Colt McCoy at Texas, 2008
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Quarterback, Texas, 2005–⁠09

Colt McCoy

Number
No. 12
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Tuscola, TX
Born
Sep 5, 1986, in Hobbs, New Mexico

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Colt McCoy played quarterback at Texas (2005–⁠09). He won the 2008 and 2009 Walter Camp Awards, the 2009 Davey O’Brien Award, the 2009 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the 2009 Manning Award. He finished second in the 2008 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2008 and 2009. The Cleveland Browns took McCoy in round 3, No. 85 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,859
Passing yards, 2008 (Texas, 12–⁠1)
Best game
396 yards
Vs. Kansas, week 12, 2009: No. 3 passing game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
2nd
In the 2008 vote
Drafted
No. 85
Round 3, 2010 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

470passing yards, best game on filevs. UCF, 20096touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Baylor, 2006175rushing yards, best game on fileat Texas A&M, 20092rushing touchdowns, best game on filefour times; last vs. Texas A&M, 2008

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2009

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2006*Texas21731868.22,5708.1297
2007*Texas27642465.13,3037.82218
2008*Texas33243376.73,8598.9348
2009Texas33247070.63,5217.52712
On file (2006–⁠09)1,1571,64570.313,2538.111245

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2006*Texas681702.5233
2007*Texas1144924.3444
2008*Texas1365614.11135
2009Texas1293482.7365
On file (2006–⁠09)4471,5713.52065

Punting

SeasonTeamPuntsYdsAvgLongIn 20
2007*Texas38026.7320
2008*Texas26934.5440
2009Texas413132.8380
On file (2006–⁠09)928031.1440

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2006Texas12QB
2007Texas12QB
2008Texas12QB
2009Texas12QB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Texas 14 games, 3,521 passing yards, 27 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.UL MonroeW 59–⁠20212931721−3
Sep 12atWyomingW 41–⁠1030473373144
Sep 19vs.Texas TechW 34–⁠242434205125
Sep 26vs.UTEPW 64–⁠728352863115
Oct 10vs.ColoradoW 38–⁠14323926511−3
Oct 17vs.OklahomaW 16–⁠1321391271133
Oct 24atMissouriW 41–⁠726312693113
Oct 31atOklahoma StateW 41–⁠1416211711034
Nov 7vs.UCFW 35–⁠333424702113
Nov 14atBaylorW 47–⁠1423341812013
Nov 21vs.KansasW 51–⁠2032413964029
Nov 26atTexas A&MW 49–⁠39244030440175
Dec 5vs.NebraskaW 13–⁠12203618403−20
Jan 7 ✦vs.AlabamaL 21–⁠37229000
2008 Texas 13 games, 3,859 passing yards, 34 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.Florida AtlanticW 52–⁠10242922230103
Sep 6atUTEPW 42–⁠132029282418
Sep 20vs.RiceW 52–⁠1019233294083
Sep 27vs.ArkansasW 52–⁠1017191853084
Oct 4atColoradoW 38–⁠1423302622239
Oct 11vs.OklahomaW 45–⁠3528352771031
Oct 18vs.MissouriW 56–⁠3129323372023
Oct 25vs.Oklahoma StateW 28–⁠2438453912141
Nov 1atTexas TechL 33–⁠3920342942116
Nov 8vs.BaylorW 45–⁠2126373005221
Nov 15atKansasW 35–⁠724342552078
Nov 27vs.Texas A&MW 49–⁠923283112049
Jan 5 ✦vs.Ohio StateW 24–⁠21415841421−15
2007 Texas 13 games, 3,303 passing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Arkansas StateW 21–⁠1322332232211
Sep 8vs.TCUW 34–⁠1325382391234
Sep 15atUCFW 35–⁠3232472591140
Sep 22vs.RiceW 58–⁠142029333304
Sep 29vs.Kansas StateL 21–⁠4119392001413
Oct 6vs.OklahomaL 21–⁠28192632421−24
Oct 13atIowa StateW 56–⁠323292984050
Oct 20atBaylorW 31–⁠1025342931244
Oct 27vs.NebraskaW 28–⁠2512281810155
Nov 3atOklahoma StateW 38–⁠35202828213106
Nov 10vs.Texas TechW 59–⁠4321302684151
Nov 23atTexas A&ML 30–⁠3817322291124
Dec 27 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 52–⁠3421311741084
2006 Texas 13 games, 2,570 passing yards, 29 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.North TexasW 56–⁠712191783038
Sep 9vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠241932154118
Sep 16atRiceW 52–⁠77812420−9
Sep 23vs.Iowa StateW 37–⁠1418232122122
Sep 30vs.Sam HoustonW 56–⁠31315178200
Oct 7vs.OklahomaW 28–⁠1011181082011
Oct 14vs.BaylorW 63–⁠3121322756126
Oct 21atNebraskaW 22–⁠2025392202010
Oct 28atTexas TechW 35–⁠3121312564168
Nov 4vs.Oklahoma StateW 36–⁠102329346306
Nov 11atKansas StateL 42–⁠454451001
Nov 24vs.Texas A&ML 7–⁠12172816003−14
Dec 30 ✦vs.IowaW 26–⁠242640308203

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2010
Height6′1⅛″
Weight216 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.79 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Broad jump9′6″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 53 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2010Cleveland Browns81352221,57669136
2011Cleveland Browns132654632,7331411212
2012Cleveland Browns3917791015
2013San Francisco 49ers3111300−6
2014Washington Redskins5911281,0574366
2015Washington Redskins271112810−3
2018Washington Redskins334543723363
2019Washington Redskins118271220114
2020New York Giants440663751112
2021Arizona Cardinals774997403137
2022Arizona Cardinals4901327801336
NFL career537641,2207,9753432582

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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