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Hakeem Nicks is just like Michael Irvin

By ArtieFufkin

Hey, Nicks and Irvin BOTH wore #88 too! Cosmic, man. Cosmic. (Photo: Newsday.com)

Or, at least so says his former coach at North Carolina, Butch Davis.  And Davis just might know something about the subject, since he was also on the Dallas Cowboys staff from 1989-1994, when Irvin was doing tons of blow in his prime:

Davis had this to say of the New York Giants 1st round pick [New York Daily News ]:

“You don’t want to put this burden on a kid coming into his rookie year, but a lot of his physical attributes are very similar to Michael Irvin,” Davis said. “Hakeem is big, he’s physical, he catches the ball over the middle, and he’s got that ability to play physical when people are draped all over him as they’re going to be in the National Football League.”

He even said the 6-1, 210-pound Nicks has “as good a set of hands catching the ball as anybody I’ve ever been around.” And he’s been around receivers such as Irvin, Andre Johnson, Santana Moss and Reggie Wayne.

Irvin says the comparison should be good for Hicks, and gives him something to live up to in his career.

Let’s just hope that Nicks doesn’t also stab a teammate over a haircut and get arrested for felony cocaine posession, too.  Because that would suck.