An online feature[ambiguous] on McGhee stated he was born in Mississippi, and for the first nine years of his life, he lived with his grandmother and aunt.
According to MSU Bobcats 2011 football roster, in his senior year he received All-District 5-5A and honorable mention, and he also led his team to the 5A Division 1 championship game.
[2] According to ESPN, in the “NCAA Division I-A Player Passing Statistics of 2011,” he would be in 29th right behind Russell Wilson of Wisconsin, who threw 3,175 yards.
Eastern Washington University's defensive coordinator John Graham said, “Nothing seems to rattle him, and I think he’s maybe even staying in the pocket longer and not panicking and taking off running as much as he did as a freshman.”[6] The fall of his sophomore season, the team voted him one of the three captains.
Eventually, he would live at the fraternity his senior year and would assume high level leadership positions within the organization.
McGhee suffered a separated shoulder on the last play of the second game of the season at Southern Methodist University.
MSU ran the hook-and-ladder for its last desperation attempt and McGhee completed a pass to Tanner Roderick, then got the ball back and was driven out of bounds landing on his right shoulder.
In October 2014, McGhee was signed to the practice roster of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, but was cut later that month.
[13] On February 21, 2024, the New Orleans Saints announced that they had hired McGhee as an assistant wide receivers coach.