Torry Holt

Torry Holt

Holt with the Rams in November 2008
No. 88, 81
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	(1976-06-05)June 5, 1976 Gibsonville, North Carolina,U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Eastern Guilford (Gibsonville, North Carolina)
College:	NC State(1995–1998)
NFL draft:	1999/ Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Career history
St. Louis Rams(1999–2008) Jacksonville Jaguars(2009) New England Patriots(2010)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion(XXXIV) First-teamAll-Pro(2003) Second-team All-Pro (2006) 7×Pro Bowl(2000,2001,2003–2007) 2×NFL receiving yards leader(2000, 2003) NFL receptions leader(2003) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team PFWA All-Rookie Team(1999) ConsensusAll-American(1998) ACC Player of the Year(1998) ACC Offensive Player of the Year(1998) 2× First-team All-ACC(1997,1998) NC State Wolfpack No. 81retired North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 920 Receiving yards: 13,382 Receiving touchdowns: 74
Player stats atPFR
College Football Hall of Fame

Torry Jabar Holt(born June 5, 1976) is an American formerfootballwide receiverwho played in theNational Football League(NFL) for eleven seasons. He was named to thePro Bowlseven times and retired with the 10th most receiving yards, including a record six consecutive seasons with 1,300 yards. He playedcollege footballfor theNC State Wolfpack,and earned consensusAll-Americanhonors. He was drafted by theSt. Louis Ramsin the first round of the1999 NFL draft,and spent the next ten years with the Rams and is remembered as one of the members of "The Greatest Show on Turf".

Early life

Holt grew up inGibsonville, North Carolina.He was Prep Football Report All-America selection, adding all-state honors atEastern Guilford High Schoolin Gibsonville. While there, he caught 129 passes during his career, gaining 2,573 yards and scoring 42 touchdowns including 56 receptions for 983 yards and 17 touchdowns as senior. He also returned three punts and three kickoffs for touchdowns during his career. Additionally, Holt was a standoutdefensive backwho posted 62 tackles and four interceptions as senior. He was named one of the Top 25 players in the state by theCharlotte Observer.After high school, Holt attendedHargrave Military Academyin 1995. There he caught 21 passes for 524 yards and six touchdowns.

College career

Holt attendedNorth Carolina State University,and played wide receiver for theNC State Wolfpack footballteam from 1995 to 1998. In his senior year, Holt was namedAtlantic Coast ConferenceOffensive Player of the Year. That season, he set ACC records of 88 receptions (since broken byKenneth MooreofWake Forest) for 1,604 yards and an NC State record of 16 touchdown receptions. Holt was a consensus first-team All-American as senior. He was also a finalist for theFred Biletnikoff Award,given to the nation’s top receiver.As a junior, he led the team, setting Wolfpack season records with 62 receptions for 1,099 yards, topping marks of 55 by Naz Worthen (1988) while becoming the first player in team history to gain more than 1,000 yards in a season. He started in five of the first seven games as sophomore. He majored insociology.Holt's number, 81, was retired in 1999.

College statistics

Season	Team	GP	Receiving
			Rec	Yds	TD
1995	NC State	11	17	261	1
1996	NC State	7	24	415	3
1997	NC State	11	62	1,099	16
1998	NC State	11	88	1,604	11
Total		40	191	3,379	31

Professional career

Pre-draft

Pre-draft measurables

Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	Vertical jump	Broad jump	Bench press
6 ft0+1⁄4in (1.84 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	30+1⁄4in (0.77 m)	9+5⁄8in (0.24 m)	4.38 s	1.57 s	2.62 s	37 in (0.94 m)	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)	15 reps
40-yard dash result is from NC StatePro Dayworkout, all other values from 1999NFL Scouting Combine.

After injuring his knee at theSenior Bowl,Holt, at 192 pounds, ran a 4.44 second 40-yard dash and had a vertical jump of 37 inches at the 1999NFL Combine

St. Louis Rams

Holt was the sixth overall draft pick in the1999 NFL draftand the first selection made by theSt. Louis Rams.On July 23, 1999, Holt signed a five-year, $10 million contract, including a $5.4 million signing bonus, with the Rams.In his rookie season, he posted 52 receptions, 788 total yards and six touchdowns on the way to theSuper Bowl XXXIVchampionship.From 1999 to 2001, the Rams scored over 500 points each season, and their offense was dubbed "The Greatest Show on Turf".

For the six seasons from 2000 to 2005, Holt reached at least 1,300 yards every season, a league record of six consecutive seasons.Holt's streak was broken in 2006, due to injuries to himself and other teammates that hindered the offense for parts of the season. Holt came into the NFL as #88, but in 2002 changed his number to 81 (worn byAz-Zahir Hakimpreviously).

