Lions Quarterback Honored By Former School

Columbus, GA - Columbus Lions back-up quarterback, Chris McCoy was recently honored on the 50-Year All-Stadium Team which honored the top players in Navy football history. The team was selected as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Twelve 12 players were selected by fan balloting that was conducted on navysports.com (50 percent of the vote) and by a committee (50 percent of the vote) made up of Navy Sports Information Director Scott Strasemeier, Navy football historian Jack Clary, former Annapolis Capital Sports Editor and Navy beat writer Joe Gross, current Navy beat writer for the Annapolis Capital Bill Wagner, Navy broadcasters Bob Socci and Pete Medhurst and Navy football historian and former beat writer for the Washington Post Christian Swezey.

McCoy (1994-1997) was selected alongside fellow quarterbacks Roger Staubach (1961-1964) and Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada (2005-2008). At Navy, McCoy earned varsity letters in 1995, `96 and `97 and led Navy to a victory over California in the 1996 Aloha Bowl where he completed nine out of 13 passes for 277 yards and was named the MVP. McCoy came to Navy as a defensive back, but was switched to quarterback as a sophomore by then-offensive coordinator Paul Johnson. In his first-career start at quarterback, McCoy rushed for an amazing 273 yards on 26 attempts against SMU. The 273 yards remains an NCAA record for rushing yards by a player making his first-career start. McCoy is Navy’s second all-time leading rusher for a season (1,370 yards in 1997, fifth all-time in NCAA history for a quarterback) and a career (3,401 yards, eighth all-time in NCAA history for a quarterback). His 20 rushing touchdowns in 1997 were an NCAA record for a quarterback for more than a decade, while his 43-career rushing touchdowns are a school record. McCoy also holds the school record for total offense (5,887 yards) and for most games rushing for 200 yards or more (five). He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1997 Blue-Gray All-Star Game and won the Naval Academy Athletic Association’s Sword for Men.