.JPG) Holiday playing for Notre Dame in 2003 | |||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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| Born: | (1981-10-04)October 4, 1981 (age 43) El Paso, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Roosevelt (TX) | ||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||
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Carlyle Javar Holiday (born October 4, 1981) is an American former professionalfootball player who was awide receiver in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theNotre Dame Fighting Irish.
Carlyle attended Roosevelt High School in San Antonio, Texas. As a high school standout in football, basketball and baseball, he was named as the top high schoolscrambling quarterback in the nation. After a heavy bid fromNebraska, he eventually committed to theUniversity of Notre Dame.
After redshirting as a freshman, Holiday went on to start 24 games atquarterback, leading the team to the 2003Gator Bowl vs Philip Rivers and NC State in his final full season atquarterback. He finished with a starting record of 15–9. During his time at Notre Dame, he broke or tied several records which have been broken since then, including 100 yard rushing games in a season by a quarterback, most completions without an interception, and touchdown passes in a game. After the team started off 1-2 during his senior year, he was replaced by true freshman QuarterbackBrady Quinn, who remained the starter moving forward. Holiday returned for a fifth year as a Wide Receiver and Punt Returner during Tyron Willingham's last season as Head Coach. Separate from football, he was selected by theCincinnati Reds in the 44th round of the MLB amateur draft in 2002 having never played collegebaseball.
Holiday was signed as a free agent after the 2005 NFL Draft by theArizona Cardinals. He made his firstNFL start against theChicago Bears onMonday Night Football in his second season with theArizona Cardinals whenLarry Fitzgerald was out with a sprained ankle. He received his second start the following week vs the Oakland Raiders. After being released by theArizona Cardinals during week 13 in his second season, he was signed off waivers by theGreen Bay Packers. His last four weeks of the 2006 season included career highs in catches, 5, and yards, 87, vs the Chicago Bears in the final game of the season, and catchingBrett Favre's record breaking completion against theDetroit Lions, breakingDan Marino's career completions mark, now held byTom Brady. He was injured playing against the Philadelphia Eagles in the first game of the 2007 season, ending his year while being placed on injured reserve. In February 2008 he was released by the Green Bay Packers given knee injury concerns.[1]
Carlyle currently works in professional development at management consulting firmMcKinsey & Company in San Francisco.[2]