Colt McCoy Bio in 2007 :
After just one season with Texas, Colt McCoy is receiving a lot of media attention, including appearing on some lists of the nations top players for 2007. In June of 2007, Colt McCoy appeared on the cover of Dave Campbell's Texas Football alongside Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee and TCU defensive end Tommy Blake. Additionally, Rivals.com named Colt McCoy one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season. He also made the Athlon Sports first-team All Big 12
On June 26 2007, Maxwell Football Club president Ron Jaworski announced that Colt McCoy had been named to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award. The initial list includes 64 players. The winner will be announced on December 6, 2007. In their 2007 season preview magazine, CBS Sportsline.com listed Colt McCoy as one of 12 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. Older and stronger, Colt McCoy has an awesome receiving corps to make a run at the hardware for real.” He is also one of the 35 quarterbacks placed on the 2007 Manning Award watch list. Further, the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List added Colt McCoy on August 21, 2007. He joined 34 other quarterbacks, including two from the Big 12 (Graham Harrell of Texas Tech and Chase Daniel of Missouri).
Colt McCoy Bio in 2006 :
In the season opener on September 2, 2006, he led the Longhorns to a 56-7 victory over North Texas, throwing three touchdown passes, rushing one 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. During the game, Colt McCoy threw a 60 yard touchdown pass on only his second pass as a college quarterback. He was the first UT freshman quarterback to start and win a season-opening game since Bobby Layne in 1944. The next week, the Longhorns faced #1 Ohio State at home. Colt McCoy went 19-32, 156 yards, one TD, and one INT while rushing four times for a total of eight yards. Ohio State defeated the Longhorns 24-7, ending the Longhorns 21-game winning streak.
Following wins over Rice, Iowa State, and Sam Houston State, Colt McCoy got his first win over a ranked team, as well as his first come-from-behind victory, when he threw two touchdowns, and led the Longhorns to defeat Oklahoma 28-10 in the Red River Shootout on October 7, 2006. The two touchdowns by Colt McCoy gave him 12 touchdown passes for the season, tied for third with Longhorn passer James Brown in the list of most touchdowns by a UT freshman.
On October 14, 2006 Colt McCoy threw a UT record six touchdown passes in the win against Baylor. 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). As of 25 October 2006 he was 9th in the nation with a quarterback rating of 165.4.
In the 2006 Oklahoma State game Colt McCoy threw for his 27th passing touchdown of the season, giving him sole possession of the single-season UT record and putting him two TD's shy of the NCAA single season record for freshman quarterbacks (29). Coincidentally, this 27th pass was also for 27 yards.
During the November 11, 2006 game against Kansas State University, Colt McCoy suffered a stinger shoulder injury while rushing for a touchdown against Kansas State. The Longhorns lost in an upset to the Wildcats 45-42. There was speculation that Snead might be the starter for the final regular season game, because it was unknown whether Colt McCoy would return for the Longhorns season closer against arch-rival Texas A&M University on November 24, 2006. However, Colt McCoy was cleared to play the game against the Aggies.
With 20 seconds remaining in the Lone Star Showdown versus the Aggies, Colt McCoy was injured by a "vicious, stadium-hushing tackle" as Aggie defensive end Michael Bennett connected with his helmet against Colt McCoy's upper body after Colt McCoy had thrown an incomplete pass. Replays showed both on television and in the stadium revealed the hit might have included "helmet-to-helmet" contact which is illegal in NCAA football if done intentionally, but no flag was thrown. When the replay was shown in the stadium, the Longhorn fans erupted in boos before lapsing back into silence as Colt McCoy lay on the ground writhing for ten minutes before being taken off the field on a cart. Mack Brown said after the game "I didn't see it, but it sounded like 88,000 (fans) thought it was dirty." Fellow Longhorn Selvin Young said he thought the hit was a clean "textbook" hit. Colt McCoy was taken to Brackenridge Hospital where he spent more than three hours undergoing an evaluation that included an X-Ray, MRI, and a CAT scan. Longhorns trainer Kenny Boyd said the injury was a severe pinched nerve in Colt McCoy's neck. Boyd said that Colt McCoy was expected to make a full recovery, but no timetable was set for Colt McCoy to return to play. The injury to Colt McCoy came one game-clock minute after an A&M player, #91 Kellen Heard had been evicted from the game for an illegal, blindside late-hit on Colt McCoy. An X-Ray, MRI exam and CT scan showed "no structural damage to Colt McCoy's neck or shoulder", said Dr. Carey Windler, the team's orthopedic surgeon.
On December 1, 2006, the Longhorns issued a statement confirming that back-up quarterback Jevan Snead had left the team and would transfer to an unspecified school; this meant there would be no scholarship quarterback ready to play in the Longhonrns' bowl game if Colt McCoy was not ready. On December 21, 2006 UT announced that Colt McCoy was cleared to start in the Alamo Bowl for Texas on Saturday, December 30. During the 2006 Alamo Bowl, Colt McCoy threw two touchdowns against Iowa to tie the NCAA freshman record of 29 touchdown passes previously held by Nevada's David Neill in 1998.
Months later, the Big 12 announced that their officials failed to make the correct call in the case of the Michael Bennett tackle of Colt McCoy, stating that a late hit should have been called on Bennett.
Colt McCoy Bio in 2005 :
As a freshman, he was given a redshirt year so he did not play during the team's 2005 national championship season. He 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, Colt 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 Colt 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 National Champion Texas Longhorns fell to Colt McCoy for the 2006 football season after he won the job over true-freshman Jevan Snead.
Colt McCoy Bio in High School :
An often-cited story relates to Colt McCoy's birth: Colt McCoy's parents were from Texas but his father, Brad McCoy was working just across the Texas border in Hobbs, New Mexico. Brad McCoy reportedly brought a shoe-box of Texas dirt to the hospital and slid it under the bed so that Colt McCoy could be born "over Texas soil". The story may or may not be true, as his father has "pled the fifth" when asked to confirm it.
Colt McCoy attended Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas, population 714, where he was coached in football by his father. 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 high school history and is fourth overall in Texas high school history. Colt 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.
