2010 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

102 MCCOY/MARE
McCOY’S SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 9 at Tampa Bay (10/22/06) FF: 1 Three Times, Last vs. Tennessee (11/19/06)
Sacks: 2.0 vs. Atlanta (12/31/06)
FR: None
Int.: None
ADDITIONAL STATS
Special Teams Tackles: 2005 (6), 2006 (18), 2007 (12), 2008 (7, FF), 2009 (7); Career: (50, FF)
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed with Seattle as a
free agent on March 27, 2008.
NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Originally signed by the N.Y. Giants as an
undrafted rookie free agent on May 2, 1996.
Picked up by Miami the following season and
kicked for the Dolphins for 10 seasons. Traded
to the New Orleans Saints on April 3, 2007, for a
sixth-round draft choice.
• Has made his last 21 field goal attempts, a
Seahawks record. Was 24 of 26 (.923, 3rd NFL)
in 2009 and is 48 of 53 in his two seasons in
Seattle.
• Became the 22nd kicker in NFL history with
300 career field goals made (303 of 373).
• Departed Miami as the Dolphins’ all-time
leader in field goals (245), scoring (1,048) and
field goal accuracy (.809, 245 of 303).
• In 2000, connected on first 11 field goals, and
following first misfire, made next 16, a careerlong
streak.
• Had the top season for a kicker in Miami history
in 1999. Converted a career-high 39 of 46
field goal attempts (.848), with a career-long of
54, and scored a career-high 144 points. His 39
field goals and .848 percent accuracy mark
were team records at the time, and field goal
total was an NFL single-season record and 20 of
84 kickoffs were touchbacks, second in NFL.
• Drilled 200th career field goal with a 53-
yarder at Tampa Bay (10/16/05).
• Of his 74 kickoffs in 2003, 24 went for touchbacks,
best in NFL and highest total by a kicker
since advent of the K-Ball in 1999. Hit a careerhigh
four field goals of 50 yards or longer.
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kicker
Height . .5-11 Weight . . .192
College . . . . . . . . . . . . .Syracuse
NFL Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . .15th
Seahawks Seasons . . . . . . . . .3rd
Born . . . . . . . . . . . .June 6, 1973
Hometown . . .Cooper City, Florida
Pronunciation . .oh-LIN-doe MAR-ay
• Played in 16 games in 2001 and hit 19 of 21
field goals and 39 of 40 PATs for 96 points.
Conversion rate of .905 was best in the NFL and
marked a new Dolphins record.
• At Denver (10/13/02) drilled a 53-yard field
goal with :06 remaining for the win. The kick followed
a 55-yard field goal by Denver’s Jason
Elam with :45 left, the first time in NFL history
that a kicker from each team had a field goal of
50 yards or more with less than a minute to
play.
• Sat out at New England (10/10/04) with a calf
injury, snapping a string of 116 consecutive
games played.
• Kicked a 22-yard field goal vs. Kansas City
(11/12/06) to put him over 1,000 career points,
one of 39 players in NFL history to reach the
milestone.
HONORS:
1999 AFC Pro Bowl, NFL Alumni
Association Special Teams Player
of the Year, All-Pro (AP, The
Sporting News, Football Digest,
Pro Football Weekly), AFC
Special Teams Player of the Month for October,
AFC Special Teams Player of the Week 5, AFC
Special Teams Player of the Week 14. 2000 All-
Pro (USA Today).
COLLEGE: Played final two years at Syracuse
(1994-95) after attending MacMurray College in
Jacksonville, Ill. and Valencia Community
College in Orlando, Fla., where he did not play
football. In two years at Syracuse, hit 15 of 24
field goals and 52 of 53 PATs. Second-team All-
Big East choice as a senior. Led Big East in scoring
with 74 points. Converted 12 of 17 field