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2012 Football Roster

90 Roosevelt Holliday

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 297
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bolingbrook, Ill.
  • Highschool Bolingbrook

Biography

2012 (SENIOR): Started all 12 games at defensive tackle... second team All-OVC selection... seventh on team with 58 tackles (19 solo)... made 8.5 tackles for loss with one sack at Central Arkansas... season high ten tackles (two solo) at Tennessee Tech... had 3.5 tackles for loss at Central Arkansas... had two forced fumbles, three pass break-ups and one fumble recovery... 2011 (JUNIOR): Started all 11 games at defensive tackle... was 3rd on the team with 4.0 tackles for loss... finished year with 41 tackles (21 solo)... had a solo sack against Tennessee Tech and a half sack at Southeast Missouri... had a season high five tackles in six games including recording five tackles in four of the final five games of the season... had a pass break-up at Murray State... 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 11 games making eight starts at defensive tackle... finished season with 36 tackles (11 solo)... had 5.5 five tackles for loss... two sacks on the season came against Eastern Kentucky and Illinois State... season high five tackles against Murray State where he also had a quarterback hurry... 2009 (FRESHMAN): Played in 11 games playing as a reserved defensive tackle… had nine tackles on the season (2 solo)… had lone sack of the season at Indiana State… season best two tackles at Penn State and at Southern Illinois. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Named 2008 Chicago Area GRIDIRON Defensive Player of the Year… led Bolingbrook to a 10-1 IHSA Class 8A record including an undefeated regular-season under coach John Ivlow… IHSFCA Class 8A All-State… credited with 18 solo and 20 assisted tackles with two sacks and two fumble recoveries… anchored a defense that allowed just 11.7 points per game and 225.7 yards per game, including 93.6 rushing… powerful player who squatted 700 pounds and dead lifted 605 pounds… also lettered in basketball, track and wrestling. 

PERSONAL: Majoring in applied engineering... son of Roosevelt & Shelley Holliday.

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Historical Player Information

  • 73

    2009Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 303 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2010Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 303 lbs
    73
  • 90

    2010Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 303 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2011Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 297 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2012Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 297 lbs
    90
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