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Colt McCoy is a redshirt freshman quarterback for the Texas Longhorn college football team. He was named the starting quarterback for the 2006 Longhorns as they attempt to defend their national championship. Colt McCoy attended Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas, where he had a prolific high school career. He ranks as the all-time leading passer in Texas Division 2A history and he is fourth overall in Texas high school history.
High school career
Colt McCoy attended Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas, where he was coached in football by his father, Brad McCoy. He achieved several distinctions as a high school player, including two-time Associated Press 2A Offensive MVP and first-team all-state selection. Over his career, he completed 536-of-849 passes (63.1%) for 9,344 yards and 116 TDs. He ranks as the all-time leading passer in Texas Division 2A history and is fourth overall in Texas high school history.
College career
As a freshman, he red-shirted during the team's 2005 national championship season and served as the quarterback for the scout team in practice against the starting defense. During this time, he was officially listed as the number three quarterback behind Vince Young and Matt Nordgren. However, McCoy did not play in any games during the season, as coach Mack Brown elected to keep him on the bench so that 2005 did not count as one of his four years of eligibility. Instead, Brown chose to play Matt McCoy (no relation) in four separate game situations where Texas had a commanding lead. This led to confusion on the parts of many sportcasters. Seeing that someone named McCoy was entering the game, and seeing Colt McCoy listed as third on their depth charts, they would mistakenly refer to Matt McCoy as Colt McCoy whenever Matt would enter a game.
With Vince Young forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL, and with Matt Nordgren graduating, the position of starting quarterback for the defending Texas Longhorns is expected to fall to McCoy for the 2006 football season.
On September 2, 2006, he lead the Longhorns to a 56-7 victory over North Texas, throwing 3 touchdown passes, rushing 1 yard for a touchdown, and throwing no interceptions. He was 12-19 in passing, and ran for 27 yards to help set up a touchdown.
Trivia
- McCoy also served as Jim Ned High School's punter as a junior and senior.
- Some media features on Colt McCoy refer to him jokingly as "The Real McCoy", this saying may have originated in reference to Joseph McCoy, a 19th century cattle baron, who made good on his pledge to ship a large number of Longhorn cattle from Texas to Kansas.
- On May 29, 2006, Colt McCoy swam 300 yards across a lake to help save the life of Ken Herrington who was having a siezure on a small dock that extended into the privately owned lake.
- On Sept 02, 2006, Colt McCoy threw a 60 yard touchdown pass on only his second pass as a college quarterback.
References
Footnotes
- Dodd, Dennis With Young leaving, Longhorns to unholster Colt CBS Accessed February 28, 2006.
- Texas' new No. 1 - McCoy tops QB depth chart heading into spring drills Associated Press Thursday February 23, 2006 - Accessed February 28, 2006.
- ^ McCoy Bio at official web-site of Texas Longhorns Football - Accessed February 28, 2006
- Corchan, Michael Ruining a Longhorns game on TV as easy as ABC Austin American Statesman November 14, 2005 - Accessed February 28, 2006
- American West - The Cattle Industry
- Stuebbe, Kevin Quinn The Real McCoys The New York Times August 25, 2002 - Accessed February 28, 2006
- Meanhorn.com McCoy Delivers in the Clutch
External links
- Colt McCoy High School Highlights at meanhorn.com
- McCoy Bio at official web-site of Texas Longhorns Football
- Colt McCoy Recruiting Profile at Rivals.com
- Un-official web-site of Colt McCoy Dedicated to following his College Career