Late last week, Michael Vick finished reimbursing his creditors in a debt payback story that one credit expert said "happens in, maybe, one out of 100 cases."

ESPN reports that the former NFL quarterback made his final $1.5 million payment to creditors, bringing his total payback to $17.4 million of the $17.6 million he owed when he filed for bankruptcy in 2008.

As you may remember, Vick went to prison while signed to the Atlanta Falcons for his part in an illegal dog fighting ring.

He owed a lot of money. But in 2008, Vick elected to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy instead of Chapter 7, which would have allowed him to liquidate all of his assets and not owe anymore. In explaining his decision to file Chapter 11 to ESPN in 2014, Vick said he didn't want to cheat anyone involved.

"I didn't want to stiff people who never stiffed me," Vick said.

And he didn't.

Vick carefully managed his finances after getting out of prison. He made almost $50 million playing for both the Eagles and the Jets. He also spent a season with the Steelers before joining FOX Sports' roster of NFL experts; he now provides analysis for that network.

Those pay days came in handy for Vick, and his creditors are all very, very happy.

Joseph Luzinski, a senior vice president at Development Specialists Inc., one of the firms involved with managing Vick's bankruptcy, said, "Paying 99 cents on the dollar, which he did, is remarkable. It happens in, maybe, one out of 100 cases."

Only one group is less than thrilled with Vick's latest comeback: the Atlanta Falcons.

The team sold the $6.5 million Vick owed them from a 2009 salary settlement at a deep discount to a outside firm, which managed to get from Vick more than they'd bought the debt from.

"That was like playing the lottery," Vick said of the Falcons' move. "They didn't know if I was going to fully come back, and if you were to ask me, I would have done the same thing. But that's just how God worked in this situation."