Tim McGee Timothy Dwayne Hatchett McGee ( born August 7 , 1964 ) is a retired professional American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Redskins from 1986 to 1994 . Before his NFL career , he played college football at the University of Tennessee , where he set school career records for receptions , receiving yards , and touchdown receptions , and was named an All American his senior year . Early life . McGee attended John Hay High School in Cleveland , Ohio , where he was taught the wide receiver position by Coach Sonny Harris . During his senior year , he caught 58 passes for 1 , 240 yards and 8 touchdowns , and was named to the Northeast Lakes All - District team . He was a teammate of future NBA player Charles Oakley , who played defensive end on the football team . College career . McGee was recruited to Tennessee by fellow John Hay alumnus Anthony Hancock , who had been a star receiver at UT , and was a first - round draft pick in 1982 . McGee played in an era when Tennessee garnered a reputation as " Wide Receiver U . " Seven of McGee ' s teammates – Willie Gault , Mike Miller , Clyde Duncan , Darryal Wilson , Lenny Taylor , Eric Swanson and Joey Clinkscales – would become NFL Draft picks , with Gault and Duncan going in the first round . In spite of playing in such a stacked receiving corps , McGee caught 123 passes for 2 , 042 yards and 15 touchdowns during his career , all of which were school records . Buried in the depth chart behind veterans Gault and Miller , McGee played little during the 1982 season . He quickly picked up Tennessee ' s offensive scheme , however , and after a strong spring practice in 1983 , had worked his way into the starting rotation alongside Duncan and Taylor . He caught 19 passes for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns for the year , and returned 21 punts for 192 yards . He caught 3 passes for 70 yards , including a 30 - yard touchdown , in the Vols ' 37 - 14 loss to Auburn , and was named the team ' s " Offensive Player of the Game . " He also caught 4 passes in Tennessee ' s 41 - 34 win over Alabama , six passes in the team ' s 13 - 10 loss to Ole Miss , and had a 78 - yard touchdown catch against Vanderbilt . McGee ' s break - out year came during the 1984 season , when he caught 54 passes for 809 yards and 6 touchdowns , breaking the school ' s single - season record of 51 receptions set by Larry Seivers in 1976 , and coming just shy of Seivers ' single - season record of 840 receiving yards . He caught 10 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown against Florida , and his 17 - yard touchdown catch in the Vols ' 28 - 27 win over Alabama helped ignite a late Tennessee comeback . He caught 10 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns against Vanderbilt . He was named 2nd - team All - SEC for his efforts . McGee was a captain of the memorable 1985 " Sugar Vols " squad , and was one of the leading returning offensive threats along with quarterback Tony Robinson ( Robinson and McGee were featured on the cover of the team ' s 1985 Football Guide sitting in the cockpit of an airplane under the words , " Fly Tennessee " ) . McGee caught 5 passes for 142 yards in the opener against UCLA , and had 6 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown in the Vols ' 38 - 20 upset of # 1 Auburn . He caught 6 passes for 91 yards and scored the lone touchdown in the team ' s 17 - 10 loss to Florida . McGee had 105 receiving yards against Rutgers , 117 against Ole Miss , and 108 against Kentucky ( including two touchdowns that launched a second - half rout ) . McGee finished the 1985 regular season with 50 catches for 947 yards and 7 touchdowns , helping lead Tennessee to the SEC Championship . He led the SEC in receiving yards , and tied for first in number of catches . His 947 yards broke Seivers ' single - season record , and his 7 touchdowns tied the school record for touchdown receptions ( Austin Denney had 7 in 1966 ) . He was a first team selection on the College Football All - America Team . In the 1986 Sugar Bowl , McGee caught a game - leading 7 passes for 94 yards . He recovered a fumble by teammate Jeff Powell in the end zone for the team ' s second touchdown . School records . McGee ' s record of 123 career receptions was broken by Thomas Woods , who caught 124 passes from 1986 to 1989 , and has since been surpassed numerous times , leaving McGee at 9th place on the list . His record of 2 , 042 career receiving yards was broken by Joey Kent , who recorded 2 , 814 yards from 1993 to 1996 , and has since been surpassed by Marcus Nash , Peerless Price , Robert Meachem , and Cedrick Wilson , leaving McGee in 6th place . His record of 15 career touchdown catches was broken by Alvin Harper , who caught 16 touchdown passes from 1987 to 1990 . McGee is now 9th on the career touchdown receptions list . McGee ' s single - season record of 54 catches , set in 1984 , was broken by Thomas Woods , who caught 58 passes in 1988 , and has since been surpassed multiple times . His single season record of 947 receiving yards , set in 1985 , was broken by Kent , who had 1 , 055 yards in 1995 . McGee ' s 1985 tally is now 9th on that list . McGee ' s 8 career games with at least 100 receiving yards remains tied with Price for third , with only Kent ( 15 ) and Nash ( 11 ) registering more . Professional career . After his college career , McGee was selected in the first round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals . McGee was a major contributor in his eight seasons with the Bengals . In his rookie season , he led the NFL in kickoff return yards ( 1 , 007 ) . In 1988 , he caught 36 passes for 686 yards and six touchdowns , assisting the Bengals to a 12 - 4 record and a championship appearance in Super Bowl XXIII . In the Super Bowl , McGee caught two passes for 23 yards , including a key 18 - yard reception that set up Cincinnati ' s first score of the game . In 1989 , McGee had his best NFL season , recording 65 receptions for 1 , 211 yards and eight touchdowns . He continued to play for the Bengals until 1993 , when he joined the Washington Redskins for one season . After that , he returned the Bengals in 1994 , and retired after the season ended . In his nine NFL seasons McGee caught 321 passes for 5 , 203 yards and 28 touchdowns . He also rushed for 18 yards , returned three punts for 21 yards , and gained 1 , 249 yards on 58 kickoff returns . Post playing career . McGee is now a sports agent , representing , among others , Peerless Price , Stacey Mack , and John Henderson . In 2008 , McGee was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame .