Fleet-footed return man who made history with the franchise’s first kickoff return for a touchdown on December 16, 2007 against Atlanta… Played in eight career games… Has also seen action in one playoff game… Career numbers include four receptions for 31 yards, 19 kickoff returns for 498 yards (26.2 avg.) and one touchdown, and four punt returns for 30 yards… Returned the first kickoff return for a touchdown in Buccaneer history against Atlanta on December 16, 2007 with a 90-yard return… Added five kickoff returns for 106 yards (21.2 avg.) in the postseason… Promoted from the Buccaneers practice squad to the active roster on November 1, 2007… Signed to the Buccaneers practice squad on September 26, 2007… Released from Tampa Bay’s practice squad on September 20, 2007… Signed by the Buccaneers to the practice squad on September 4, 2007… Released from the Arizona Cardinals on August 31, 2007… Promoted to the Cardinals’ active roster on December 29, 2006 after spending the first 15 weeks on the team’s practice squad… Originally entered the league as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Cardinals on September 3.
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2007: Promoted from the Buccaneers practice squad to the active roster on November 1… Played in seven games (vs. Arizona, at Atlanta, vs. Washington, at Houston, vs. Atlanta, at San Francisco and vs. Carolina) and one playoff contest… Became the first player in team history to return a kickoff for a touchdown with a 90-yard return vs. Atlanta (12/16)… Led team with 16 kickoff returns for 444 yards (27.8 avg.) and one touchdown on the season… Also returned four punts for 30 yards… Made Buccaneer debut vs. Arizona (11/4) and returned two kickoffs for 57 yards, including a 35-yard return… Had one kickoff return for 21 yards at Atlanta (11/18)… Returned two kickoffs for 47 yards against Washington (11/25)… Totaled four kickoff returns for 112 yards (28.0 avg.) at Houston (12/9), including a 45-yard return… Added one punt return for three yards… Made Buccaneer history as he returned the first kickoff for a touchdown in the history of the franchise with a 90-yard return for a score in the first quarter against Atlanta (12/16)… Returned three kickoffs for 68 yards and two punts for 12 yards at San Francisco (12/23)… Totaled two kickoff returns for 41 yards and one punt return for 15 yards vs. Carolina (12/30)… Made one special teams tackle and returned five kickoffs for 106 yards in NFC Wild Card game against N.Y. Giants (1/6)… The five kickoff returns tied a franchise single-game postseason record, and the 106 kickoff return yards tied the second-best mark in club postseason history.
2006: Spent the first 15 weeks of the season on the Arizona Cardinals practice squad, before being activated to the active roster on December 29… Played in one game as a Cardinal… Tied for a team-high with four receptions for 31 yards and returned three kickoffs for 54 yards at San Diego (12/31).
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Played in 21 games at Mississippi at quarterback and running back… Appeared in all 11 games with eight starts as a senior, seven as quarterback and the season finale at running back… Completed 142-of-267 passes for 1,709 yards, seven touchdowns and nine interceptions… Also rushed for two touchdowns… Appeared in seven games as a junior and completed 30-of-70 passes for 341 yards… Also rushed 27 times for 59 yards… Appeared in two games as a sophomore and completed 7-of-8 passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns… Saw action in one game as a redshirt freshman… Redshirted in 2001.
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Attended Gentry (Mississippi) High School… Passed for Class 5A state records of 3,348 yards and 35 touchdowns in 2000… Also rushed for 1,161 yards and scored 10 touchdowns… Earned three letters in football and basketball, and four in baseball… During the “Buccaneers Day of Giving” in December 2007, joined other players by surprising 30 local needy families with Christmas gifts, and then joined them on a shopping spree to a local department store… Born Micheal Curtis Spurlock on January 31, 1983.
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| Season | Team | Returns | Yards | Avg | Long | TD |
| 2007 | Buccaneers | 16 | 444 | 27.8 | 90 | 1 |
| Total | | 16 | 444 | 27.8 | 90 | 1 |
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| Season | Team | Returns | FC | Yards | Avg | Long |
| 2007 | Buccaneers | 4 | 3 | 30 | 7.5 | 15 |
| Total | | 4 | 3 | 30 | 7.5 | 15 |
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