2003 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
5:30 PM
Derek McCoy
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Thornton, Colo.
- High School:
- Skyview
AT COLORADO: 2003 (Sr.)?He caught 63 passes for 883 yards and 11 touchdowns, the latter establishing a CU single-season record (he had the second-most single-season receptions and the seventh-most single-season yards). He was one of 13 players in the spring to earn CU’s prestigious Spring Victory Club honors, and one of just two to earn them for the regular season, when he also won the team’s Fugitive Award, symbolizing an “I Don’t Care” attitude for the benefit of the team. He earned honorable mention All-Big1 2 honors by the league coaches and the Associated Press; Street & Smith’s selected him as a preseason honorable mention All-American. He finished his career ranked fifth in receiving yards (2,038), fifth in receptions (134), tied for first in TD receptions (20), first in two-point conversions made (4), 25th in scoring (128 points; second most by a receiver), and first in games played (48). His five 100-yard receiving games ranked as the fifth most in school history, and included a monster game in the season opener against Colorado State, when he caught four passes for 192 yards and two scores, the yardage being the third most in a single-game by a Buff. His 11 receptions (for 131 yards and 2 TDs) tied the school mark for most catches in a game, and he set a school mark for the most consecutive games with five or more receptions with six.
2002 (Jr.)?He started all 14 games, including the Alamo Bowl, and earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league coaches, while the CU coaches named him to the team’s prestigious Victory Club. He caught 41 passes for 643 yards and seven touchdowns for the year, numbers that ranked 15th, 15th and sixth for a single-season at CU. He caught three or more passes in eight games, two or more in 10 and at least one in 12, being shut out only against USC. His top game came in the overtime win at Missouri, when he hauled in six passes for 118 yards and a touchdown; he had five games with 70 or more yards all told. He matched his career long play when he caught a 75-yard touchdown pass against Colorado State (from departed quarterback Craig Ochs), but he also had a few long ones from Robert Hodge, including catches of 51 and 47 yards against Missouri, the latter for a TD on the first series of the game. His seven TD receptions covered some serious distance, covering 205 yards in all, an average of 29.3 per score. He caught two-point conversion passes twice, against UCLA and Oklahoma. Amazingly, he was shutout in the bowl game against Wisconsin.
2001 (Soph.)?He arrived on the scene so-to-speak, as he finished second on the team in receiving and emerged as a legitimate deep threat in the passing game. He played in all 13 games, making 11 starts including the Fiesta Bowl. He caught 30 passes for 512 yards and two touchdowns, with his 17.1 average per catch the fourth best in the Big 12 Conference. His top game statistically was a five-reception, 113-yard effort against Texas A& M; he caught a 75-yard pass from Craig Ochs against the Aggies that was CU’s longest play from scrimmage for the year. Other solid games included a six-catch, 76-yard effort against Fresno State, and a five-catch, 50-yard game versus Missouri. He caught at least two passes in eight regular season games in qualifying for CU’s prestigious Victory Club by grading out with a winning performance in at least eight games. In the bowl game against Oregon, he caught five passes for 66 yards, and also had a 27-yard touchdown reception incorrectly ruled no good by an SEC official. He made great strides during spring ball, and caught nine passes (for 94 yards) in spring full scrimmage action in gaining the confidence of the quarterbacks.
2000 (Fr.-RS)?He played in all 11 games, mainly on special teams but spot appearances on offense as well (though he did not make any catches). He finished third on the team in special team points with 10, on the strength of five solo tackles, three knockdown blocks, a forced fair catch and a recovered blocked kick.
1999 (Fr.)?Redshirted; he did not see any action. He had a look at both receiver and defensive back before settling in on offense, and practiced the entire year there. He was the final signee of the 1999 recruiting class (doing so in June).
HIGH SCHOOL?He earned first-team all-Skyline League and honorable mention all-state honors at wide receiver as a senior, and was a second-team all-league performer as a junior. He caught 25 passes for 380 yards and six touchdowns as a senior and had 27 receptions for 402 yards and three scores as a junior. He played receiver all four years in high school, with one TD catch as a freshman and two as a sophomore. On defense, he played outside linebacker his senior year, averaging six tackles per game with three quarterback sacks, five fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions. He played free safety as a sophomore and junior; he had seven interceptions, two fumble recoveries and averaged close to six tackles as a junior, and he made three interceptions as a sophomore. Skyview was 2-8 his senior year, 1-9 his junior year and 4-6 his sophomore year under coach Dean Huffman. He also lettered four times in basketball, and was a three-time first-team all-Skyline pick, earning honorable mention all-state honors as a junior and senior. Primarily a 3-guard, he averaged 13 points, seven rounds and 3.2 assists his senior year. He lettered twice in track, performing in the long jump (22-4 career best), triple jump (43-4) and the 100-meter run (11.04). He finished sixth in the state as a senior in the long jump. The Skyline League selected him as its Male Athlete-of-the-Year for all sports for the 1998-99 academic year.
ACADEMICS?He graduated with a degree in marketing in August 2003, and earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the 2000 season. He owned a 3.86 grade point average in high school, graduating 15th in his class. He earned was an academic all-state selection, made the Dean's List, was a regular on the Honor Roll and was a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL?Born Nov. 13, 1980 in Yakima, Wash. He considers himself a "gym rat." An uncle, Marcus McCoy, was a cornerback at Colorado State in the 1970s, and his father (Leander) played junior college football. He is the father of a daughter, Alexandria Marie, born March 28, 2000.
RECEIVING High Games Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds2001 12 30 512 17.1 2 75 5 1132002 13 41 643 15.7 7 75t 6 1182003 12 63 883 14.0 11 82t 11 192Totals 37 134 2038 15.2 20 82t 11 192ADDITIONAL STATISTICS?Two Point Conversions Made (4): 2 (2001), 2 (2002). Punt Returns (10-73): 9-60, 6.7 avg., 21 long (2002); 1-13, 13.0 (2003).
