page_title: Jevan Snead
section_title: Texas Longhorns
hierarchical_section_title: Jevan Snead / College career / Texas Longhorns
caption_attribution_description: College football game betwen University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&amp;M University - UT quarterback Jevan Snead just after throwing a ball that would get intercepted to seal the game in favor of Texas A&amp;M.
context_page_description: Jevan Bryce Snead was an American football quarterback. He played college football at Mississippi after Colt McCoy won the starting quarterback position over him for the Texas Longhorns football team. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent but was cut from the team and was later a pre-season member of the Tampa Bay Storm.
context_section_description: Following the 2005 season Vince Young declared for the NFL draft, leaving the University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Longhorns' quarterback position became an open competition between true freshman Snead and redshirt freshman Colt McCoy.  McCoy eventually narrowly beat out Snead for the starting job and thrived in the position, relegating Snead to limited playing time as the backup.
  During the November 11, 2006 game against the Kansas State Wildcats, McCoy suffered a stinger shoulder injury while rushing for a touchdown on the very first drive of the game. Snead came into the game in relief. Snead was sacked five times during the game, rushing 12 times for minus 2 yards, which combined with two fumbles by running backs led to the Longhorns trailing by as much as 21 points in the second half.  Still, Snead brought them within 3 points of tying the game.  However, the Longhorns failed to recover an onside kick and Texas lost in an upset to the Wildcats 45-42.  The game has the distinction of being the most points ever scored by a Texas team in a losing effort.  Texas defensive coordinator Gene Chizik said "The quarterback had a great night and we just didn't play great sudden-change defense".  Head coach Mack Brown also had praise for Snead's performance coming off the bench, adding "If he plays in the game in two weeks, he'll be much more ready."
  There was speculation that Snead might be the starter for the final regular season game because it was unknown whether McCoy would return for the Longhorns season closer against arch-rival Texas A&M on November 24, 2006.  The Tuesday prior to the Thursday game, Longhorns announced that McCoy was cleared to play the game against the Aggies.  McCoy played almost the entire game only to be injured with 20 seconds remaining by a powerful tackle by Aggie defensive end Michael Bennett.  Snead, attempting to come from behind 12-7 with so little time on the clock, threw an interception to end the game.
caption: Jevan Snead throws an interception vs Texas A&M
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