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EPISODE · Apr 28, 2026 · 41 MIN

Michael Irvin: THE MINDSET OF A PLAYMAKER - How Champions Think, Talk, and Win

from The Brain Surgeon's Take · host Dr. Rick Komotar

Three-time Super Bowl champion and leader of UM’s 1987 national championship team … One of the elite receivers in Dallas Cowboys and NFL history … Cowboys’ first-round pick in 1988, the 11th player overall … Played 12 seasons … Selected to five straight Pro Bowls (1991-95) … Led the NFL with 1,523 yards on 93 receptions in 1991 … Recorded 1,000-yard seasons in all but one year from 1991-98 … Set an NFL record with 11 100-yard games in 1995…Totaled 750 receptions for 11,904 yards and 65 touchdowns … Had 47 100-yard games … Named to NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s … Teamed with quarterback Troy Aikman and running back Emmitt Smith to give the Cowboys’ three of the top play-makers in pro football … Won back-to-back Super Bowls over the Buffalo Bills (XXVII and XXVIII) and over the Pittsburgh Steelers (XXX) … Had his finest season in 1995 with 111 receptions for 1,603 yards and 10 touchdowns … Fort Lauderdale native who attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School … Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007.Support the show

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Three-time Super Bowl champion and leader of UM’s 1987 national championship team … One of the elite receivers in Dallas Cowboys and NFL history … Cowboys’ first-round pick in 1988, the 11th player overall … Played 12 seasons … Selected to five straight Pro Bowls (1991-95) … Led the NFL with 1,523 yards on 93 receptions in 1991 … Recorded 1,000-yard seasons in all but one year from 1991-98 … Set an NFL record with 11 100-yard games in 1995…Totaled 750 receptions for 11,904 yards and 65 touchd...

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