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Gary Holmes | DT | Washington St. | Pac-10
Ht Wt 40 BP SS LS VJ BJ Grade
6'6" 319 5.22 26 - - - - 5.86
Gary Holmes
Otto Greule Jr./Allsport
He is a good football player, but he suffers from continuing back problems that not only keeps him off the field, but inhibits his ability to get into the weight room and get stronger. He is a big physical inside player that can play a 2 gap technique, but also has surprising quickness and agility for his size, which allows him to penetrate in space and one gap schemes. He tends to get a little heavy at times, which makes him somewhat sluggish, but all his question marks are health related. He does not have great change of direction or adjust on the move, but he can surely hold his own in most short area fistfights. If he can stay healthy, he has the skills to develop into a dominating inside power player, but he will readily be under the NFL microscope between now and the draft.


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