Colt McCoy
Colt McCoy is a red-shirt freshman quarterback for the Texas Longhorn college football team. He is expected to be the starting quarterback for the Longhorns during the 2006 season as they try to defend their national championship.[1],[2] Colt McCoy attended Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas, where he had an outstanding 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.[3]
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 3 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 elligibility. Instead, Brown chose to play Matt McCoy (no relation) in four seperate 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.[4]
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.
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.[5]
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[6],[7]
References
- ^ *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.
- ^ Corchan, Michael Ruining a Longhorns game on TV as easy as ABC Austin American Statesman November 14, 2005 - - Accessed February 28, 2006
- ^ McCoy Bio at official web-site of Texas Longhorns Football- 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
External links
- McCoy Bio at official web-site of Texas Longhorns Football Accessed February 28, 2006.
- Colt McCoy Recruiting Profile at Rivals.com - Accessed February 28, 2006