Joe Gaiter: What does football mean to you?
Damien McGhee : Football is more than a game. It’s more than scoring touchdowns and winning. To me it’s a game of life. It gives you glory and lost. It teaches you how to push through adversity no matter how things look in that current situation .
Joe Gaiter: What are your fondest memories of Presbyterian College?
Damien McGhee : My fondest memories of Presbyterian College has to be the people I built relationships with that I will carry as long as The most high allows me to. It was a small town which coming from the city life was different but the relationships I built I really cherished. I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Joe Gaiter: What was your contribution to Florida Tech this year?
Damien McGhee : My contribution this year to Florida Tech would have to be my leadership and attitude to how I approached everything thing. I was intentional about elevating those around me by challenging them by coming to work day in and day out. I didn’t view myself as just catching touchdowns, but actually leading the team.
Joe Gaiter: What makes you an unstoppable wide receiver this year? You lead the GSC in touchdowns.
Damien McGhee : What makes me unstoppable I would say my mentality, knowledge of the game , and my versatility. My mentality that I’m never satisfied. Enough is never enough! I’m always hungry. My knowledge of the game by studying my opponent in film and knowing his tendencies. My versatility I bring to the table, I can play in the slot or outside.
Joe Gaiter: Florida Tech was 5-6 this year. What could the team improve on next season?
Damien McGhee: How can Florida Tech improve next season is by weathering the storm better. We had some up and downs this season we could’ve handled better. We have the players who are more than capable to get the job done.
Joe Gaiter: Do you feel like you are NFL ready?
Damien McGhee : I am more than NFL ready my size, versatility, and knowledge of the game are ready for the next level.
Joe Gaiter: What is your major and what do you plan on doing with it?
Damien McGhee : Business Marketing I plan on starting a company. “Do The Unpopular”
Joe Gaiter: What is your untold story?
Damien McGhee : I have wanted to play football in the NFL since I was 7. My mom did not let me play until I got into the ninth grade but I had known from 7 that I was going to do it and that I would be good at it if I just had a chance. Spent all my days after school playing football in the neighborhood learning from watching television. In my freshman year of high school, my first year of football, I was my school’s MVP. By my senior year I was on the news every week for Friday Night Blitz, finished the season recognized as All State, recruited into a D1 school. While my journey has had different turns and twists, the plan from 7 years old was and still is to be a NFL player. There is nobody that wants it more than me, no one that will work harder than me, no one that will sacrifice as much as me, and nobody that will look out for the guys he plays with the way that I will. The last 15 years of my life have been a mind evolution of wanting something and working to see it manifest. It’s my time. I’m ready!
Joe Gaiter: How have you faced adversity during this season?
Damien McGhee : The adversity I faced this season would be that I had an injury towards the end of the season. How I mentally took on that challenge to rehab and bounce back.
Joe Gaiter: How was your proday?
Damien McGhee : My Pro day was virtual due to Covid-19. I think I had a great representation of myself. 40: 4.52 Vert: 38 10”5 Broad shuttle: 4.06 L cone: 6.81.
Joe Gaiter: Who is your agent, and why did your choose them?
Damien McGhee : I am currently looking for an Agent.
Joe Gaiter: Who inspires you?
Damien McGhee : My mother inspires me. To see how hard she worked to provide for my brother and I. The unselfishness of her to put us before herself. To make a way when there seemed like no way. I’m forever grateful to have her in my life as my mother.
Joe Gaiter: How mentally tough are you to make it?
Damien McGhee : I am a perfectionist. I take pride in everything I do. I am detail-oriented and I do not mind doing what is asked of me, whether that is making a play or being a diversion for a teammate to make a play. I have the ability to fit into any environment and I actually care about the people around me. That level of care and work ethic rubs off on those around me and that brotherhood has created something special.
