Carlyle Holiday
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||
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Born: | El Paso, Texas, U.S. | October 4, 1981||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Roosevelt (TX) | ||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||
Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||
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Carlyle Javar Holiday (born October 4, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver.
High school
Carlyle attended Roosevelt High School in San Antonio, Texas. As a high school standout in football, basketball and baseball, he was named as the top high school scrambling quarterback in the nation. After a heavy bid from Nebraska, he eventually committed to the University of Notre Dame.
College career
After redshirting as a freshman, Holiday went on to start 24 games at quarterback, leading the team to the 2003 Gator Bowl vs Philip Rivers and NC State in his final full season at quarterback. He finished with a starting record of 15–9. During his time at Notre Dame, he broke or tied several records which have been broken since then, including 100 yard rushing games in a season by a quarterback, most completions without an interception, and touchdown passes in a game. After the team started off 1-2 during his senior year, he was replaced by true freshman Quarterback Brady Quinn, who remained the starter moving forward. Holiday returned for a fifth year as a Wide Receiver and Punt Returner during Tyron Willingham's last season as Head Coach. Separate from football, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 44th round of the MLB amateur draft in 2002 having never played college baseball.
Professional career
Holiday was signed as a free agent after the 2005 NFL Draft by the
Personal life
Carlyle currently works in professional development at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in San Francisco.[2]
References
- ^ JSOnline.com. "Packers release WR Carlyle Holiday". Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ Haugh, David. "Irish task at hand: Forget history, focus on present". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 November 2013.