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**Santonio Holmes**
National Football League Debut
Pittsburgh Steelers — No. 10
Wide Receiver
Date of Birth: March 3 1984 (1984-03-03) (age 24)
Place of Birth: Belle Glade, Florida
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Weight: 197 lb (89 kg)
2006 for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Career Highlights and Awards
No notable achievements
Career History
College: Ohio State
NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25
Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers (2006-present)
Stats at NFL.com

Santonio Holmes, Jr. (born March 3, 1984 in Belle Glade, Florida) is a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He attended The Ohio State University. Holmes left college a year early and was taken in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. The 25th pick overall, he was the first and only receiver taken in the first round.

1 High school years
2 College Career
3 Professional career
4 Legal trouble
5 Trivia
6 References
7 External links

High school years

Holmes attended Glades Central Community High School in Belle Glade and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he helped lead his team to two state titles and a 12-1 record as a senior. In basketball, he helped lead his team to a state runner-up finish as a senior. In track, his team won the state title during his junior year, and he was the member of a 4x400 meter relay team that won two state titles. Santonio graduated from Glades Central Community High School in 2002 with a 3.4 GPA.

College Career

Holmes starred at receiver for Ohio State from 2003 to 2005, catching 140 passes for 2,295 yards and 25 touchdowns, while gaining 3,123 all-purpose yards. His 140 career receptions and 2,295 yards ranked were the fifth totals highest in school history at the time he left the Buckeyes in 2005. His 25 touchdown catches ranked him third.[2]

Professional career

Early on in the Steelers' disappointing 2006-2007 season, Holmes was criticized for his poor performance on special teams as a returner, a role in which he fumbled frequently. However, Holmes had better success as a receiver, displaying his athleticism and skill in several of the Steelers' games. He earned Week 6 Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week honors for his performance October 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs, totaling 58 yards receiving and 13 yards rushing. Late in the season, Holmes replaced Cedrick Wilson in the starting lineup and finished the 2006 regular season with 49 receptions for 824 yards and 2 touchdowns. His best play of the season was also the last, when, in overtime of the Steelers' final game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals, Holmes caught a pass from Ben Roethlisberger on a slant route and ran for a 67-yard touchdown to secure a win for the Steelers. He also returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown on December 17 against the Carolina Panthers. For the 2007 season, Holmes is the Steelers' starting split end. He has two 2 Touchdown games (one against the Arizona Cardinals and one against the Baltimore Ravens). Holmes is also on pace to break the 1,000 yard receiving mark for the season.

Legal trouble

Holmes was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida on May 27, 2006 for disorderly conduct. Charges were subsequently dropped after Holmes paid a fine. Holmes was arrested for a second time on June 18, 2006 for domestic violence and assault in Columbus, Ohio. On July 7, 2006, Holmes appeared in Franklin County Court in Columbus Ohio for both a pre trial regarding the domestic case and hearing regarding the traffic ticket. He plead no contest to the traffic ticket and agreed to pay a fine. While Lashae Boone, the mother of Holmes' daughter and the victim in the assault case, requested that the domestic violence and assault charges be dropped, the prosecutor refused. Boone and their daughter accompanied Holmes to court. The charges were later dropped.^[1]

Trivia

He has two sons and a daughter, Santonio III, Nicori and Saniya, but with two mothers.
He is the second cousin of Jacksonville Jaguars' running back Fred Taylor.^[2]
Recorded his first career touchdown reception in week 11 from Ben Roethlisberger in a victory over the Cleveland Browns.