CARDS: Pro Set 1992, Skybox Premium 1993-94 ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Home SENT: 9/10/24 RECEIVED: 1/14/26 (491 days) FAILURE: TTM 2021, C/o Home
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Sanjay Beach played WR from 1985-’87 at Colorado State.
He caught 85 passes for 1074 yards and 3 TDs, and returned 68 kicks for 1557 yards and a TD.
Undrafted in ’88, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys- but was cut in the preseason due to injury.
Signed with the Jets in 89 and was elevated off the practice squad for a game.
Joined the 49ers as a free agent in ’90, again spending the season on the practice squad.
Cracked the team in 1991 at the bottom of the WR depth chart.
Caught 4 passes, and did some work on special teams that year.
In 1992, signed as a Plan B Free Agent with the Packers.
Caught his first professional TD, and the first pass (not to himself) from Brett Favre.
Finished the season with 17 receptions for 122 yards.
Returned to the ‘9ers during the 93 campaign, and again saw seldom playing time catching 5 passes.
Released in 1994, Sanjay signed with the Amsterdam Admirals of the World League in 1995.
He caught a career high 27 passes for 383 yards and a TD.
Signed with ‘9ers a 3rd time in 1995 but did not make the squad.
Had one final hurrah with the Broncos in ’96 but was released before the regular season.
Currently works in the financial sector.
NOTES:
I mean I noticed all my friends had gotten back an autograph from Sanjay so I wondered what happened to mine. I went ahead and sent a new request out almost 3 years later and waited another year or so, and here it is… in ball point pen.. Ah well.
Sanjay is the first person of Indian descent to play professional gridiron football in the NFL.
Octavious Bishop was a big, sturdy LT that played for the University of Texas from 1995-’98, paving the way for Ricky Williams.
Undrafted he spent time in the camps of the Raiders and Falcons.
Spent the 2000 season with the Amsterdam Admirals of the NFLE.
He’d appear in 8 games (starting 7) playing LOT and ROT.
In 2001, Octavious joined the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL.
Critically injured during week 2 against the Xtreme, Bishop’s playing career was over.
He later returned to UT to earn both his bachelors and masters.
Then he served on the Longhorns Staff as the Director of Student Leadership/ Personal Development.
As of this post he’s President & Founder of Eye Level Consulting LLC.
Doc Ock also is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology with Austin Community College.
NOTES:
Doc Ock became a part of history when he became involved in the greatest XFL game nobody saw.
Week 2 was another make it or break it week for the league and Chicago and the Xtreme were playing in primetime before SNL on NBC. As the teams battled, the power went out causing the game to be delayed significantly. Then when the game came back on, Octavious was injured, causing the game to be delayed again for another 15 minutes. Finally, after the game continued, the Xtreme forced double OT, which pushed SNL’s start time well past midnight on the East Coast, rankling executives feathers.
Octavious never had a card made of him. (He might be a great Upper Deck UT HACK card candidate.) He was happy enough to sign this card for me. A low key, deep cut win for me it was nice to get him on something, even if the Neighborhood Bowling Event was a complete and utter bust.
CARDS: Action Packed Rookies 1991, Classic 1991, Star Pics 1991 ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home SENT: RECEIVED: 11/4/24 (850 days) FAILURE: TTM 2016, C/o Work
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Kanavis McGhee played OLB at Colorado from 1987-90.
He alongside fellow linebacker Alfred Williams were an imposing linebacker duo in college.
McGhee accumulated 297 tackles, 38 tackles for loss, 3 forced fumbles, and 15 sacks over 41 contests in Boulder.
3rd round pick of the New York Giants in the 1991 NFL Draft.
Started his first game at the tail end of his rookie season in place of Carl Banks, but for the majority of his time in New York, only saw action on special teams.
Suffered a knee injury in 1993, and was released by the Giants in ’94.
Played a season in Cincinatti in 1994, and closed out his career playing for his hometown HOUSTON Oilers in 1995.
Spent some time at the high school level, before coaching in the NFL Europa with the Amsterdam Admirals as a defensive assistant.
Returned to the high school ranks, and then joined Colorado as a defensive line assistant.
Currently is coaching at the high school level in the Houston area.
NOTES:
I saw a recent success or two come back for Kanavis on SCN, and I guess he decided to mail mine out as well. Near the end of my PO Box usage I started putting my home address on envelopes as well as the PO- saving this success from the unclaimed letters bin at USPS.
I got Kanavis and Keith McCants confused, as I swore the Oilers signed Kanavis much earlier than the 1995 season.
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