After filling the shoes for Vince Young as the starting quarterback at Texas, Colt McCoy led the team atop the rankings year after year, solidifying himself as not only one of the best QB's in Longhorns history, but in all of college football as well. And after leading the team into the BCS tittle game against #1 ranked Alabama, the table was set for what was projected to be an offensive showdown between McCoy and Crimson Tide Heisman trophy winner Mark Engram. But just 5 plays into the game, McCoy would leave with an injury and have to watch the final college game of his career from the sidelines. McCoy left the game with a pinched nerve in his throwing arm after being tackled by Alabama's Marcell Dareaus.
The injury that hurt the former 2008 AP Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, also hurt his team's chances of becoming Rose Bowl champions, giving Mark Engram and the Crimson Tide a much easier path to be crown champs of college football. In a post-game interview, McCoy confirmed that x-rays proved to be negative and no serious injury took place other than a light sprain. However the numbness in his arm prevented him from re-entering the game, as both his father and doctors advised he remained sidelined. Although McCoy's stellar college career came to a disappointing and early end, there's no question McCoy should have a bright future ahead of him in the NFL. However, his injury has many wondering where he will land in this year's NFL Draft and if the injury will effect what number he is selected at.
ESPN Analyst Mel Kiper Jr. is the man you want to see when it comes to the NFL draft and projecting players as he's done so for years. & After being asked about Colt McCoy for next year's NFL draft, Mel Kiper now has the Longhorn QB projected to be selected in the 3rd round instead of being selected as an early 2nd rounder, saying the injury should be enough to scare off teams that are seeking a young quarterback. But if that's the case, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford has got to be projected around the same time, if not later, given he underwent a much more serious injury not once, but twice early on in the season. As reported today, the prognosis on McCoy's throwing arm is good, which should be fair enough news for the McCoy family. & If it's not, the news of him proposing to his girlfriend just days ago on the screen of Texas Memorial Stadium should be just as exciting as him winning the Heisman, as he failed to win it in back-t0-back years, coming up short with a distant third place in votes one year and second the year before.
As McCoy begins to pursue his career in the NFL and sooner than later start a family, we wish him all the luck. Hook'em Horns!
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