McCoy wins Maxwell Award
By Suzanne Halliburton | Thursday, December 10, 2009, 07:56 PM
Quarterback Colt McCoy won the Maxwell Award Thursday. The trophy is presented to the nation’s top player.
The other finalists were Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and Alabama’s Mark Ingram, both of whom are finalists for the Heisman Trophy along with McCoy.
Tebow had won the last two Maxwell awards.
McCoy is the fourth Longhorn to win the Maxwell. The others were Vince Young (2005); Ricky Williams (1998) and Tommy Nobis (1965).
The Maxwell isn’t a great Heisman indicator. Only two players in the last decade have won the Maxwell and the Heisman. Still, UT retired Young’s number in 2008 because the quarterback won this national award.
Earlier Thursday, McCoy won the Walter Camp Foundation’s national player of the year and the Davey O’Brien Award as the country’s top quarterback. He also was named first-team All-American by the Camp Foundation.
On Friday, McCoy will travel to Baltimore to accept the Unitas Trophy, which is earned by the nation’s top senior quarterback. Then he flies to New York for Saturday’s Heisman ceremony.