Holt's career also includes 7 Pro Bowls (2000, 2001, 2003–2007) including five straight, 74 career touchdowns for 448 points (including 2 two-point conversions) and 920 career receptions. He ranks among the top 10 active leaders in receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and receptions, and has finished in the top ten of those three categories in five straight seasons (2003–2007). Holt has also led the league in receiving yardage on two occasions (2000, 2003), and receptions once (2003). Holt is tenth all time in receiving yards, and eleventh all time in pass receptions.

Holt makes a reception at the2008 Pro Bowl.

Prior to the 2003 seasons Holt agreed to a 7-year $42 million contract extension that included a $12.5 million signing bonus.Holt led the NFL in receptions in 2003 and led the NFL in receiving yardage in 2000 and 2003. He was a First-team All-Pro in 2003 and a Second-team selection in 2006. On October 15, 2006, Holt became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 receiving yards doing so in the sixth game of his eighth season and also to 11,000 yards.

His request for areleasewas granted by the Rams on March 13, 2009.If he was not released, he would have been due $5.65 and $6.65 million in the last two years of his contract.

Holt finished his 10-year career with the Rams starting 147 of 158 games, recording 869 receptions for 12,660 yards, and 74touchdowns—ranking second in Rams' history in each category behindIsaac Bruce.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Holt was signed by theJacksonville Jaguarson April 20, 2009, to a 3-year, $20 million deal.Holt had 51 catches, but for the first time in his career he did not have a touchdown reception.Holt was released by the team on February 11, 2010, and only earned $3.45 million of the $20 million contract.

Injuries and retirement

On April 20, 2010, Holt signed a one-year, $1.7 million contract with theNew England Patriots,but was placed on injured reserve on August 15, 2010, as a result of a knee injury that required surgery and was released by the team on August 17, 2010, with an injury settlement.

On April 4, 2012, Holt signed a ceremonial contract with the St. Louis Rams to retire with the team.He retired from professional football ranked 10th in league history with 13,382 yards receiving and 13th with 920 receptions.

Hall of Fame Voting

As of 2024, Holt has been eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for 10 years in a row. He has made it to the semifinalist stage every year has even been a finalist for five years in a row.

NFL career statistics

Legend
	Won theSuper Bowl
	Led the league
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Receiving					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
1999	STL	16	15	52	788	15.2	63	6	3	2
2000	STL	16	15	82	1,635	19.9	85	6	2	2
2001	STL	16	14	81	1,363	16.8	51	7	2	0
2002	STL	16	11	91	1,302	14.3	58	4	1	1
2003	STL	16	15	117	1,696	14.5	48	12	1	0
2004	STL	16	16	94	1,372	14.6	75	10	3	1
2005	STL	14	14	102	1,331	13.0	44	9	2	1
2006	STL	16	16	93	1,188	12.8	67	10	2	1
2007	STL	16	16	93	1,189	12.8	40	7	2	1
2008	STL	16	14	64	796	12.4	45	3	0	0
2009	JAX	15	12	51	722	14.2	63	0	1	1
Career		173	158	920	13,382	14.5	85	74	19	10

Post-playing career

On November 20, 2010, during theRaycom Sportsbroadcast of the annual NCSU game with UNC-Chapel Hill, sideline reporterMike Hogewoodprefaced an interview with Holt stating that he had retired. Holt has since gotten into broadcasting withFox Sports,providing commentary for theirNFLcoverage.

Holt joinedNFL Networkin 2010 as an analyst on the network’s signature show,NFL Total Access,as well as other NFL Network shows and specials. He made his debut as an analyst on theNFL Total Access: Pro Bowl Selection Showon December 28, 2010.

He is the older brother ofsafetyTerrence Holt.The brothers co-ownHolt Brothers, Inc..

Beginning in 2015, Holt becameHeritage High School's (NC)assistant football coach and wide receiver's coach, along with former NFL playersDewayne WashingtonandWillie Parker.

NFL records

• Consecutive seasons with at least 1,300 yards receiving (6) (2000–2005 seasons).
• Consecutive seasons with 90+ receptions (6) (2002–2007 seasons).
• Seasons with 1,600 yards receiving (2, tied withMarvin Harrison,Julio Jones,Antonio BrownandCalvin Johnson).
• Highest Average Gain, Game (3 receptions +), 63.00, September 24, 2000
• Ranked first in the NFL from 2000-08 with 817 receptions for 11,872 yards and 562 first downs during that span
• Ranked in the Top 10 in career receiving yards at retirement, now lies at#17.
• Third-highest receiving yards per game, career (77.4 yds/game)
• Receptions in a single decade (868, 2000–2009)
• Receiving yards in a single decade (12,594, 2000–2009)

External links

• Career statistics and player information fromNFL.com·ESPN·Yahoo! Sports·Pro Football Reference