Bishop was one of the best college quarterbacks in the country at Kansas State, beating out UCLA's Cade McNown for the 1998 Davey O'Brien Award.

A two-year starter who averaged 221.2 yards-per-game passing as a senior, he was an All-Montgomery County, all-city and all-state selection in football.

Bishop initially attended Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas where as a freshman, he led the Buccaneers to a 12–0 record and the NJCAA National Championship.

He was voted honorable mention All-Conference and controlled an offense which recorded 3,086 yards rushing, including 47 touchdowns and scored a total of 438 points (36.5 avg.

In 1997, his first year at Kansas State, Bishop started all 11 regular season games and completed 80-of-185 passes for 1,557 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Bishop was voted second-team All-Big 12 Conference by the league's coaches and Big 12 Newcomer of the year by Associated Press.

During the 1997 season, Kansas State won 11 games including a 1997 Fiesta Bowl victory over Syracuse led by Donovan McNabb by a score of 35–18.

After his senior season, he was voted a consensus All-American and All-Big 12 Conference selection and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

[7] Afterwards, several Patriots fans, upset with the poor play of starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe throughout the season, demanded that coach Bill Belichick name Bishop the starter, though this never happened.

While the miracle did not come true, he was seen throwing the ball approximately 70 yards down the field, thus showing he had one of the stronger arms in professional football.

[citation needed] With his propensity for throwing more interceptions than touchdown passes and an inclination to run with the football, Bishop's intelligence as a quarterback came into question by many CFL fans.

During that season, the bulk of his playing time involved being inserted into the game exclusively during short yardage situations.

With Bishop signed to an AFL team, there were concerns throughout the CFL's offseason about whether or not he would report to the Argonauts' 2007 training camp.

Bishop helped lead the Argonauts into the 2007 CFL Eastern Division final where they were defeated 19–9 by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Before the start of the 2008 season, The Argonauts acquired the reigning CFL Most Outstanding Player, Kerry Joseph, from the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

He also won his second game with a fourth quarter rally, where the Roughriders scored 20 unanswered points to defeat the Blue Bombers.

On November 10, 2008, it was reported in the Regina Leader Post that the Roughriders had placed Bishop on waivers, leaving to doubt about his future in Saskatchewan.

Roughriders head coach Ken Miller confirmed that he and General Manager Eric Tillman had met on November 9 and agreed to release Bishop.

[14] On July 26, 2009, Bishop made his return to the Canadian Football League after signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

[15] In his first game back in the CFL as a starting quarterback, he led the Blue Bombers to a 13–12 victory, completing 16 of 30 pass attempts for 213 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Bishop received very little playing time upon joining the Rush in 2006, though some of that was a result of a leave of absence he took from the team due to the passing of his mother.

Bishop signed with the Texas Hurricanes in the Southern Indoor Football League in June 2009 and served as their starting quarterback.

[22][23] The Hurricanes went 0–3 with Bishop under center and 0–4 when he was on the roster, losing to the Louisiana Swashbucklers, Houma Conquerors, and Austin Turfcats.