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colt mccoy

daniel colt mccoy -lrb- born september 5 , 1986 -rrb- is an american football quarterback for the washington redskins of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
he was drafted by the cleveland browns in the third round of the 2010 nfl draft , after playing college football for the university of texas .
he has also been a member of the san francisco 49ers .
mccoy was the starting quarterback for the texas longhorns from 2006 -- 2009 and won the 2008 walter camp award , was the 2008 heisman trophy runner-up and was a 2009 heisman finalist .
mccoy is second to boise state 's kellen moore in games won by a ncaa division i quarterback .
in his senior year , he won 13 of the top 15 major college player awards including quarterback of the year , offensive player of the year and outstanding football player of the year .
after sitting out the 2005 longhorn season as a redshirt , mccoy was the starting quarterback for the 2006 longhorn team .
on november 4 , 2006 , mccoy threw his 27th touchdown pass in a win against oklahoma state , to take sole possession of the texas school record for most touchdowns ever thrown by a quarterback in a single season .
subsequently , in the 2006 alamo bowl on december 30 , mccoy threw two touchdowns against iowa hawkeyes football to tie nevada 's david neill for second place for freshman touchdowns in a single season .
also during the 2006 season , mccoy was named `` college football news '' big 12 player of the year and was named the quarterback to their `` all freshman team '' .
injuries caused him to miss portions of the final regular season games , but he was able to play for the entire duration of the longhorns ' bowl game .
leading the 2007 longhorns , mccoy was somewhat less consistent .
through the first five games he threw nine interceptions -- two more than he threw in the entire 2006 season .
he went on to throw 18 interceptions during the 2007 season .
leading the 2008 texas longhorn football team , mccoy and the longhorns began the season with eight straight wins , including a win over then # 1 oklahoma , # 6 oklahoma state and # 11 missouri .
his performance helped the longhorns rise at one point to the # 1 ranking in the national polls , although ut lost to texas tech university and finished ranked third in the bcs standings .
in 2008 mccoy set school records for most career touchdown passes , most touchdown passes in a season , most total touchdowns by a texas player , most career wins , and most career passing yards .
in addition to setting passing records , mccoy led the team with 561 yards rushing and eleven rushing touchdowns , establishing a reputation as a dual threat quarterback .
mccoy was named the 2008 ap big 12 offensive player of the year .
