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Jesse Holley
Holley in the 2009 preseason.No. 16 Dallas Cowboys Wide receiver Personal information Date of birth: January 8, 1984 Place of birth: Roselle, New Jersey Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 213 lb (97 kg) Career information College: North Carolina Undrafted in 2007 Debuted in 2011 for the Dallas Cowboys Career history - Cincinnati Bengals (2007)*
- BC Lions (2008)*
- Dallas Cowboys (2009-present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - Honorable mention All-ACC (2005)
- All-ACC Candidate (2006)
- 4th and Long Season One Winner (2009)
Career NFL statistics as of 2011 Receptions 3 Receiving yards 96 Receiving TDs 0 Stats at NFL.com Jesse Holley (born January 8, 1984 in Roselle, New Jersey) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at North Carolina. He won the reality TV show, 4th and Long.
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Early years
Holley played high school football at Abraham Clark High School in Roselle where he is the all time leader in receptions (106), receiving yards (1,449) and touchdown catches (27). Holley would also play quarterback starting five games in the position. In his junior year, Holley caught 44 passes for 865 yards and 13 touchdowns. Holley was ranked in the top 20 receivers by most recruiting websites and magazines. In basketball, Holley averaged 20 points per game and broke the school's career basketball scoring record.[1] Holley is a cousin of former Boston Globe writer and current WEEI evening drive host Michael Holley. This has been confirmed by their grandmother Katherine.
College career
Holley played both basketball and football for the University of North Carolina. He was a member of the 2004–05 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team that won the National Championship.
Freshman season
Holley played in all 12 games and had 12 receptions for 168 yards, two touchdowns and had a tackle on special teams.[1] before transferring to basketball which he played on the National Championship team and scored 13 points in the season
Sophomore season
Holley played in all 12 games and became one of the starting receivers. He finished the season second on the team with 30 catches for 456 yards and two touchdowns.[1]
Junior season
Again starting all games Holley led the team with 47 receptions for 670 yards and scored one touchdown. He was ranked fifth in the league in receiving yards per game and sixth in receptions.[1]
Senior season
Holley had 37 receptions for 466 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Professional career
Cincinnati Bengals
Holley was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals. After being cut following training camp, he was signed to Bengals practice squad on September 7, 2007.[2] On October 5, he was released when Marcus Maxwell was signed.[3]
BC Lions
After safety Barron Miles sent tapes to the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League;[4] Holley signed with the team on May 22, 2008,[5] and released June 15, following the team's first pre-season game.[6][7]
Dallas Cowboys
Holley was the winner of Michael Irvin's football reality show 4th and Long; he received an invitation to attend the Dallas Cowboys training camp.[8] Before being on 4th and Long, he was working as a security guard, as well as selling cell phones in North Carolina.[9] He was signed to the team on July 21, 2009.[10] Holley played in his first game for the NFL on August 13, 2009 in a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. Holley recorded no catches, blocks or tackles. Holley caught his first pass on August 21, 2009 in the fourth quarter against the Tennessee Titans. On September 4, Holley returned a punt 82 yards for a touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings. The Cowboys released Holley on September 5 as a final cut. He cleared waivers and signed to the Cowboys' practice squad on September 6, 2009.
Holley re-signed a future contract with the Cowboys on January 22, 2010, after his contract expired at season's end. During the 2010 preseason, many figured Holley to make the team past Sam Hurd. On September 4, 2010, he was again waived at the final cuts. He was signed to the team's practice squad the day after. He was promoted to the active roster on October 15, 2010.
In the August 27, 2011 preseason game, against the Minnesota Vikings, Holley recorded three catches for 51-yards. At the conclusion of the 2011 preseason, Holley made the 53-man roster, and is expected to be fifth receiver on the depth chart.
