ron weaver was a college football player for the university of texas. weaver, who played under the alias joel ron mckelvey, played under his own name when he enrolled at monterey peninsula college in the fall of 1984. he played at sacramento state in 1988 as a wide receiver. hence, weaver had already used up his ncaa eligibility by 1989. after graduation, weaver failed tryouts with the british columbia lions of the canadian football league and with the houston oilers since he was deemed to be neither fast enough (he ran only 4.6 in the 40-yard dash) nor strong enough (he could only bench press 250 pounds) to be viable in the pros.