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Some very impressive numbers and accomplishments provided by Texas Sports Information in an email today:
Note: I welcome and encourage any other data or material on behalf of the other candidates.
COLT MCCOY * UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
QUARTERBACK * 6-2, 210, Senior
**NFF Scholar-Athlete/Campbell Award Finalist
**Lowe’s Senior Class Award Finalist
**Davey O’Brien Award Finalist
**Maxwell Award Finalist
**WCFF Player of the Year Semifinalist
**Final 5 for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
2009 NCAA Rankings:
Completion Percentage: 73.0 / 286-of-392 (1st)
Completions Per Game: 26.0 (4th)
TD Passes: 23 (8th)
Total Passing Yards: 3,024 (9th)
Passing Efficiency: 152.5 (10th)
Passing Yards Per Game: 274.9 (10th)
Total Offense Per Game: 292.5 (12th)
McCOY BY THE NUMBERS:
3: His three seasons with at least 3,000 yards passing is half of the Longhorn all-time total of six. No UT player has ever thrown for more than 3,000 yards in a season more than once in their career.
28: NCAA leading consecutive games with a TD pass streak.
36: Has accomplished his numbers in 2009 despite watching from the sidelines
in many Longhorn blowouts. He has played in just 36 of a possible 44
quarters on the year.
45: Longhorn records held by McCoy.
20-3 (87%) – McCoy’s career record in road and neutral-site games
(includes loss at Kansas State when he was injured on first series of game).
McCOY HEATING UP: Over the past five games, Colt McCoy has completed 130-of-169 passes (76.9%) for 1,487 yards (297.4 ypg) and 12 TDs (2 INT).
That works out to a 171.9 pass efficiency rating. Excluding sacks, he’s also rushed for 146 yards on 35 carries (4.2 ypc). He’s led the Longhorns to scores on 30 (23 TDs/7 FGs) of 47 drives (64%) in those games.
GOING DEEP: Colt McCoy has completed 16 passes of at least 30 yards this season with 10 of them coming in the last five games. Of the 10 completions over 30 yards, six have gone for 40 or more, three for 50 or more, two for
60 or more and one for more than 80.
DID YOU KNOW?: McCoy is averaging 27.7 yards per TD pass on his 23 scoring throws.
CLIMBING THE NCAA CHARTS: In addition to breaking the NCAA record for career QB victories (43), McCoy improved his career total offense numbers to 14,172, sixth on the NCAA all-time list. He also has 12,756 career passing yards (7th in NCAA history), 108 career passing TDs (7th), 126 career TDs responsible for (6th) and his 70.9 career completion percentage ranks as tops in NCAA history.
ON A ROLL: McCoy has led the Longhorns to victory in 24 of the last 25 games (.960). That record includes two bowl-game victories and eight wins over ranked opponents. In those games, McCoy has gone 639-of-856 (74.6%) for
7,057 yards (282.3 ypg) and 58 TDs (18 INTs) for a 162.1 passer rating, while rushing for 838 yards and 13 TDs. He is averaging 315.8 yards of total offense and nearly three TDs per game. McCoy has thrown for at least 250 yards in 18 of the 25 games, at least two TDs in 19 and completed at least 70 percent of his passes in 19. He also has posted a rushing and passing TD in 10 of the games.
I’LL SECOND THAT: McCoy joined Vince Young as just the second QB in Longhorn history to post back-to-back 11 win seasons. He is seeking to become the first Texas QB ever to register consecutive 12 victory seasons.
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Whether Colt wins the Heisman or not, he will go down as one of College Football’s most successful athletes to ever play the game. His career stats are mind-boggling, and to set these types of records at a school like Texas is just out of this world. He’s humble, professional, and he’s a proven winner.
McCoy and Tebow have both transformed what the image of a college quarterback can be…
A couple more numbers on McCoy:
Yards per attempt: 7.7 (33rd)
Touchdown/Interception ratio: 2.6 (27th)
Attempts per Touchdown: 17.0 (29th)
Attempts per Interception: 43.6 (37th)
“Bad stats” don’t negate good stats, duh. If that was the case, Brett Favre would be known as a shitty quarterback (he holds the record in interceptions thrown, however he also holds many honorable records like most yards and td’s)
Other than the fumbles and interceptions, McCoy’s numbers are impressive. But a few notes:
I went through the numbers and get 38 of 44 quarters played by McCoy. Even if you shave time off if he wasn’t in the victory formation, I don’t get down to 36. But even 36 would be more than the other major candidates.
