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Position: | Tight End | ||||||
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Date of birth: | April 21, 1971 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Terre Haute, Indiana | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 241 lb (109 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Terre Haute (IN) South Vigo | ||||||
College: | Michigan | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1993 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Receptions: | 322 |
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Receiving yards: | 4,089 |
Receiving TDs: | 21 |
Tony Lamont McGee (born April 21, 1971) is a former American football tight end.
McGee played professional football as a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. The bulk of his NFL career was spent with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1993 to 2001. He appeared in 136 games for the Bengals (134 as a starter) and caught 299 passes for 3,795 yards and 20 touchdowns. After nine years with the Bengals, he ranked seventh on the team's all-time career receptions list. McGee also played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2002 to 2003 and the New York Giants for three games at the end of the 2003 NFL season.
McGee played college football for the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1992. As a senior in 1992, he caught 38 passes for 467 yards and six touchdowns, including six catches for 117 yards and two touchdowns in Michigan's victory over Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl.
McGee was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1971. He attended South Vigo High School in Terre Haute. As a senior in high school, he was a two-way player. On offense, he played tight end and caught 29 passes for 620 yards and four touchdowns. On defense, he played defensive end and had 60 tackles, 10 sacks and nine tackles for loss. He also lettered in basketball.
McGee enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1989 and played college football as a tight end from 1989 to 1992. Although he only had 3 receptions going into his senior year, he would start all 12 games at tight end for the undefeated 1992 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 9-0-3 record. During the 1992 season, he caught 38 passes (second on the team) for 467 yards and six receiving touchdowns (second on the team). He had the best came of his collegiate career in Michigan's victory over Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl with six receptions for 117 yards and two touchdowns.