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The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview NFL Star Tony McGee
Former Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tony McGee, drafted in the second-round of the 1993 NFL draft (No. 37 overall), played nine seasons in Cincinnati while posting 299 receptions, 3,795 yards receiving and 20 touchdowns. (NOTE: For comparison's sake, Jermaine Gresham posted 280 receptions in five years, for 2,722 yards receiving and 24 touchdowns.) McGee suffered a knee sprain in 2001 and the Bengals finally released him. After a one-year stint in Dallas and another year between the Cowboys and New York Giants, McGee called it a career after the 2003 season.
What now? It's a question that many athletes ask themselves. There is so much structure for players who begin playing well before high school. Schedules, routines and everything else is decided for them from high school, through college and into the professional leagues (if they're that lucky). Then when retirement comes, it's the echo of silence that fills their day when waking up in the morning (hopefully of sound body and mind).
Tony McGee, who initially tried his hand at being an NFL analyst, branched out and through happenstance, effort and taking the initiative, found his post-NFL career. Sports Illustrated ran a Scoreboard feature on McGee, who founded HNM Global Logistics...
