Episode 392 – From NFL QB to Real Estate Founder | Colt McCoy

Colt McCoy played quarterback at the University of Texas and spent 14 seasons in the NFL before retiring to build a commercial real estate company in Fort Worth.

In this conversation with host Justin Forman, Colt looks back at the injury that nearly cost him everything on the biggest stage of his college career — and the quieter, harder season of walking away from football on his own terms.

This episode covers the national championship injury that reshaped Colt’s sense of identity, what it means to grow up “in a glass box” where everyone is watching, and how he and his wife prayed through the decision to leave the NFL behind.

Colt also opens up about the early, unglamorous grind of starting a business from scratch — and what he wants his new company to be known for.

Whatever season you’re in — starting something new, walking away from something familiar, or rebuilding your sense of who you are — this conversation is a picture of what it looks like to hold tightly to Christ and loosely to everything else.

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00:00 Introduction

01:10 The Story Behind the Name “Colt”

04:34 Learning Leadership as a Young Quarterback

06:33 Faith, Family, and Growing Up in West Texas

10:17 Living in a “Glass Box”

11:02 The Rose Bowl Injury That Changed Everything

15:55 Colossians 3:23 and Finding His Identity

19:44 What the Injury Revealed Years Later

24:56 The Elbow Injury That Ended His NFL Career

26:41 Knowing When It Was Time to Walk Away

30:38 Preparing for the Next Chapter Through Internships

33:34 Praying Through the Transition with His Wife

37:42 From Quarterback to Entrepreneur

41:14 Why Colt Loves Commercial Real Estate

44:53 Building an Entrepreneurial Real Estate Company

48:56 Staying Balanced When Faith Is Tested

53:36 What Colt Wants to Be Known For

58:06 Living an Undivided Life

59:38 The Hope That Never Wavers

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