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2023
Played in 10 games and earned three starts in UTSA’s deep wide receiver rotation … caught 18 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns … also returned seven kickoffs for 172 yards, good for a 24.6-yard average … had a long kickoff return of 58 yards in the 41-20 home victory over UAB … hauled in a season-high four receptions for 31 yards and a TD in the 36-10 road triumph over Florida Atlantic … made a highlight-reel catch in the end zone on a 20-yard pass in the 20-13 win over Texas State … had three receptions for 19 yards in the 37-29 win at North Texas … was on the receiving end of a pair of passes for 27 yards in the 34-14 home victory over Rice … also had 27 yards on two receptions in the 41-27 win against East Carolina … caught a pass in the 35-17 victory over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl, the program’s first-ever bowl win.

Prior to UTSA
A transfer wide receiver and NJCAA All-America returner from Kilgore College … played 12 games as a sophomore at Kilgore, reeling in 35 receptions for 682 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 19.5 yards per catch … ranked ninth overall across the NJCAA for receiving yards and fourth in Region XIV for receiving yards, receptions, yards per game (56.8) and touchdowns … named a 2022 first-team NJCAA Division I All-American as a return specialist after recording 12 kick returns for an NJCAA sixth-most 447 yards (37.3 avg) and division-leading two touchdowns, in addition to a Region XIV third-most 135 punt return yards off seven returns, accounting for two TDs … the Rangers went 8-4 in 2022, defeating New Mexico Military Institute for the Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) Championship, going on to play Butler Community College in the NJCAA national semifinals … as a freshman at Kilgore, recorded 25 receptions for 621 yards and five touchdowns, returning eight kicks for 183 yards … Received All-SWJCFC honorable mention on offense … a consensus three-star recruit … ranked as the No. 31 junior college prospect and No. 3 junior college wide receiver by 247Sports, the No. 42 junior college player by Rivals and is No. 34 in the ESPN JC50 … played his prep career at Bellaire High School in the Houston Metro … as a senior wide receiver, caught 58 passes for 887 yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 15.3 yards per play and 98.6 per game … earned first-team All-District 18-6A honors on offense … was named to the 18-6A All-District Second Team on defense that same season, recording 24 tackles with one interception and nine pass breakups … during his junior season, reeled in 51 receptions for 548 yards and four touchdowns … returned 25 kicks as an upperclassman for 657 yards.

Personal
Born on Jan. 11, 2002 … multidisciplinary studies major.

 

mccoy_willie

Junior
2023

Wide Receiver
6-0 / 175 lbs