McCoy has racked up serious yardage against some very bad pass defenses:
#112 UCF – 470 yards, 2 TDs, in 4Q
#88 Kansas – 396 yards, 4 TDs in 3.5Q
#77 Wyoming – 337 yards, 3 TDs in 3.4Q
#101 La-Monroe – 317 yards, 2 TDs, in 3Q
Against pass defenses below 50th:
McCoy: 2897 yards, 22 TDs, 8 INTs, in 34Q
Against pass defenses above 50th:
McCoy: 127 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT in 4Q
By contrast, the majority of Ingram’s and Tebow’s games and stats have been against top 50 defenses.
“By contrast, the majority of Ingram’s and Tebow’s games and stats have been against top 50 defenses.”
Florida Opponent Defensive Rankings
CHARLESTON SO. #94
TROY #93
TENNESSEE #20
Kentucky #54
LSU #28
Mississippi St. #95
GEORGIA #62
VANDERBILT #60
South Carolina #17
FIU #118
Does 3 out of 10 make a majority?
“Does 3 out of 10 make a majority?”
looking at passing defense try
Charleston So. ###
Troy #115
TENNESSEE #13
Kentucky #14
LSU #23
Mississippi St. #55
GEORGIA #44
VANDERBILT #9
South Carolina #7
FIU #113
McCoy? after Oklahoma’s 33, the next best passing defense they have played is Colorado’s 56.
He15man.net words it best
“Tebow has a better passer rating, more yards per attempt and a virtually identical yards per play average. He has a significantly higher touchdown percentage, a lower interception percentage and more total touchdowns. He also did it against much better pass defenses.
Oh, and he’s also run for aver(sic) 700 yards this season.”
Serack –
You’ve got it exactly right. Also if you take away the sacks (because of the serious offensive line problems) Tebow has 154 rushes for 836 yards (5.4 yards/carry). That still includes several would-be sacks where Tebow carried defenders to the line of scrimmage or beyond. Tebow’s ability to run the option has ranked ahead of Alabama in rushing offense (both are in the top 10). Tebow averages 8.7 yards/attempt compared to McCoy’s 7.7 yards/attempt, has better pass/TD and pass/INT ratios than McCoy. And this is all done against much, much better defenses. Thanks to Tebow the Gators lead the nation in fewest punts this year with 28. McCoy’s Longhorns have been forced to pun 44 times.
Congrats to Tebow for becoming ESPN’s Academic All American of the Year. He’s the first athlete to earn the award twice and let’s hope that’s on his last repeat this season.
Colt McCoy should win the heisman just due to the fact that he is the winningest quarterbackin college football history with a mindblowing record of 43-7 that’s jus ridiculous give him the hiesman!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Texas’s best year while McCoy has been there was when he was sitting on the bench in 2005. McCoy is a year older than Tebow and redshirted as a freshmen while Tebow helped the Gators win a national championship as a true freshmen. The Gators are 46-6 in games Tebow has played.
McCoy still hasn’t even won his conference, while Tebow has three national championship rings.
I think McCoy deserves Heisman consideration, I just object to those who claim Tebow can’t win with 2 games remaining, including the huge game between Florida and Alabama.
Tebow gas 2 although a 3rd is a possibility. Colt might end up with the same number of championship rings though. Great career for Tebow but a very average season — nothing Heisman-worthy about it in the least.
JP -
You’re right – Tebow only has two rings but Florida doesn’t win either without him. It will be tough for Tebow to win a third. Counting McCoy as having a ring for the year he didn’t play just highlights his inability to win championships (so far). He’s a senior and still hasn’t even helped his team win the Big 12.
McCoy had a great game last night. It was yet another awful defense, but I’d put him ahead of Tebow at this point.
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