On September 18, 2011, during the second game of the 2011 season against the San Francisco 49ers, Holley recorded his first NFL reception for 5 yards. He made two catches during the Cowboys' final drive in regulation, leading to overtime. In overtime, after a three-and-out by the 49ers offense, Holley made a 77-yard reception during Dallas' first offensive play, taking the ball to the 1 yard line and setting up the game winning 19-yard field goal.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "#9 Jesse Holley". University of North Carolina. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/holley_jesse00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "Bengals release oft-injured WR Chatman". Associated Press (The Sporting News). September 7, 2007. http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/article/2007-09-07/bengals-release-oft-injured-wr-chatman. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "Thursday's Sports Transactions". USA Today. October 5, 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/transactions/20071004.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "Holley campaigns for a spot". Vancouver Sun (Canada.com). June 6, 2008. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=ae5110ba-7ea0-40b0-83d3-7f4c6a75ba69. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "Lions sign Allen, Holley". Canada.com. May 22, 2008. http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=400b12d8-9bf1-4ce8-a44c-6c2414f20bf8&sponsor=. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "BC Lions Transactions". BC Lions Football Club Inc.. http://www.bclions.com/page/transactions_bc. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ Little, Lyndon (June 15, 2008). "B.C. Lions looking for a more professional effort". Vancouver Sun. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=4544d3f8-d957-47bd-b0be-44338062659f. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "Jesse Holley wins '4th and Long' to try out with Dallas Cowboys". Dallas Morning News. July 20, 2009. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/072109dnspocowsshow.3f08c8a.html. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ King, Peter. "From reality winner to upstart Bills, Week 2 boasted great stories". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/09/19/week2/index.html. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/transactions?transactionMonth=&transactionYear=&transactionTeamAbbr=DAL&prevTransactionTeamAbbr=&prevTransactionMonth=0&prevTransactionYear=0
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/headlines/20110918-holley-wood-ending-little-used-wr-leads-cowboys-to-big-overtime-win.ece
External links
North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball 2004–05 NCAA Champions 0 Jesse Holley | 1 Melvin Scott | 2 Raymond Felton | 3 Reyshawn Terry | 5 Jackie Manuel | 21 Jawad Williams | 22 Wes Miller | 24 Marvin Williams | 32 Rashad McCants | 34 David Noel | 42 Sean May (MOP)
Coach Roy Williams
Assistant Coach: Steve RobinsonDallas Cowboys current roster Active roster 1 Mat McBriar | 3 Jon Kitna | 5 Dan Bailey | 6 Chris Jones | 7 Stephen McGee | 9 Tony Romo | 11 Akwasi Owusu-Ansah | 16 Jesse Holley | 19 Miles Austin | 20 Alan Ball | 21 Mike Jenkins | 24 Tony Fiammetta | 25 Frank Walker | 26 Abram Elam | 28 Felix Jones | 29 DeMarco Murray | 32 Orlando Scandrick | 34 Phillip Tanner | 40 Danny McCray | 41 Terence Newman | 42 Barry Church | 43 Gerald Sensabaugh | 50 Sean Lee | 51 Keith Brooking | 54 Bruce Carter | 55 Alex Albright | 56 Bradie James | 57 Victor Butler | 60 Kevin Kowalski | 62 David Arkin | 63 Kyle Kosier | 64 Montrae Holland | 67 Phil Costa | 68 Doug Free | 75 Derrick Dockery | 77 Tyron Smith | 78 Jermey Parnell | 80 Martellus Bennett | 81 Laurent Robinson | 82 Jason Witten | 85 Kevin Ogletree | 88 Dez Bryant | 89 John Phillips | 90 Jay Ratliff | 91 L. P. Ladouceur | 92 Josh Brent | 93 Anthony Spencer | 94 DeMarcus Ware | 95 Sean Lissemore | 96 Clifton Geathers | 97 Jason Hatcher | 98 Marcus Spears | 99 Kenyon Coleman
Reserve lists 2 Kai Forbath (NF-Inj.) | 18 David Buehler (IR) | 61 Bill Nagy (IR) | 86 Raymond Radway (IR)
Practice Squad 10 Teddy Williams | 15 Andre Holmes | 17 Dwayne Harris | 31 Mario Butler | 45 Shaun Chapas | 58 Orie Lemon | 72 Robert Callaway
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name Holley, Jesse Alternative names Short description Professional football wide receiver Date of birth January 8, 1984 Place of birth Roselle, New Jersey Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from New Jersey
- American football wide receivers
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- North Carolina Tar Heels football players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- Cincinnati Bengals players
- BC Lions players
- Dallas Cowboys players
- People from Roselle, New Jersey
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