activist and analyst for Fox Sports.