He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 3rd round of the 2010 NFL Draft, after playing college football for the University of Texas. He’s been a member of the San Francisco 49ers. McCoy is second to Boise’s State’s Kellen Moore in matches won by way of a NCAA Division I quarterback. In his senior year, he won 13 of the top 15 major school player awards including quarterback of the year, offensive player of the year and excellent football player of the year.
Additionally during the 2006 season, McCoy was named Faculty Football News Big 12 Player of the Year and was named the quarterback to their “All Freshman Team”. Harms caused him to miss parts of the last two regular season matches, however he could play for the whole duration of the Longhorns’ bowl game. Leading the 2007 Longhorns, McCoy was somewhat less consistent. Through the first five matches he threw nine interceptions—two more than he threw in the whole 2006 season. He went to throw 18 interceptions during the 2007 season.
Leading the 2008 Texas Longhorn football team, McCoy as well as the Longhorns started the season with eight straight wins, including a triumph over then #1 Oklahoma, #6 Oklahoma State and #11 Missouri. His performance helped the Longhorns rise at one point to the #1 position in the national surveys, although UT lost to Texas Tech University and finished ranked third in the BCS standings. In 2008 McCoy establish school records for most career touchdown passes, most touchdown passes in a season, most complete touchdowns by a Texas player, most career wins, and most career passing yards. Along with setting passing records, McCoy led the team with 561 yards rushing and eleven rushing touchdowns, building a reputation as a double threat quarterback. McCoy was named the 2008 AP Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.