Kanavis McGhee

Games played:	50
Games started:	2

Kanavis McGhee
No. 96, 95
Position:	Colorado
NFL draft:	1991 / Round: 2 / Pick: 55
Career history
As a player:
	New York Giants (1991–1993); Cincinnati Bengals (1994); Houston Oilers (1995);
As a coach:
	Amsterdam Admirals (2006); Defensive assistant; Amsterdam Admirals (2007); Defensive line; Colorado (2010); Defensive line assistant;
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1990); First-team All-American (1989);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	50
Games started:	2
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Kanavis McGhee (born October 4, 1968) is a former

University of Colorado-Boulder in Boulder, Colorado

. He is currently the head coach and athletic coordinator at Sterling High School in Houston, Texas.

McGhee was a business student while attending the University of Colorado. He studied business with an emphasis in marketing.

McGhee attended

Dick Butkus Award and runner-up for the Rotary Lombardi Award

. Both awards are given annually to top linebackers in college football.

McGhee was

1991 NFL Draft, as defensive end by the New York Giants, where he played for three seasons until he suffered a left knee injury in August 1993 and the Giants released him in May 1994.^[1] After this he joined the Cincinnati Bengals as free agent before returning to his hometown to play with the Houston Oilers

for the season of 1995.

McGhee gained coaching experience while serving as head coach of

NFL Europa

coaching program. In 2007 McGhee returned for a second season and tutored the Admirals' defensive linemen.

McGhee worked as a teacher at Challenge Early College High School in Houston, Texas. In 2010 he returned to Colorado as defensive line assistant under Jon Embree.

McGhee has two sons, Davyon McGhee, who played for Kansas State University, also as linebacker, and Kendall Gregory-McGhee, who played for the University of Minnesota as a defensive end.

Agent Allegations

In the October 18, 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated, former NFL agent Josh Luchs alleges that he gave McGhee $2,500 while trying to persuade him to hire Luchs as his agent, while he still played for the University of Colorado.^[2] Luchs said McGhee told him his mother was about to be evicted from her rental home and needed the money.^[2] According to Luchs, McGhee never paid back the money and did not return his phone calls.^[2] If true, the payment would have been considered a major violation of NCAA rules regarding player eligibility.^[2] McGhee has denied that he ever violated NCAA rules and Alfred Williams, who was present at first meeting between McGhee and Luchs, has stated that the information in the article is not true.^[3]

References

^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Confessions of an agent, Sports Illustrated, October 18, 2010.
^ "The Drive 10/14/10 hour 2 and 3". Archived from the original on 2010-09-26.

External links

1991 NFL Draft NFL.com
McGhee to Have Knee Surgery New York Times August 4, 1993
After 3 Years, McGhee Can't Cut It for Giants New York Times May 11, 1994
Bengals Sign McGhee, a Former Giant New York Times July 8, 1994
Past Winners - 1989 The Rotary Lombardi Award
Kanavis Mcghee's stats databaseFootball.com
Biography Davyon McGhee Kansas State, July 6, 2006

[1] "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

[confessions-2] Confessions of an agent, Sports Illustrated, October 18, 2010.

[selected-3] "The Drive 10/14/10 hour 2 and 3". Archived from the original on 2010-09-26.

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