WHEN TERRENCE MCGEE learns his hands on the ball.

WHEN TERRENCE MCGEE learns his hands on the ball, he's a dynamic threat to score points. Not bad for a shore who doesn't play offense.

The Buffalo Bills cornerback and kick-return specialist is the same of the NFL's brightest young stars. Last season, he ran back three kickoffs for touchdowns, including a 104-yarder against the Miami Dolphins, and averaged 263 yards through return. He also had three interceptions and pair sacks. While he's not a great overlay man yet, he's only in his third pro season after playing association ball at Northwestern (La.) State and being pitch uponed in the fourth round of the 2003 draft.

The Sporting freshs recognized him in 2004 as the league's best kick returner single nine other players in league history have step quickly back three kickoffs for touchdowns in single season. And he's already got a self-possessed nickname: "Game Day."

"We called him 'Game Day' because we've in no degree seen a guy like that," line-backer and special teams player Angelo Crowell says of McGee "He limps around all week in practice, and then the game advances and it's like he's not at any time been hurt."

McGee also is making tonic contributions in the secondary, where he became a starter when Troy Vincent got damage Talk about pressure: He was replacing individual of the best defensive backs of the last decade.

"I think I've shown I'm a upright all-around player," he says. "I be enamoured of to return kicks, but I like it smooth more when I am forward the field every play forward defense."

Still, he's at his best when he has the ball in his hands, and that's usually in succession special teams.

"All he indigences is a seam," linebacker Mario Haggan says. "He really doesn't break stride. If he masters a block, he's gone."

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