Santonio Holmes
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Position (s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey number (s): 10 |
| born on March 3, 1984 in Belle Glade , Florida | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2006 - 2014 | |
| NFL Draft : 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | |
| College : Ohio State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Captured passports | 389 |
| Yards | 6,030 |
| Touchdowns | 36 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Santonio Holmes Jr. (* 3. March 1984 in Belle Glade , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of wide receiver . He last played for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). From 2006 to 2009 he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and won the Super Bowl XLIII with them . For his performance in the Super Bowl , he was elected Super Bowl MVP .
Career
college
Holmes started his career with the Buckeyes of Ohio State University , where he recorded 243 trapped passes for 2,295 yards from 2003 to 2005 . He achieved a total of 25 touchdowns , the third most in the history of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers
In the 2006 NFL Draft , he was selected in the first round by the Pittsburgh Steelers . At the beginning of his career he was employed as a punt return turner. Because of his many fumbles , he was heavily criticized and only used as a wide receiver. Holmes felt noticeably more comfortable here and was voted " Rookie of the Week" in week six when he scored 71 yards of space against the Kansas City Chiefs . He finished the season with a total of 49 caught passes for 824 yards and two touchdowns.
The following season he was a regular with the Steelers. He caught a 40-yard pass in the first week. Other strong games followed, including in the fourth and ninth week, where he caught two touchdowns each. At the end of the season there were 942 yards and eight touchdowns.
In the 2008 season he was used again for the first time as a punt returner. But he still achieved his greatest successes as a wide receiver, where he again performed well despite a brief jail sentence for drug abuse. His previous career highlight was the Super Bowl XLIII . He scored the crucial touchdown 35 seconds before the end of the game and caught nine passes for 134 yards, whereupon he was elected Super Bowl MVP . In the week leading up to the Super Bowl , he reported to the press that he had been drugged in his hometown of Belle Glade for a year when he was young.
New York Jets
On April 11, 2010, Holmes moved to the New York Jets . In return, the Steelers got a five-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft .
Chicago Bears
After Holmes participated in the Chicago Bears training camp on August 5, 2014 , he signed a one-year contract with the Chicago team on August 16, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Santonio Holmes: Ex-drug dealer becomes a hero . Sports t-online. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ Santonio Holmes, Bears agree to deal. In: usatoday.com. USA Today, August 16, 2014, accessed on August 19, 2014 (English): "Former Super Bowl MVP receiver Santonio Holmes has agreed to a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears, the team announced."
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| SURNAME | Holmes, Santonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belle Glade , Florida , United States |