Colt McCoy

On November 4, 2006, McCoy threw his 27th touchdown pass in a win against Oklahoma State, to take sole possession of the UT school record for most touchdowns ever thrown by a quarterback in a single season.[5] Subsequently, in the 2006 Alamo Bowl on December 30, Colt McCoy threw two touchdowns against Iowa to tie the NCAA freshman record of 29 touchdown passes established by Nevada's David Neill in 1998.[5]

Also during the 2006 season, Colt McCoy was named College Football News Big 12 Player of the Year and was named the quarterback to their "All Freshman Team".[6] Injuries caused him to miss portions of the final two regular season games, but was able to play for the entire duration of the Longhorns' bowl game.

An often-cited story relates to Colt's birth: McCoy's parents were from Texas but his father, Brad McCoy was working just across the Texas border in Hobbs, New Mexico.[7] Brad McCoy reportedly brought a shoe-box of Texas dirt to the hospital and slid it under the bed so that Colt could be born "over Texas soil".[2] The story may or may not be true, as his father has "pled the fifth" when asked to confirm it.[8]

Colt McCoy attended Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas,[9] population 714,[2] 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.[9] Over his career, he completed 536-of-849 passes (63.1%) for 9,344 yards and 116 TDs.[9] He ranks as the all-time leading passer in Texas Division 2A high school history and is fourth overall in Texas high school history.[7] 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.

After just one season with Texas, McCoy is receiving a lot of media attention, including appearing on some lists of the nations top players for 2007. In June of 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. Additionally, Rivals.com named McCoy one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season.[42] He also made the Athlon Sports first-team All Big 12[43]

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. The initial list includes 64 players. The winner will be announced on December 6, 2007.[44] In their 2007 season preview magazine, CBS Sportsline.com listed 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, McCoy has an awesome receiving corps to make a run at the hardware for real." [45][46] He is also one of the 35 quarterbacks placed on the 2007 Manning Award watch list.[47] Further, the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List added 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).[48]

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