 Full Name : Colt McCoy
Born : September 5, 1986
Hometown : Hobbs, NM
Height : 6 foot 3
Weight : 205 lbs.
High School : Jim Ned HS
College : Texas Longhorns
Position : Quarterback |
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Colt McCoy is a smart, athletic and accurate third-year quarterback ... Colt McCoy is a member of the preseason Maxwell Award watch list ... Colt McCoy tabbed the preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by The Sporting News ... Colt McCoy ranked as the nation's fourth-best QB entering 2007 and the preseason Big 12 Most Valuable Player by Lindy's ... Colt McCoy started all 13 games in 2006 ... Colt McCoy is a Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist ... Colt McCoy recognized as The Sporting News' National Freshman of the Year ... Colt McCoy honored as the Touchdown Club of Columbus' National Freshman of the Year ... Colt McCoy was named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year by the league's coaches and the Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year by The Associated Press ... Colt McCoy was twice named the Cingular All-America Player of the Week ... Colt McCoy also earned the Walter Camp Player of the Week and received the Master Coaches Survey Game Ball ... earned second-team All-Big 12 honors ... Colt McCoy claimed Alamo Bowl Offensive MVP honors ... named the George "Hook" McCullough Co-MVP along with Aaron Ross ... tabbed the Darrell K Royal Most Valuable Offensive Player ... Colt McCoy became the first freshman QB in UT history to win 10 games ... Colt McCoy completed 217-of-318 passes (68.2%) for 2,570 yards and 29 TDs (seven INTs) ... the 29 TD passes set a UT single-season record and tied the NCAA's single-season freshman mark ... Colt McCoy set UT's single-game record with six TD passes against Baylor ... threw TD passes in 11 of 13 games and two TD passes in 10 games ... had a streak of 10 straight games with a TD pass, which ranks second on UT's all-time list ... Colt McCoy set UT's freshman single-season mark with 2,570 pass yards and 2,740 total yards ... his 161.8 passer rating ranked eighth nationally ... also rushed for 170 yards and two TDs ... Colt McCoy tied the UT record by completing 15 consecutive passes (OSU, 4; KSU, 4; TAM, 7) ... Colt McCoy gained valuable experience running the scout team while redshirting in 2005 ... Colt McCoy was a first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection and a two-time member of UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll.
Colt McCoy Awards and Recognition :
- Named College Football News Big 12 Player of the Year
- Named the quarterback to the College Football News "All Freshman Team"
- Named “National Freshman of the Year” by The Sporting News and the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio.
- Named Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press.
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