Texas trainer says McCoy could not have played after getting hurt in BCS title game

Texas trainer says McCoy could not have played

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ football trainer said his staff could not clear quarterback Colt McCoy to return to the BCS championship game after he injured his right throwing shoulder in the Longhorns’ 37-21 loss to Alabama.

Trainer Kenny Boyd said in a statement released by the school on Saturday that McCoy “wanted to go back in the game … (but) we couldn’t clear him to do that.”

McCoy was hurt on Texas’ fifth play on offense and the NCAA career leader in victories (45) as a starting quarterback didn’t take another snap in his final game. Freshman Garrett Gilbert played the rest of the game.

The statement did not address McCoy’s prognosis for recovery before April’s NFL draft.