Gerald McCoy
Height: 6-4 Weight: 295 Age: 24
Born: 2/25/1988 Oklahoma City , OK
College: Oklahoma
High School: Southeast HS [Oklahoma City, OK]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2010 – present) (Click Here for Official Team Profile Page)
2011 Season: Appeared in 6 games, of which all 6 he started, during his second full season with the Buccaneers. Finished the 2011 season with 11 tackles and 1 sack. Suffered a season ending injury (torn bicep) in week 9 against the Saints.
2011 Game Highlights:
- vs. Detroit (9/11): Started in season opener and recorded three tackles (2 solo) , including one for loss.
- at Minnesota (9/18): Started Week 2 where he recorded three tackles and three quarterback pressures.
- at Atlanta (9/25): Started Week 3 contest where he registered one tackle and six quarterback pressures.
- vs. Indianapolis (10/3): Recorded first sack of season in Week 4 start. Also notched six tackles (5 solo), including three for loss, and four quarterback pressures.
2010 Season: Selected in the first round (3rd overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers. Became just the fifth defensive rookie in team history to start on opening day since 1995 when he started vs. Cleveland (9/12/10). Appeared in 13 games, of which all 13 he started, during his rookie season with the Buccaneers. Registered first career sack at San Francisco (11/21/10) and posted first career multi-sack game at Baltimore (11/28/10). Finished 2010 ranked tied for third on the team with 3.0 sacks, tied for fourth on the team with six tackles-for-loss, and ranked second with 17 QB-pressures during his rookie season despite missing the final three games of the year. Totaled 28 tackles (22 solo), 3 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles during 2010 season.
University of Oklahoma (2006 – 2009) (Click Here for Official Team Profile Page)
- 2009: Walter Camp, FWAA and Sporting News All-American … Lombardi Award Finalist … All-Big 12 first team by AP, coaches, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Oklahoman, Phil Steele, and Waco Tribune Herald … honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year by the coaches … led team with longest streak of consecutive starts with 40, the most ever by a defensive lineman at OU … 15.5 of 34 tackles (46 percent) were for loss … led OU with nine quarterback hurries … secon on the team with 15.5 tackles for loss … had a career- and team-best four tackles for loss against BYU … also tied a career high with five tackles in the game … forced a fumble the led to an Oklahoma recovery for a touchdown against Idaho State … also recovered a fumble vs. Nebraska.
- 2008: Sporting News First Team All-American … AP Second Team All- American … Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the Dallas Morning News … All-Big 12 first team by the coaches, Dallas Morning News,Kansas City Star and San Antonio Express News and second team by the AP … led all interior defensive lineman with 30 tackles … second on the team with 6.5 sacks … career-high two sacks against Texas … first career interception came in the BCS title game against Florida … equaled career-high five tackles in season opener against Chattanooga.
- 2007: Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year … Freshman All-American by Rivals, The Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com … honorable mention All-Big 12 Team by the coaches and Associated Press … started 13 games at defensive tackle … recorded a career-best five tackles at Colorado … logged two tackles and recovered a key fumble against Texas … had two tackles for loss, a sack and a quarterback hurry against Missouri … forced a fumble and notched a sack and two tackles for loss against Texas A&M … logged two tackles, assisted on a tackle for loss and recorded two quarterback hurries in Big 12 Championship against Missouri.
- 2006: Red-shirted
- HIGH SCHOOL: National defensive player of the year by USA Today … 2005 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year … named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Team … All-City Athletic Conference Player of the Year … logged 82 tackles, 20 sacks and recovered nine fumbles as a senior … all-area, all-state and all-metro as a junior … finished that season with 83 tackles, including 23 tackles for loss, and 20 sacks … had one interception (returned 48 yards for a touchdown) and two fumble recoveries … all-state by The Oklahoman and Tulsa World … best DL by Oklahoma Kickoff Magazine … played in the U.S. Army High School All-American game … Parade All-American … coached by Michael Branch.
PERSONAL: Born Gerald McCoy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on February 25, 1988 … Has one daughter, Nevaeh … Son of Gerald and the late Patricia McCoy … Hosted a bowling outing for foster children and accompanied the Boys& Girls Club of Orlando to a theme park in June 2010 … Participated in arts and crafts, a costume contest and haunted houses with over 800 underprivileged youth at the Buccaneers’ third annual Halloween Celebration in October 2010 … Along with Roy Miller and GM Mark Dominik, greeted soldiers recovering from injury and illness at James A. Haley VA Hospital in November 2010 in honor of Veterans’ Day … Visited Metropolitan Ministries to prepare food and spend time with kids in the Ministries’ after school program in November 2010 … Greeted hospital patients and sang Christmas carols to retirement home residents in December 2010 … Visited Bashaw Elementary in January 2011 as part of the Fuel Up to Play 60 initiative to promote living a healthy, active lifestyle.