Staff Report
Kole McKamey will not be returning to play quarterback for the UNM football team next season.
McKamey announced at a press conference Friday that his football career will be over after five years as a Lobo. He had petitioned the NCAA in an attempt to receive a sixth year of eligibility after he was lost for the 2006 season in the second game because of a torn ACL.
However, McKamey said that he no longer wanted to return next season, partly because of the loss of offensive coordinator Bob Toledo, who left UNM to become the head coach of Tulane. Toledo's successor would have been the third coordinator that
McKamey would have played under as a starter.
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McKamey redshirted the 2002 season and was the starter for the Lobos in 2004 and 2005. He was a third-year starter heading into 2006 before suffering the injury.
He dealt with injuries throughout his career but still had success as a Lobo. He was 13-9 as a starter and is the only quarterback in UNM history to pass for more than 100 yards and rush for more than 100 yards in the same game three times in a career.
He is No. 8 on the Lobos' all-time list with 21 touchdown passes and No. 9 in career passing yards with 3,359.
He completed 62.3 percent of his passes in 2005, setting a single-season record for UNM.
