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MCCOY Defensive End/6-4/244/r-Senior Villa Rica, GA Villa Rica High School
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“MT has afforded me the opportunity to earn a college degree while playing on the greatest stage in sports - college football. I have been blessed with the best coaching staff in the country, that has pushed me to be a better person and athlete.”
ATTITUDE 2008: Played in all 12 games and was in on 382 total snaps … For the year he collected 25 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, three sacks, and recovered two fumbles (coaches had him with 39 total tackles) … Earned eight winning grades from the coaches … Voted the most improved defensive lineman in strength and conditioning and most improved overall during the spring … Collected a tackle, fumble recovery, and a pass breakup in opener against Troy … Turned in four tackles at Kentucky and added four more in win over FAU as he played a season-best 49 snaps … Had four tackles and a TFL at FIU … Registered two TFLs Career Statistics and a sack in win over ULM … Turned in 1.5 sacks in Tackles G UA A Tot. road win over WKU … Had four tackles, 1.5 sacks, and 2006 11 3 3 6 a fumble recovery against North Texas. 2007 10 10 7 17 2008 12 17 8 25 2007: Played in 10 games and earned three starts … Total 33 30 18 48 Had a career-best 17 tackles to go with a pass breakup, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble … Played 275 total snaps including 55 against UVA … Collected one stop at FAU in 29 snaps played … Had three tackles at Louisville and was in on 35 plays … Also had three stops against No. 2 LSU … Registered two tackles and a forced fumble against WKU … Tallied two tackles and a pass breakup in win over FIU and added two stops against Virginia and one in win over Memphis … Did not play against ASU or North Texas due to a foot injury … Had a fumble recovery in win at ULM … Added two solo stops against ULL.
in five plays at Louisiana-Monroe and one in five snaps at Louisiana-Lafayette … Was in on seven plays each against FAU and ASU and was in on 18 at South Carolina. 2005: Took a redshirt year. High School: Lettered in football and basketball at Villa Rica High School ... Only started playing football as a junior ... Collected 120 tackles and 11 sacks as a senior ... Registered three sacks and forced Sacks TFL FR INT a fumble in a game against Harrison County ... Was the starting center on Villa Rica’s basketball team, where 1-7 1-7 0 0 he averaged double figures two years in a row. 0-0 0.5-0 1 0 3-18 5-22 2 0 Full Name: Christopher Brandon McCoy … Parents: 4-25 6.5-7 3 0 Joe McCoy and Levonia Miller ... Born: 11/25/86 … Major: Liberal Studies. CAREER HIGHS – Most Tackles 4 vs Kentucky, FAU, FIU, UNT, 2008; Most Solo Tack-
les 4 vs FAU, 2008; Most Tackles for Loss 1.5 vs WKU, UNT, 2008; Most QB Sacks 1.5 vs WKU, UNT, 2008; Forced Fumble 1, three times; Fumble Recovery 1 vs ULM, 2007; Troy, UNT, 2008; Pass Breakups 1 vs FIU, 2007; Troy, 2008
2006: Saw action in 11 games and tallied six tackles on the season including a sack and a forced fumble … Came out of spring drills listed number two at defensive end behind Erik Walden … Played just 16 snaps on defense in win over FIU and recorded two tackles, a quarterback sack, and a forced fumble to earn a “winning performance” from the coaching staff … Had one tackle at Maryland … Played 33 snaps against Tennessee Tech and earned a “winning performance” … Registered one tackle in 26 plays at Oklahoma … Did not have a tackle against North Texas or Louisville … Had one stop
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