Priest Holmes
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"Priest Anthony Holmes" is a former American football running back who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns football/University of Texas. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 1997.

Holmes earned a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV. After rushing for just over 2,000 yards in four seasons in Baltimore, Holmes experienced breakout success after signing with the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent in 2001. During his seven-year stint with the Chiefs, Holmes was a three-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowl selection and was named National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award/NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2002. Holmes sat out the 2006 season with a neck injury, and after a brief comeback attempt in 2007 retired from the NFL. Holmes was also inducted into the University of Texas Hall of Honor, and the Texas High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

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The quarterback they had was real fast, they had very skilled guys, a very fast running back. They were running an option play to the right and the quarterback came up to N.D. and went to shake N.D. and flipped the ball out for the option to the running back and N.D. caught it in midair and took it 75 yards.

I see it all. I see your uniform number. I see the details in your hairstyle. That's when I really feel I'm in tune with what my offensive linemen are doing and I can just see holes opening.

I'm usually playing off flashes of color.

The biggest difference I've seen through (training) camp and through the offseason was just the speed and tempo and also the aggressiveness they have been playing with. There are a lot more guys showing up on film and a lot more red hats around the ball.

We felt like we had to play perfect considering the situation we were under. We had to come back from being seven behind, then 10 and then 14 points. That's a situation where you can't make mistakes. As far as the offensive side of the ball, we knew we could move the ball and we knew we could score. But like I said, we didn't play a perfect game.

I never really thought about playing beyond 10 years.

I've always had a knack for finding the goal line.

It doesn't matter whether it's the first day or not. You drop the ball or you fumble the ball or you fall down, you do the push-ups. That's a reminder those things are important. You'd rather have them happen now than during the season.