STRANGER
Just wondering if you recognize this guy. What a difference five years makes, huh?
This was the cover for the Abilene Reporter-News special "Kickoff" football section in August 2004 - right before the start of Colt McCoy's senior year at Tuscola Jim Ned. (He announced he was going to Texas 3 months earlier). Sorry I couldn't fit it all in the scanner.
As you remember, he graduated from high school early, in time to make it to spring practice at Texas in 2005. Then it was a redshirt year of watching Vince Young lead the Longhorns to Pasadena and the national championship.
With almost four seasons of play for UT under his belt now, it could be deja vu all over again for the Texas faithful.
If someone tells you that Colt has matured a lot in the last five years, you can now say "I know, I saw the picture!"
If nothing else, at least he knows how to hold a football now. ;-)