Don't overlook the fact that Jonathan Smith brought the Oregon State football program back from the deep depths of irrelevance, and in his two seasons as DC Trent Bray had the #16 defense in 2022 and #34 defense in 2023. This is at a program often overlooked as a perpetual "little brother" and, if you pay any attention to the PAC12, you know the offenses are nothing to joke around with.
Point I'm making here is if they're confident enough to have McCoy starting for them, I'm confident that he's a real good player.