Career
He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft out of the University of California, Berkeley. In high school, Upshaw played for Pittsburg High School (Pittsburg, California), helping defeat the previously undefeated De Louisiana Salle in the 1991 National Clandestine Service championship game played at the Oakland Coliseum. The final score was 35-27.
This was the last defeat De Louisiana Salle suffered before setting a national high school record of 151 straight victories.
Upshaw, who did not play football until his sophomore year at Pittsburg, was a Parade All-America as a senior. He chose the University of California and by his junior year was named All-American.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him with the 12th pick overall in the 1996 NFL draft. He later played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins, and New York Giants.
