Eddie McAshan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eddie McAshan
Occupation	American football player
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1951(1951-01-21)
Age	73
Birthplace	Gainesville
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Aquarius

Eddie McAshan Biography

Eddie McAshan is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on January 21, 1951 in Gainesville, Florida, United States. Over McAshan’s career, he passed for 32 touchdowns. His most notable single game performance came against Rice in 1972 when he threw 5 touchdown passes. In this game he also threw five interceptions, so the game ended in a tie. Over the years of McAshan’s quarterbacking, Georgia Tech would ramble and wreck off a 22-13-1 record.

McAshan was the first scholarship African American for Tech while the first walk-on African American football player at Tech was defensive back/returner Karl “PeeWee” Barnes who lettered in 1971-72. The second scholarship player was running back Greg Horne from Atlanta and the third was linebacker Joe Harris, an eventual NFL career player. Harris still holds the single season record for tackles in a season at 188.

McAshan went on to be drafted by the New England Patriots in the 17th round as the 420th pick overall in the 1973 NFL Draft. He was eventually cut and he attempted a stint with the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League. He saw action during the 1974 season.

McAshan returned to Georgia Tech and completed his degree in industrial management in 1979.

McAshan would become the first African American football player to start for Georgia Tech, and the second African American quarterback in the Southeast, after Freddie Summers at Wake Forest in 1967. Carson started McAshan in 1970 as a sophomore and McAshan would go on to set several career records for Georgia Tech (which have since been broken by Shawn Jones and Joe Hamilton). McAshan’s first career start was on September 12, 1970, against South Carolina. His start marked the second time that an African American had ever started at quarterback for a major Southeastern university and McAshan did not disappoint. He rallied Tech with a fourth quarter deficit, defeating the Gamecocks 23-20 with two late touchdown drives.

Eddie McAshan Net Worth

Eddie McAshan is one of the richest American football player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eddie McAshan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

McAshan was born on January 21st, 1951. He grew up in Gainesville, Florida and attended Gainesville High School. His father was a mortician.

McAshan began his football career as the first African American quarterback to play for the predominantly white Gainesville High School. Between 1966 and 1968, he threw for 61 touchdowns, which earned him a position in the top 20 for all-time Florida career touchdowns. His high school quarterbacking was good enough to be noticed by Georgia Tech head coach Bud Carson.

McAshan was noted for feats of great athleticism and composure. In 1972, Georgia Tech played Tennessee in Atlanta. McAshan had suffered a poor outing with 5 interceptions but one moment stood out in the game for Tech fans. Tech had finally put a drive together and made it to the UT 20 yard line. McAshan took the snap from center and dropped back to pass. As he was preparing to throw, a Tennessee defender pressed his throwing arm into his chest so McAshan switched the ball to his other hand and threw to an open tailback in the end zone. The tailback, who had given up on the play after seeing the almost sack, dropped the wide open touchdown. The game ended in a 34-3 loss for Georgia Tech. McAshan was also notorious for throwing interceptions, setting a GT record of 51 career interceptions, which was not broken until 2006 by Reggie Ball.

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Facts & Trivia

Edgar Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Eddie McAshan celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.