Michael Boley is a former linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Miss and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft. Boley was also a member of the New York Giants and Cincinnati Bengals. Boley was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He took over as a starter in his rookie year after Edgerton Hartwell went down with an Achilles tendon injury. He won his first championship ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots