Colt McCoy with the Arizona Cardinals through the 2023 preseason. (AP Picture/Rick Scuteri)
Former College of Texas star and veteran NFL quarterback Colt McCoy formally introduced his profession to an in depth Monday, announcing his retirement after 14 seasons. McCoy made the announcement in a social media submit that included a video reflecting on his career. Close to the top of the video, he gave due to God for having the ability to play soccer for thus lengthy.
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“I like soccer,” he mentioned within the video. “It’s a gorgeous sport. It’s an ideal recreation, and it’s taught me a lot about my make-up. My DNA. My aggressive spirit. I’m very, very, very appreciative of it. I hate that I can’t play anymore, however I’m additionally grateful for what the Good Lord allowed me to do and the way lengthy I received to play.”
Thanks soccer.
Excited for the subsequent chapter. https://t.co/w93xRUKbCy
— Colt McCoy (@ColtMcCoy) August 19, 2024
Then on Tuesday, he was one in every of 10 athletes included in Texas’ 2024 Hall of Honor class. McCoy was a four-year starter at Texas and holds quite a few college data. He left because the winningest quarterback in faculty soccer historical past with 45 victories, a document that was later damaged by Boise State’s Kellen Moore.
“I don’t know that anyone’s expectations had been for me to go in there and play 4 years on the flagship college of our state,” he mentioned within the video. “I don’t assume I anticipated that. I didn’t know what I used to be getting myself into.”
A real Longhorn Legend.
Congrats on an ideal profession and revel in your retirement @ColtMcCoy 🤘 pic.twitter.com/Kn9z8oP3uZ
— Texas Soccer (@TexasFootball) August 19, 2024
A two-time Heisman Trophy finalist, McCoy led the Longhorns to the nationwide championship recreation as a senior within the 2009 season. He was injured early within the recreation and was compelled to look at from the sidelines as his teammates misplaced to Alabama.
In an interview on the sphere with ESPN after the sport, McCoy pointed to his strong faith in God that sustained him all through his profession. Whereas the loss was nonetheless painful, McCoy was grateful he had a basis of religion to lean on. He got here on the Sports Spectrum Podcast in 2021 and mirrored on the way in which he dealt with the interview.
“I’m so grateful wanting again on it now to know that I knew what my basis and function was though it wasn’t what I might ever have needed,” he mentioned on the podcast. “I knew that my religion and Jesus and what He’s performed for me on the cross. And my id is that I’m a soccer participant, I get to try this, but when that’s taken away, then that’s God’s plan and God’s function.”
The Cleveland Browns chosen McCoy within the third spherical of the 2010 NFL Draft, and he began eight video games as a rookie. He battled accidents all through his profession however performed in 56 video games for 5 completely different groups, posting an 11-25 document as a starter. His final regular-season look got here with the Arizona Cardinals in 2022, and he spent the 2023 season rehabbing an elbow harm.
As he received deeper into his profession, McCoy turned extra snug placing it in God’s arms and embracing his function as a backup and mentor.
“I do know that I’m privileged to do it, and that that is what God is permitting me to do,” he mentioned on the podcast whereas enjoying for the Cardinals. “He can take that away at any second. And if He does, I’m going to go that method. And I’m cool with that. And it’s taken me a very long time to get there.”
The 37-year-old isn’t saying goodbye to soccer although. He will probably be calling Big Ten games for NBC this fall, beginning with Colorado’s go to to Nebraska on Sept. 7.
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