- Matt McCoy (American football)
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Matt McCoy No. 52 Seattle Seahawks Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: October 14, 1982 Place of birth: Tustin, California Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 232 lb (105 kg) Career information College: San Diego State NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 63 Debuted in 2005 for the Philadelphia Eagles Career history - Philadelphia Eagles (2005–2007)
- New Orleans Saints (2007)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2008–2009)
- Seattle Seahawks (2010–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - Second-team All-MWC (2004)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2010 Tackles 118 Sacks 2.0 Forced fumbles 4 Stats at NFL.com Matthew Garrett McCoy (born October 14, 1982) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State.
McCoy has also played for the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Early years
Matt is the second of four siblings: Jeff, (the eldest) and (the twins ) Sean & Devin. Matt's sister Devin passed away in 2008. Father- Mark McCoy married to Stepmother Kimberly Rex-McCoy. Mother-Tammy Ann Venezia. Matt attended Tustin High School in Tustin, California. He set the school record for sacks with 18.5 sacks as a junior. As a senior, Matt broke his own record with 23 and was named "High School Defensive Player of the Year" by the Orange County Register.
College career
Matt McCoy played college football at San Diego State University where he won All-Mountain West Conference honors. He finished his career with eight sacks, 270 tackles (26.5 for losses), four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, four pass deflections, and a blocked kick.
Professional career
Philadelphia Eagles
McCoy was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2005 NFL Draft as a project linebacker whom Eagles personnel felt they could develop. McCoy was expected to contribute to special teams, but never really contributed his rookie season. Going into 2006, he was named the weakside linebacker starter by Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson. Initially he had been praised as having great speed, sideline to sideline pursuit abilities and a high motor, as well as described as a "ball hawk". He had an injured shoulder later in the year that prevented him from playing as well as he had during the first 6 weeks of the season, and ultimately led to his benching in favor of rookie Omar Gaither. McCoy finished the season with 66 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 forces fumbles, and 5 tackles for loss.
At the beginning of the 2007 season, McCoy was listed as a back-up linebacker and a starter on special team kickoffs. In the team's Week 8 game against the Minnesota Vikings, McCoy was flagged for unnecessary roughness after a late hit on punter Chris Kluwe. The following day, he was cut in favor of practice squad linebacker Akeem Jordan. When asked about the penalty's affect on the transaction, head coach Andy Reid said Jordan was more the reason for the move.
New Orleans Saints
After being let go by the Eagles, McCoy was signed by the New Orleans Saints on November 3, 2007. He appeared in four games with the team, recording two solo tackles.
McCoy was not tendered a contract by the team as a restricted free agent the following offseason, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On March 4, 2008, McCoy signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
After being inactive for the 2009 regular season opener, McCoy recorded one tackle against the Buffalo Bills on September 20. He was released by the Buccaneers on September 26 when wide receiver Mario Urrutia was promoted from the practice squad. He was re-signed on September 29, when Urrutia was waived. McCoy was released again on October 13, to make room for newly signed wide receiver Yamon Figurs. He was re-signed on November 11.
Seattle Seahawks
On March 16, 2010, McCoy signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
On December 26, 2010, McCoy was in a fight during a game against Tampa Bay. He was removed from the game.
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Philadelphia Eagles 2005 NFL Draft selections Mike Patterson • Reggie Brown • Matt McCoy • Ryan Moats • Sean Considine • Todd Herremans • Trent Cole • Scott Young • Calvin Armstrong • Keyonta Marshall • David BergeronDraft Years: 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011Seattle Seahawks current roster Active roster 2 Josh Portis | 4 Steven Hauschka | 6 Charlie Whitehurst | 7 Tarvaris Jackson | 9 Jon Ryan | 11 Deon Butler | 15 Doug Baldwin | 17 Mike Williams | 18 Sidney Rice | 20 Justin Forsett | 24 Marshawn Lynch | 25 Richard Sherman | 26 Michael Robinson | 27 Atari Bigby | 29 Earl Thomas | 31 Kam Chancellor | 32 Jeron Johnson | 33 Leon Washington | 34 Roy Lewis | 35 Kennard Cox | 36 Ron Parker 39 Brandon Browner | 41 Byron Maxwell | 42 Chris Maragos | 49 Clint Gresham | 50 K. J. Wright | 53 Malcolm Smith | 54 David Vobora | 55 Heath Farwell | 56 Leroy Hill | 57 David Hawthorne | 60 Max Unger | 61 Lemuel Jeanpierre | 67 Paul McQuistan | 68 Breno Giacomini | 69 Clinton McDonald | 72 Robert Gallery | 74 John Moffitt | 75 James Carpenter | 76 Russell Okung | 77 Jarriel King | 79 Red Bryant | 81 Golden Tate | 85 Anthony McCoy | 86 Zach Miller | 87 Benjamin Obomanu | 88 Cameron Morrah | 91 Chris Clemons | 92 Brandon Mebane | 93 Lazarius Levingston | 94 Anthony Hargrove | 98 Raheem Brock | 99 Alan Branch
Reserve lists 16 Kris Durham (IR) | 23 Marcus Trufant (IR) | 28 Walter Thurmond (IR) | 46 Jameson Konz (IR) | 52 Matt McCoy (IR) | 58 Dexter Davis (IR) | 89 John Carlson (IR) | 97 Jimmy Wilkerson (IR)
Practice Squad 19 Patrick Williams | 22 Allen Bradford | 47 Vai Taua | 48 Michael Morgan | 62 Brent Osborne | 82 John Nalbone | 83 Ricardo Lockette | 96 Pierre Allen
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name McCoy, Matt Alternative names Short description American football linebacker Date of birth October 14, 1982 Place of birth Orange County, California Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Orange County, California
- Players of American football from California
- American football linebackers
- San Diego State Aztecs football players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- New Orleans Saints players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Seattle Seahawks players
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