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COLT McCOY12QUARTERBACKHEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 215COLLEGE: TexasBIRTHDATE: September 5, 1986HOW ACQUIRED: D3A - ‘10CAREER TRANSACTIONSOriginally drafted by Cleveland in the third round (85th overall) of theSEASONAL REVIEWS2011: contests with a concussion… Completed 265 of 463 passes (57.2%)for 2,733 yards with 14 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and a career-longMassaquoi… Also rushed for 212 yards on 61 carries and caught one rushing yards in a season, and it marks the ninth time it has happenedis sixth all-time in Browns annals among quarterbacks… Threw a touch-Derek Anderson in 2007… Tied a career-high by throwing two touchdownpasses in four contests… Completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to MohamedMassaquoi with 43 seconds to play to lift the Browns to a 17-169 of 13 passes for 75 yards… Set Browns single-game records with 40 annals… His 61 attempts eclipsed the previous Browns record of 57 byin the game, the most by a Browns quarterback since Derek Andersonthrew for 364 yards on November 4, 2007 against Seattle.2010: Started and played in eight games… Was the third quarterback forthree contests, the backup in three games and inactive (ankle) for twocontests… Completed 135 of 222 passes (60.8%) for 1,576 yards withsix touchdowns, nine interceptions and a rating of 74.5… Also rushed for136 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries and caught one pass for 13yards… Led the Browns with 1,576 passing yards, joining Bernie Kosar(1985) and Tim Couch (1999) as the only rookies to lead the Browns inpassing yards… Set a Browns rookie record with his 60.8% completion-completing 23 of 33 passes for 281 yards with one touchdown and twointerceptions… His 281 passing yards were the second-most ever by aBrowns rookie quarterback, trailing only Eric Zeier’s 310 at Cincinnati onsion…Also caught a 13-yard pass from Peyton Hillis in the fourth quartertying drive with a three-yard touchdown pass to Mohamed Massaquoi withinto overtime… Completed a career-long 47-yard pass to Peyton Hillis atattempts… Sustained an ankle injury in the Jaguars game and missed thenext three contests… Completed 19 of 25 passes for 243 yards with twoBrowns rookie (min. 20 atts.), trailing only the 78.3% mark by Tim Couchsecond-highest ever by a Browns rookie, trailing only a 136.7 mark set byCOLLEGEEarned 45 victories in 53 career starts at the University of Texas (2006-09)pleted1,157 of 1,645 passes for 13,253 yards with 112 touchdowns and45 interceptions, while adding 447 rushing attempts for 1,571 yards and 20scores… Became the only quarterback in college annals to win at least 10owning 47 school records… Career pass completion percentage of 70.33ranked second in NCAA history behind by Colt Brennan’s (Hawaii 2005-07)70.39… His 13,253 yards passing ranked sixth in college football annals…just three other players in the history of the NCAA… A three-time AcademicAll-Big 12 Conference honoree… Was the recipient of the MaxwellAward (collegiate player of the year), Davey O’Brien Award (nation’s topquarterback) in 2009… Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year as asenior… Completed 332 of 470 passes for 3,521 yards, 27 touchdownsand 12 interceptions in 2009… Completed a school season-record 332passes on 433 attempts, setting an NCAA season-record with his passcompletion percentage of 76.67% and threw for a career-high 3,859 yardsand 34 touchdown passes in 2008… Completed 276 of 424 passes for3,303 yards, 22 touchdowns and a passer rating of 139.16 in 2007…team, completing 217 of 318 passes for 2,570 yards and 29 touchdowns inmanagement.PERSONALBorn Daniel Colt McCoy in Hobbs, N.M., and attended Jim Ned (Tuscola,Texas) High School where his father, Brad, served as head coach… Com-the all-time leading passer in Texas 2A history and sixth overall in Texashigh school history… Completed 536 of 849 passes for 9,344 yards and116 touchdowns, adding 1,575 yards and 21 touchdowns on 206 carries… pick… Led the school to a 12-1 record as a senior, helping them capturethe District 3-2A title as he completed 204 of 315 passes for 3,806 yardsand 47 touchdowns… As a junior, led his team to a 14-1 record and thetouchdowns, as those 50 scoring strikes set a Texas 2A season-recordand ranked sixth overall in the nation at the time… Also a four-year starterin basketball and was an All-State selection as a junior… Was a three-taloutside of Austin, Texas... . Along with his mother, Debra, and father,YEAR WITH BROWNS: 3 rd YEAR IN NFL: 3 rdVETERAN PLAYERS 75