Nov. 29, 2009
Senior QB Colt McCoy has been nominated as one of four candidates for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award.
Fans can text message VOTE to 345345 on their wireless phone to opt in for the chance to vote.
Fans have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday to submit their votes. The winner will be announced during Thursday’s ESPN College Football Primetime. Standard text messaging rates apply and there is no limit on fan voting.
McCoy, who has already been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week, threw for 304 yards and four TDs while rushing for 175 yards and a score in leading Texas to a 49-39 win at Texas A&M on Thursday, advancing the Longhorns’ record to 12-0 in the regular season for the first time in school history. In combination with his 12-1 mark last year, he becomes the first Texas starting QB to register consecutive 12-victory seasons.
The performance made McCoy the first player in UT history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game and just the third player in NCAA history to record at least 300 passing yards and 150 rushing yards in the same game. Washington’s Marques Tuiasosopo (207 rushing/302 passing vs. Stanford in 1999) and Clemson’s Woody Dantzler (184 rushing/333 passing vs. North Carolina State, 2001) are the others.
McCoy’s 175 yards on 18 carries (9.7 ypc) were the fifth-best ever in a game by a UT QB, and his 65-yard TD run was tied for the third-longest run by a QB in UT history. He also had a 43-yard run against the Aggies.
In all, his 479 yards of total offense were the third-best effort in school history and marked his third game with at least 425 yards of offense over the last four outings. He also had 483 yards (second best in UT history) against UCF and 425 versus Kansas (seventh-best in school history) during that stretch. In the other game, McCoy came out early in the third quarter of a blowout victory at Baylor with 194 yards. McCoy has averaged 395.3 ypg in Texas’ four November conference games and now holds five of the top eight total yardage contests in the history of Texas football.
The games against Kansas and Texas A&M are the first time in Texas history a player has posted back-to-back games of at least 425 yards of total offense.
There is no limit on fan voting and each vote counts as one entry into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2010 Bowl Championship Series National Championship game in Pasadena, Calif. Full sweepstakes rules can be found at www.espnallamerica.com/rules.aspx.
In December, four finalists for the AT&T All-America Player of the Year Award will be announced during a one-hour special on ESPN in conjunction with the announcement of the AT&T ESPN All-America Team as selected by the Football Writers Association of America. Fans will then get a chance to say who the best player in the nation is by voting for the AT&T All-America Player of the Year through the BCS. Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Jan. 5, and the winner will be announced during the BCS National Championship game on ABC on Jan. 7.
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