Michael Vick Set to Start Home Confinement Wednesday

Michael Vick left the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., around 5 a.m. today, the Daily Press of Newport News, Va., reported.

Citing sources on the scene, the newspaper said Vick dodged reporters by leaving from a different entrance to the facility. He wore brown slacks and a white button-up jacket.

Vick and his fiancee drove to a hotel about half an hour away, and they're expected to start the drive home to Hampton, Va., later this morning, the newspaper reported.

Vick will serve two months of home confinement at his 3,500-square-foot brick house in Hampton, Va., before being released from federal custody in July. He will also have to serve three years of supervised probation. Vick's attorneys have approached the Humane Society of America about working on a program aimed at eradicating dogfighting among urban teens.

In August 2007, Vick pleaded guilty for his role in a dogfighting operation and surrendered to federal marshals on Nov. 19 of that year.

Vick is currently suspended by the NFL, and the Falcons are seeking to trade his contractual rights. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said that Vick's potential re-instatement will depend on his level of remorsefulness.

"There are a lot of roadblocks in his way," Vick attorney Billy Martin said." But he's not worried about football. He just wants to get home."

Despite Vick's release to home confinement, there is no meeting set with the NFL and him or his representatives, according to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello.