- Kanavis McGhee
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1968|10|4
Birthplace=Houston, Texas
DateofDeath=
Position=Linebacker Defensive end
College=Colorado
DraftedYear=1991
DraftedRound=2 / Pick 55
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years=1991-1993
1994
1995
teams=New York Giants Cincinnati Bengals Houston Oilers
ProBowls=Kanavis McGhee (born
October 4 ,1968 inHouston, Texas ) is a formercollege football linebacker and NFLdefensive end . He is a formerdefensive linemen coach with theAmsterdam Admirals inNFL Europa . He is currently a linbacker coach at Gannon Univeristy in Erie, Pennsylvania.Kanavis McGhee attended Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston and played college football at Colorado. During his career at Colorado, McGhee was one of the top defenders in college football, earning him first-team All-Big Eight honors, a finalist nomination for the prestigious
Dick Butkus Award and runner-up for the Rotary Lombardi Award. Both awards are given annually to top linebackers in college football.Kanavis was drafted in the second round of the
1991 NFL Draft (overall 55th), at 22, asdefensive end by theNew York Giants , where he played for 3 seasons until he suffered a left knee injury in August 1993 and the Giants terminated the final year of his contract in May 1994. After this he joined theCincinnati Bengals as free agent before returning to his hometown to play with theHouston Oilers for the season of 1995.McGhee gained coaching experience while serving as head coach of Ross Shaw Sterling High School in
Houston, Texas . In 2006 he spent the season with theAmsterdam Admirals as defensive assistant, participanting in theNFL Europa coaching program (a collaboration between theNFLPA and NFL Player Development). In 2007 McGhee returns for a second season and will tutor the Admirals' defensive linemen.Kanavis McGhee has a son, Davyon McGhee, who plays for
Kansas State , also as linebacker.Sources:
* [http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/1991 NFL.com] - 1991 NFL Draft
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D91130F937A3575BC0A965958260 New York Times] - McGhee to Have Knee Surgery - "August 4, 1993"
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D13FC3B5D0C728DDDAC0894DC494D81 New York Times] - After 3 Years, McGhee Can't Cut It for Giants - "May 11, 1994"
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E7DB173FF93BA35754C0A962958260 New York Times] - Bengals Sign McGhee, a Former Giant - "July 8, 1994"
* [http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/pastwin.htm The Rotary Lombardi Award] - Past Winners - "1989"
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCGHEKAN01 databaseFootball.com] - Kanavis Mcghee's stats
* [http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3062&SPID=212&DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=291715&Q_SEASON=2007 Kansas State] - Biography Davyon McGhee - "July 6, 2006"
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