The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
McCoy on cover of 2007 Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine
06.18.2007 | Football
Texas sophomore QB Colt McCoy is featured on the cover of the 2007 issue of Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine. McCoy is joined by TCU's Tommy Blake and Texas A&M's Stephen McGee on a cover inspired by small-town Texas football heroes.
The cover story, written by David Barron of the Houston Chronicle, looks at several current players from 3A schools and below who are making an impact at the college level. Side features within the cover story look back at former Longhorn and current Dallas Cowboy lineman Leonard Davis, who played at 1A Wortham, and Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, who played at 1A Big Sandy.
"I think it is a great honor to represent all the small towns in Texas on the cover of the magazine," McCoy said. "It's a tribute to all the coaches, players and people who support high school football in those towns, and I was just happy to be a part of it."
McCoy, who was named National Freshman of the Year by The Sporting News and the Touchdown Club of Columbus, completed 217-of-318 passes (68.2%) for 2,570 yards (No. 1 on UT's freshman single-season list/No. 5 on the UT's single-season list) and 29 TDs (T-No. 1 on NCAA single-season freshman list/No. 1 on UT's single-season list/No. 6 on UT's career list) as a redshirt freshman in 2006. In total, McCoy tallied 2,740 yards of total offense (No. 1 on UT's freshman single-season list/No. 9 on UT's single-season list), while becoming the first freshman quarterback in UT history to win 10 games.
In addition, McCoy was a semifinalist for the 2006 Davey O'Brien Award (nation's top QB) and was also named Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year by the conference coaches and The Associated Press.
