McCoy’s a kicker, too
Quarterback Colt McCoy is showing up in the punting stats after one game. He had two quick kicks on fourth down, with both punts killed inside the 20. He averaged 30 yards a kick.
But McCoy, who was a punter in high school, isn’t looking to take on an additional role this year.
“It was situational,” he said Monday.
Mack Brown, in his 10th season with the Longhorns, has never had a quarterback punt. So McCoy’s ability to punt does give the Longhorns a new dimension to their fourth-down package. Now, an opposing defense has to think about a kick-quick when Texas lines up to convert a fourth down. UT was successful on nine of 16 fourth-down conversions in 2006.
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