Mike McCoy (cornerback)
Appearance
(Redirected from Mike McCoy (defensive back))
No. 29 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Cornerback | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S. | August 16, 1953||||||
Died: | February 20, 2016 Thornton, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 62)||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | West Memphis (AR) | ||||||
College: | Colorado | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick: 72 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
| |||||||
Player stats at PFR |
Michael Charles McCoy (August 16, 1953 – February 20, 2016) was an American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1976 NFL draft. He played college football at Colorado.
Professional career
[edit]McCoy was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1976 NFL draft. He played his entire career for the Packers from 1976 to 1983. During his career he started 97 of 110 games and recorded 13 career interceptions.
Death
[edit]McCoy died at the age of 62 on February 20, 2016. He had dementia and was in a care facility the last four years of his life.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference
Categories:
- 1953 births
- 2016 deaths
- American football cornerbacks
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- People from West Memphis, Arkansas
- Sportspeople from the Memphis metropolitan area
- Players of American football from Arkansas
- People from Thornton, Colorado
- American football defensive back, 1950s birth stubs