Trindon Holliday

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Trindon Holliday

College	Louisiana State
Sport	Track
Position	WR/Running Back
Jersey #	8
Class	Sophomore
Career	2006 – present
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	Zachary, Louisiana
High school	Northeast Highschool

LSU WR Trindon Holliday returns a kickoff in the second half against South Carolina on September 22, 2007.

Trindon Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is a top ranked American sprinter currently competing for Louisiana State University. He also plays running back and wide receiver for the LSU Tigers football team. He is regarded as one of the fastest players in college football,and one of the fastest people in the world ^[1]

[edit] Personal bests

55 m Indoor 6.28 3h3 SEC Gainesville FL 24 Feb 2006
60 m Indoor 6.54 NCAA Championchips May 2008
100 m Outdoor 10.02 1.8 1s1 NCAA Sacramento CA 6 Jun 2007
200 m Winstreak: 4 (finals) Outdoor 21.33 1-HS Baton Rouge LA 2 May 2002

Event	Time	Wind	Place	Date
100 m	10.02	+1.8 m/s	Sacramento, U.S.	June 6, 2007
200 m	21.33		Baton Rouge, U.S.	May 2, 2002

[edit] Overcoming His Size

Les Miles congratulates Trindon Holliday after his kickoff return for a touchdown versus Ole Miss on November 17, 2007.

Holliday had a difficult time getting started in football. His mother held him out of football until 7th grade, because she was afraid he would get hurt. After several years of performing at a high level, his high school coaches finally let him start as a running back during his junior year, his senior year he accumulated over 2000 yards and over 30 touchdowns while leading Northeast High to back to back State Semi-Final appearances.

Fearing that college recruiters would not believe Holliday's actual running times, his high school coaches added to his recorded times before sending them in. Despite his speed records, several schools, including Duke and Louisiana-Lafayette, rejected Holliday due to his small size.

Holliday was never scheduled to appear at LSU's camp. LSU was interested in another Northeast player, (WR Aaron Brown) but that player didn't want to go to the camp alone. So David Masterson, Holliday's high school coach, took Holliday along also. After initial workouts, Holliday ran the 40 in 4.28 seconds wearing high top basketball shoes. The time was so outrageous that the LSU coaches began arguing if they had started their stopwatches on time. "They asked me if Trindon could run it again," Masterson said. "He didn't even get in a track stance. He ran the second 40 in 4.27. He's one of those little freaks of nature." Despite this, LSU coach Les Miles still considered canceling Holliday's scholarship offer until holdover offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher convinced Miles that Holliday could play at a college level.^[2]