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Ron Holmes

No. 90

Position:

Defensive end

Personal information

Born:

August 26, 1963
Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.

Died:

October 27, 2011 (aged 48)
Dupont, Washington, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight:

255 lb (116 kg)

Career information

High school:

Timberline (Lacey, Washington)

College:

Washington

NFL draft:

1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8

Career history

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1985–1988)
Denver Broncos (1989–1992)

Career highlights and awards

Consensus All-American (1984)
Morris Trophy (1984)
2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1983, 1984)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	101
Sacks:	36.5
Fumble recoveries:	5

Player stats at PFR

Ronald Holmes (August 26, 1963 – October 27, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Denver Broncos.

He played college football for the Washington HuskiesinSeattle, winning the Pac-10 Morris Trophy and earning All-American honors in 1984. After leading the Huskies to a victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, Holmes left the school with the all team record in career sacks (28) and sacks in a game (5).^[1] Holmes was selected in the first round with the eighth overall pick in the 1985 NFL draftbyTampa Bay.^[2] He spent four years with the Bucs before moving on to Denver in 1989 and playing four seasons for the Broncos.^[3]

Holmes ranked second on the Broncos in 1989 with 9 sacks and started in Super Bowl XXIV. He was considered to have Pro Bowl talent, but his development was slowed by injuries.^[4]

Holmes was inducted into the UW Husky Hall of Fame in 2001. At age 48, he died in 2011 in Dupont, Washington.^[5]

References

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^ Condotta, Bob (October 27, 2011). "Former Huskies defensive line star Ron Holmes dies". Seattle Times. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.

^ Condotta, Bob (October 28, 2011), "Former Huskies defensive line star Ron Holmes dies", Seattle Times

^ Zier, Patrick (July 5, 1988). "Perkins looks for defensive leadership". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). p. 1D.

^ Milles, Todd (October 27, 2011). "UW defensive lineman great Holmes dead". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2011.