Colt McCoy is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he played college football at the University of Texas. Additionally, he has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers. Colt McCoy’s Early Life, Childhood.

How important will veteran backup quarterback Colt McCoy be to the New York Giants in the 2020 NFL season? Let’s take a closer look as we continue profiling the 90-man roster the Giants will bring to training camp.

The basics

Career Stats for QB Colt McCoy. YEAR TEAM G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE; 2010 Cleveland Browns. Dec 03, 2020 If Colt McCoy gets the call Sunday for the Giants in place of the injured Daniel Jones against the Seahawks in Seattle, it will be just his fourth start in seven years. The former third-round. Jan 15, 2021 McCoy (coach's decision) is a healthy scratch for Thursday's game at Minnesota. With interim coach Bill Callahan running the show, McCoy has been inactive for three contests while Dwayne Haskins.

Height: 6-foot-1

Weight: 212

Age: 34 in September

Position: Quarterback

Experience: 10

Contract: One-year, $2.25 million | Guaranteed: $1.7 million

How he got here

McCoy signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with the Giants this offseason to become Daniel Jones’ primary backup. The backup role is one McCoy is well-acquainted with. He’s done that since 2012 with the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and for the last six years with the Washington Redskins.

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McCoy was drafted in the third round by the Browns in 2010. He started eight games that season and 13 in 2011. He has started only seven and played in only 19 since.

“Playing backup creates a lot of challenges ... it’s unique but I just sort of try to be another set of eyes, another set of ears, another encouraging voice and like a coach for whoever the starter is,” McCoy said in a conference call with New York media after he was signed.

“It will help me if I want to make a transition some day to be a coach, to call plays. I want to understand and learn this system in a way that is detailed, it’s structured and that I could call the game just like Jason [Garrett] would call the game.”

McCoy has continued to seek new experiences in, and new knowledge of the game. He has admitted an interesting in coaching.

“What if I wanted to be a coach some day?,” McCoy said. “I’ve been in a lot of different systems. My dad was my high school coach. I’ve been a water boy since I was like 3 years old. I’ve been around the game and love the game. ...

“Coaching intrigues me, yes. I think that that could be in my future.”

2020 outlook

McCoy could be a very important part of the 2020 Giants. Shoot, Cooper Rush, Alex Tanney and even undrafted free agent Case Kookus could end up being important.

It is always important to have a quality backup quarterback. As they say, the backup is always one play away from being the starter. In 2020, that backup is also one COVID-19 outbreak away from being the starter. For several weeks. On top of which, if an outbreak affects an entire group of quarterbacks on the Giants or any other team who plays is simply going to come down to who is not sick.

McCoy’s experience, including having gone through the 2011 lockout season, should help Daniel Jones in a number of ways. If they need McCoy on the field, it should be a comfort to the Giants that they have a player who is the prototype for what many teams want their backup quarterback to be.

Daniel Jones has a new backup.

The Giants have signed quarterback Colt McCoy, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports.

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McCoy will serve as the second-stringer and veteran mentor to Jones, who became the Giants’ starter as a rookie last season while the Giants said goodbye to Eli Manning. With McCoy, the Giants have a quarterback who has shown some capability but won’t be any threat to beat out Jones for the starting job.

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The 33-year-old McCoy started one game for Washington last season and did not play well. He’s been in the league since the Browns drafted him in 2010 and has mostly been a backup, pressed into duty only when a starter gets hurt. The Giants will hope McCoy spends the season on the sideline holding a clipboard, but that he’s ready to play if an injury to Jones makes it necessary.