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Texas QB Colt McCoy Wins 2009 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

McCoy is the NCAA's all-time winningest quarterback with 44 victories. He ranks sixth on the NCAA all-time list with 14,651 yards of total offense. He has 13,060 career passing yards (6^th in NCAA history), 112 career passing touchdowns (7^th), a 156.7 passer rating, and a 70.6 career completion percentage - tops in NCAA history.

In winning the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, McCoy joins an outstanding group of previous winners, including Matt Ryan (Boston College, 2007), who is now with the Atlanta Falcons; Brady Quinn (Notre Dame, 2006), now with the Cleveland Browns; the Arizona Cardinals' Matt Leinart (USC, 2005), Eli Manning (Ole Miss, 2003) of the New York Giants; the Cincinnati Bengals' Carson Palmer (USC, 2002); and the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997).

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award bears the name of the man many refer to as the finest quarterback to ever play the game of football. Johnny Unitas played for the Baltimore Colts from 1956-1972. When he retired, Unitas left behind him records for: most pass attempts (5,186); most completions (2,830); most total yards (40,239); most touchdowns (290); most 300-yard games (26); and most consecutive games throwing touchdown passes (47).

Colt McCoy will receive the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award in Baltimore next Friday, December 11. Presenters at the awards ceremony will include NFL Hall of Famers Bart Starr and Raymond Berry.

Comcast Digital TV customers in select markets will have exclusive access to the Golden Arm Award Ceremony beginning later this month when Comcast will make a special video production of the ceremony available at no additional cost through its On Demand service.

Sponsors of the Golden Arm Award include Baltimore's Tremonts, Black & Decker, Century Engineering, Comcast Cable, Dunbar Armored, First Mariner Bank, Freedom Services, MyAdBox, R2i.ntegrated, Sports Legends Museum, Tray, Union Memorial Sports Medicine, Weiss PR Associates, Inc., and Wilson.

For more information, visit www.goldenarmfoundation.com.

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