Erik McCoy

Erik McCoy

New Orleans Saints - No. 78
center
Date of birth: August 27, 1997
Place of birth: San Antonio , Texas
Height: 1.93 m	Weight: 137 kg
NFL debut
2019 for the New Orleans Saints
Career
College : Texas A&M
NFL Draft : 2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48
Teams: New Orleans Saints ( 2019- today)
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
No significant events
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Games	16
as a starter	16
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Erik McCoy (* 27. August 1997 in San Antonio , Texas ) is an American American Footballer in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the New Orleans Saints as a center .

college

McCoy attended Texas A&M University and played college football for their team, the Aggies, between 2016 and 2018 , where he was a starter in every game and was one of the team captains in his third year .

NFL

In the 2019 NFL Draft , he was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the second round as the 48th player. In order to be able to select him, it was necessary to swap the previous second-round and fourth-round pick by the Miami Dolphins for their own second-round picks in 2019 and 2020 as well as the pick of the 6th round in 2019. McCoy received a four-year contract worth $ 6.08 million , 2.4 of which was a signing bonus . Due to his good performance in preparation, he was able to prevail against Nick Easton and conquer the position of the starting center that had become vacant after the resignation of Max Unger . He immediately became a key player and was already on the field in 99% of all offensive moves in his rookie season.

Web links

• New Orleans Saints player profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player information on the Aggies homepage, accessed on December 31, 2019
2. ↑ USA Today report of April 26, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019
3. ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on December 31, 2019
4. ↑ Statistics on pro-football-reference.com, accessed on December 31, 2019