Colt For Heisman

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas sophomore QB Colt McCoy has been named to the 2007 Manning Award watch list, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced on Wednesday.

The Manning Award is presented to college football’s top quarterback and is the only quarterback award that takes a candidate’s bowl performance into consideration. Former Longhorn and current Tennessee Titan Vince Young was the recipient of the award in 2005.

McCoy, who is also a member of the Maxwell Award watch list, honoring the nation’s outstanding collegiate football player, 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. He was named the National Freshman of the Year by The Sporting News and the Touchdown Club of Columbus for his efforts. 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.

The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning, and will be presented to the recipient following the holiday bowl season. Finalists will be announced prior to the beginning of the bowl season. The winner will be determined by a selected panel of national media covering college football, as well as each of the Mannings.

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Texas quarterback Colt McCoy is starting to pick up postseason honors. Today it was announced that he was named to the Scripps Freshman All-America Team by the Football Writers Association of America.

Redshirt freshman QB Colt McCoy has been named to the 2006 Scripps Freshman All-America Team, the Football Writers Association of America has announced. McCoy was on of three unanimous selections to the team, including Wisconsin RB P.J. Hill and Alabama LB Prince Hall.

Congrats to Colt on what I’m sure will be just one of many awards he’ll pick up over his career.

The AOL FanHouse is running a series of posts with their favorites for the 2007 Heisman Trophy and they think Colt McCoy is a real contender. Here’s why our top guy is on their list:

McCoy’s passing stats were on par with Troy Smith and Brady Quinn’s and he was leading his team like a grizzled veteran. He led the Horns to come from behind victories against Nebraska and Texas Tech. Before that fateful QB sneak against Kansas State, McCoy was setting team and national records and had the Horns in position to defend their national title. Imagine the numbers he could’ve put up if offensive coordinator Greg Davis hadn’t kept the training wheels on for so long.

Before his injury McCoy was one of the nation’s top QB’s and was still able to set all time passing records for the University of Texas. If he can continue to improve and keep alive behind a rebuilt offensive line, he’ll put up big numbers and could be in the Heisman race for the next three seasons.

College Football News has announced their Big 12 conference awards and Texas QB Colt McCoy is their Big 12 Player of the Year.

If someone had told you at the beginning of the year that Colt McCoy wouldn’t just be an adequate replacement for Vince Young, but would step into the pressure and the spotlight to become the Big 12’s most efficient passer completing 68% of his throws with 27 touchdown passes and seven interceptions, you’d have sold Longhorn fans tickets to Glendale for January 8th. Overlooking that he was banged up over the last two games and wasn’t nearly 100% in the three-interception loss to Texas A&M to close out the year, McCoy was poised, steady, and extremely productive playing like a veteran right out of the gate.

Definitely deserving of the honor McCoy played like a veteran and had the best season of any player in the conference.