6-0. In only his second pass as a college quarterback McCoy threw a 60-yard touchdown pass. [73] His most athletic play came early in the third quarter when he evaded three defenders on a play from the Cyclones' 20-yard line. McCoy went 19-32, 156 yards, one touchdown, and one interception while rushing four times for a total of eight yards. [139] When Weeden was injured against the Denver Broncos, McCoy completed 9 of 17 pass attempts for 79 yards. It might even prevent whatever happened the next season, when a supremely talented team had trouble in its repeating season, as many programs do, and slipped to 10-3. (passing Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, and LSU. Mandel said that McCoy, still only a sophomore, had not been able to completely fill that gap and that McCoy's play had not been as good as during 2006. The Texas offense executed a total of 1,053 plays in 14 games played in 2009. McCoy was replaced by true freshman quarterback Garrett Gilbert. [45] In their 2007 season preview magazine, CBS Sportsline.com listed McCoy as one of twelve players on the "Heisman Watch"; saying "We were touting him for the Heisman midway through his freshman season until he was injured against Kansas State. Bradford, as talented as he is, is helped by the fact he has a trio of explosive receivers and two potential 1,000-yard rushers behind him. The record was previously held by Major Applewhite. Under Mullen now, Florida’s currently in better shape than Texas. [170], Colt McCoy—awards, championships, and honors, Candidate for Heisman and other national awards, Washington Football Team starting quarterbacks, 2005 Texas Longhorns football—consensus national champions, Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List, college football's ten most victorious programs, List of Texas Longhorns football All-Americans, List of Division I FBS passing yardage leaders, List of Division I FBS passing touchdown leaders, "McCoy's shortcomings exacerbated by lackluster Browns", "Tebow looks to become second two-time Heisman winner", "Texas High School Football Passing Career Yardage Leaders", http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2013/8/30/FB-team-mvps-and-hall-of-famers.pdf?id=2442, "Ruining a Longhorns game on TV as easy as ABC", "Texas tabs McCoy to start at quarterback", "Unholster the Colt, Longhorns beat early deficit to take 63-31 win over Baylor", "McCoy earns, shuns attention after dramatic wins", "Oklahoma State 10 – (4) Texas 36 – McCoy launches Horns past Cowboys in surprisingly lopsided game", "X-rays negative on Texas QB McCoy; status uncertain", "UT QB McCoy has time to heal – Week off before A&M game will help UT freshman recover", "Texas vs Kansas State (Nov 11, 2006) - Play-by-Play Summary", "Bye comes at the right time – Big 12 title still up for grabs despite Texas' loss to Kansas State; McCoy says he's 'fine, "Football: McCoy's stinger gets time to heal", "McCoy hopes to face Texas A&M – Texas QB gets extra week to heal from pinched nerve", "Now what for Texas?

"[72] Brown also praised McCoy for taking on more of a leadership role with the team. [4] He is the eldest of three children born to Steven Brad McCoy and Debra Kay (Woodruff) McCoy. [76], McCoy rose in the record books during the first four games of the season. 2 Texas' game against No. [72] The offensive line provided great protection for Colt McCoy,[70] who called most of the plays without huddling and directed the Longhorns to touchdowns on his first five series. Texas went 5-7 in 2010, plugging square pegs into round holes. Also like Tebow—you have to wonder sometimes how he's still standing. The Longhorns’ staff overhaul (bringing in Bryan Harsin as OC and Manny Diaz as OC) made for some nice moments, but nothing substantial, and Brown was essentially forced out after the 2013 season (an 8-5 record was a disappointment at the time but only once in the next decade would Texas exceed that win total). Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy is still on crutches months after an injury that ended his season.

However, after being robbed, as he felt it, Brown stubbornly held on tight. [33] Mack Brown said after the game "I didn't see it, but it sounded like 88,000 (fans) thought it was dirty". He went 15 of 26 passing for 124 yards. [111], The talk became more widespread during his junior year as McCoy was mentioned by several analysts and voters as a potential 2008 Heisman winner. [53] The final non-conference game was against Rice, and McCoy completed 20 of his 29 passing attempts, accumulating 333 yards through the air.

