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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | June 28, 1979 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Griffin, Georgia | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Georgia | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2002 / Round: 4 / Pick: 114 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 426 |
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Receiving Yards: | 4,539 |
Receiving TDs: | 24 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Randy Montez McMichael (born June 28, 1979) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia.
McMichael was named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top 50 in the state of Georgia at Peach County High School in Fort Valley, Georgia. He was voted the team’s best offensive lineman as a senior, and also lettered in basketball and track during his prep career.
McMichael was a three-year letterman at Georgia from 1999 to 2001. He missed all but one game in 1997 with a thumb injury, and missed all of 1998 with a knee injury.
In 1999, he caught 34 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns, earning First-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News and SEC coaches. As a sophomore in 2000, McMichael hauled in 32 passes for 475 yards and a score, earning an honorable mention All-conference selection. He was a First-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press and SEC coaches in his final year of 2001 when he started nine of the ten games in which he appeared and had 24 receptions for 281 yards and a touchdown.
McMichael started 21 of the 33 games in which he played during his career and caught 90 passes for 1,213 yards and five touchdowns. He finished ranked ninth in school history for career receiving yards.
McMichael was selected in the fourth round (114th overall) in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. The pick used by Dolphins to select him was originally acquired from the New Orleans Saints in the deal that sent running back Ricky Williams to the Miami Dolphins.