Colt McCoy

Coincidentally, this 27th pass was also for 27 yards.

He was the first Texas 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.

McCoy went 19–32, 156 yards, one touchdown, and one interception 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, McCoy got his first win over a ranked team, as well as his first come-from-behind victory, when he led the Longhorns over rival Oklahoma 28–10 in the Red River Shootout.

McCoy threw for two touchdowns in the game.

The two touchdowns by 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 Texas freshman.

Daniel "Colt" McCoy (born September 5, 1986) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent.

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).

McCoy also played in the 2003 Texas 2A State Championship against the San Augustine Wolves.

Jim Ned lost 28–7.

McCoy attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for coach Mack Brown's Texas Longhorns football team from 2005 to 2009.

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, Matt McCoy (no relation) was officially listed as the number three quarterback behind Vince Young and Matt Nordgren.

When Brown chose to play Matt McCoy in four separate game situations where Texas had a commanding lead, confusion arose as to which McCoy was in the game.

Many sportscasters mistakenly referred to Matt McCoy as Colt McCoy, as Colt was the more widely known player.

The following year, with Young forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL and Nordgren graduating, the position of starting quarterback for the defending National Champion Texas Longhorns came down to a competition between redshirt freshman Colt McCoy and true freshman Jevan Snead.

McCoy was named the starting quarterback after winning out a competition with Jevan Snead.

The season opener saw McCoy lead the Longhorns to a 56–7 victory over North Texas, throwing for three touchdowns and rushing a yard for another, while throwing no interceptions.

He was 12–19 in passing, and ran for 27 yards to help set up a touchdown.

In only his second pass as a college quarterback McCoy threw a 60-yard touchdown pass.

Colt was a four-year starter for the Longhorns from 2006 to 2009.

He won or shared the team's MVP all four years, the only player in school history to do so.

On October 14, 2006, McCoy threw a Texas record six touchdown passes in the win against Baylor.

On October 25, 2006, he was 9th in the nation with a quarterback rating of 165.4.

In the 2006 Oklahoma State game McCoy threw for his 27th passing touchdown of the season, giving him sole possession of the single-season Texas record and putting him two touchdowns shy of the NCAA single season record for freshman quarterbacks (29).

He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, winning several awards and honors as a senior in 2009 and ranking second all-time in games won by an FBS quarterback.

McCoy was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft and has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers, the Washington Redskins, the New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals, mostly as a backup.

McCoy was born in Hobbs, New Mexico.

He is the eldest of three children born to Steven Brad McCoy and Debra Kay (Woodruff) McCoy.

He attended Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas, 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.

McCoy also served as Jim Ned High School's punter as a junior and senior.

During his sophomore year, McCoy was also playing free safety.

However, after he suffered a concussion while tackling 215-pound Bangs High School running back Jacoby Jones (not to be confused with the wide receiver of the same name), his father decided not to let him play defense anymore.

At the time Jim Ned was 8–0, but as McCoy missed the next two games due to the concussion, Jim Ned's season unraveled.