"Earl L. Holmes" is a former American football linebacker and former head coach at Florida A&M University. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 4th round of the 1996 NFL Draft 126th overall out of Florida A&M University. Holmes was inducted into the FAMU Hall of Fame in July 2005 to join the likes of Alonzo S. "Jake" Gaither and FAMU'S "Famed Final Four of 1952."

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I was very impressed by that, ... He's just ready to make some plays. The better he is, the better we are as a team.

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He just told me, 'You watch the B guy,' cause I'm watching the A gap,'.

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These guys keep me young, ... Any time you can see a young man grow up to be an old vet, it's always a blessing because you always talk about, 'I remember when the game was so fast for you. ...' .

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As the older guy, I'm in the meetings and it's like, 'Here we go again with this defense. I wonder who's going to mess this up,' ... I give them a little hard time when they mess up something they should know, but that comes along with experience.

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It wasn't just us. The special teams bottled up their return game and the offence kept us off the field so we could catch our breath.

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I have never seen nothing like that, never heard anything like that. There's no other way to tell me that was not a safety. You can't explain it. ... As soon as you question or you say something or you criticize the officials, you get a pink slip in your letter on Wednesday saying you did this or did that.

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Sometimes it was nice cutbacks by the running backs, ... Sometimes we had some guys out of the gap. It wasn't like they were just blowing us off the ball. When you've got a good cutback runner, you've got to play your gap.

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Sometimes it was nice cutbacks by the running backs. Sometimes we had some guys out of the gap. It wasn't like they were just blowing us off the ball. When you've got a good cutback runner, you've got to play your gap.

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It answers questions that parents would be asking me.

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