Strong took the head job at Louisville in December of 2010, a day after Meyer announced his retirement. [44], On June 26, 2007, Maxwell Football Club president Ron Jaworski announced that McCoy had been named to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award. School: Texas. Having just seen what happens when the the most accurate quarterback in NCAA history is removed from the equation, without any running game to speak of, Brown got spooked: The spread offense that he and offensive coordinator Greg Davis had developed to unlock Vince Young and then tweaked, to even higher levels of efficiency, to accommodate McCoy, was kaput.

For your voice to be heard, in most states you must register before you can vote. [3], On January 5, 2009, McCoy led the Longhorns to a 24–21 victory over Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Gilbert is the son of former NFL quarterback Gale Gilbert and was a prized recruit, winning several national high school player of the year awards in 2008. Texas probably would have switched to a run-oriented approach in 2010 had Coach Boom taken over, anyway. And if the NFL is there for me, then I hope that I'll get to keep playing, because I love to play this game.
Despite this, he still had an outstanding season and was again named a finalist, this time along with Tim Tebow, Mark Ingram, Jr, Toby Gerhart and Ndamukong Suh. He won several awards for his senior season, including offensive player of the year. Frank Cooney of USA Today noted that McCoy "fired mostly from a shotgun, has a low release point and might lack an NFL fastball." He would not return, and the Crimson Tide would win, 37-21.

There was speculation that Snead might be the starter for the final regular season game, because it was unknown whether McCoy would return for the Longhorns season closer against rival Texas A&M on November 24, 2006.

For the season, McCoy now has a 77.6 completion percentage (soon to be a new NCAA record) for 3,445 yards, 32 touchdowns and seven interceptions, plus 476 yards and 13 touchdowns running"[120] Comparing McCoy to fellow Big 12 South quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Graham Harrell, Mandel said, "But here's where McCoy stands out to me. [128], McCoy was drafted in the third round as the 85th overall pick by the Cleveland Browns in the 2010 NFL Draft. I remember immediately after the collision my only thought was, "What just happened?".


In June 2007, McCoy appeared on the cover of Dave Campbell's Texas Football alongside Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee and TCU defensive end Tommy Blake. McCoy threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, but Cleveland lost. He was 2 of 2 for 9 yards in this game, closing his career stats at 1,157 of 1,645 (70.3 percent) for 13,253 yards with 112 touchdowns.

[4] The next week, the Longhorns faced #1 Ohio State at home.

Latest on New York Giants quarterback Colt McCoy including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN ... College. McCoy got up and appeared to be OK, but went to the sideline as Gilbert ran in and called timeout. [16][17] The previous record of five touchdown passes had been held by James Brown (set vs. Baylor in 1994) and Chris Simms (vs. Oklahoma State in 2001). I didn't have any pain in my right arm.

Opinions over McCoy's potential in the NFL were mixed. He spent much of his rookie season watching from afar before getting the call to start for the injury-riddled Browns. [141], McCoy signed with the Washington Redskins on April 3, 2014. [73] He completed 23 of 30 passes for 298 yards, 4 touchdowns, and no interceptions. The next season in Austin was a disaster. ", "Holmgren happy yet cautious on McCoy; Browns tried for No. [74] The Austin American-Statesman said, "Colt McCoy is shedding his sophomore slump. He held up physically despite taking four sacks[65] and a blind-side late hit after one play had been whistled dead.

The touchdowns went to four different receivers, though he did have two interceptions. However, the four games he didn't play were against the Longhorns' toughest foes: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas A&M. [114], In the 45–21 victory over Baylor, McCoy passed for 300 yards and five touchdowns. [80] In 2008 McCoy set school records for most career touchdown passes,[77] most touchdown passes in a season,[81] most total touchdowns by a Texas player,[82] most career wins,[83] and most career passing yards.

On November 4, 2006, McCoy threw his 27th touchdown pass in a win against Oklahoma State, to take sole possession of the Texas school record for most touchdowns ever thrown by a quarterback in a single season. His completion ratio of 79% coming into the game improved as he completed 91% of his passes in this game. But an injury to QB Colt McCoy in the first quarter changed the Longhorns' fate, and subsequently has left many people wondering, 'What if?'. Visit your state election office website to find out if you can vote by mail. It matters now.