National honors candidate enters the season with the top career rushing average (95.4 ypg.) among FCS juniors ... McCoy and Colgate consensus All-America Nate Eachus - a senior in 2011 - are the only returning FCS players who rank among the top eight in career rushing yards per game, yards per carry and carries per game ... McCoy's 18.7 career carries/g. rank fourth among all FCS returnees, his 95.4 yards/g. ranks fifth and his 5.09 yards per carry (412 carries for 2,098 yards) rank eighth ... is the nation's fourth-leading returning rusher (117.4 ypg.) ... second team All-NEC pick in 2010 was named to the NEC preseason team in August ... had six 100-yard games in 2010 ... the six 100-yard games were one shy of the DU single-season record ... was the model of consistency, gaining at least 74 yards in every game last season ... accounted for 64 percent of DU's rushing attempts and 74 percent of DU's rushing yards in 2010 ... has 10 career 100-yard games ... was named NEC Rookie of the Week three times in leading the nation's freshmen with a 73.4 ypg. rushing average in 2009.
as a sophomore (2010)
Carried 252 times for 1,291 yards and six touchdowns in starting all 11 games at tailback ... ranked 11th nationally in rushing yards per game at 117.4 ... his 1,291 yards was the sixth-highest single-season total in school history ... only three backs have run for more: Mike Hilliard (1,310 in 2002 & 1,544 in 2003), all-time leading rusher Donte Small (1,309 in 1999 & 1,294 in 2000) and Bill Green (1,427 in 1995) ... had six 100-yard games with all six coming in conference play in the Dukes' final eight games ... the last DU back to post more 100-yard games in a season was Hilliard who had seven in both 2002 & 2003 ... rushed 24 times for a career-high 246 yards in a 31-29 loss at co-champion CCSU to earn NEC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11) ... had runs of 51, t48 and 46 yards in posting the fifth-highest rushing total in school history against the Blue Devils ... carried 27 times for 160 yards in the season-ending win at Bryant ... his other 100-yard games: 29-123-2 vs. Albany, 24-122-1 vs. Sacred Heart, 29-131-0 at Wagner and 22-101-0 vs. Saint Francis, Pa. ... DU was 5-1 when McCoy topped the 100-yard mark.
as a freshman (2009)
Played in all 11 games with seven starts ... was Duquesne's top ground gainer with 807 yards on 160 carries and eight touchdowns ... topped the 100-yard mark four times including a season-high 195 yards on 34 carries at Nicholls State ... carried 14 times for 118 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, at Dayton ... followed that with 107 yards and a pair of TDs in the win at Robert Morris ... ran 20 times for 121 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns (2, 1, 4, 13, 1) in DU's wild 45-42 win at Sacred Heart ... earned NEC Rookie of the Week honors following the Nicholls State, Robert Morris and Sacred Heart games ... led the team with 48 points ... caught one pass for minus three yards.
personal
Was a three-year starter and four-year letterman for Wytheville HS at running back, linebacker and safety ... rushed for over 1,100 yards as a junior and ran for 1,075 yards and 15 touchdowns in helping 11-2 Wytheville win the Hogoheegee District and Region C, Division 2 titles as a senior ... was first team all-region and all-district running back ... St. Paul, Minn. native who moved to Wytheville at age 12 ... was also a sprinter for the GWHS track team ... major: supply chain management ... date of birth: 10/22/89.
Career Rushing Highs
Rushes: 34 at Nicholls State (Fr.)
Yards: 246 at Central Connecticut State (So.)
Long: t67 at Dayton (Fr.)
Touchdowns: *5 at Sacred Heart (Fr.)
100-Yard Games: 10
Freshman (4): 34-195-0 at Nicholls State; 14-118-1 at Dayton; 20-107-2 at Robert Morris;
20-121-5 at Sacred Heart
Sophomore (6): 29-123-2 vs. Albany; 24-246-1 at CCSU; 24-122-1 vs. Sacred Heart;
29-131-0 at Wagner; 22-101-0 vs. Saint Francis, Pa.; 27-160-0 at Bryant
* - tied school record
Larry McCoy is the top returning junior rusher (95.4 ypg.)
in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.
