West Squad Gets a Burst of Speed
Jamere Holland
Jamere Holland

Posted Oct 7, 2005


WOODLAND HILLS, Cal. (October 7, 2005) --- Recognized as one of the top football players in the nation, Jamere Holland of Woodland Hills, Cal., has been named a 2006 U.S. Army All-American. Holland will join a stand-out list of athletes playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

The classic East vs. West match-up will be played and televised on NBC January 7th at 11:00 p.m. (PST) and will feature the top 78 prep football student-athletes in the country.

Jamere Holland posted the fastest time at the Scout.com Combine in Los Angeles, and his hard work at the Combine as well as on the season and in the classroom paid of as Scout.com's #12 Wide Receiver was selected to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Holland measured 6-0 and 179 pounds and turned in one of only two 4.40 times or better among the Class of 2006 on the Scout.com Combine tour with his 4.40 in Los Angeles (C.J. Spiller turned in a 4.35 in Jacksonville).

"Possibly the fastest receiver nationally, Jamere doesn't just have track speed; he can translate that on to the football field with great quickness at the line and good instincts," according to Chris Fetters of Scout.com. Holland is considering Arizona, Florida, LSU, California, UCLA, USC, and Washington among others.

Holland's Scout.com Combine Performance was caught on Video Tape:
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Holland is a standout wide receiver at Woodland Hills-Taft High School and was one of 400 players nominated nationally and one of 78 selected to participate by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee.

Scout.com is an Official Selection Partner of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

"It is a great pleasure to have this fine young man selected to represent his school and community as a U.S. Army All-American," said Colonel Thomas Nickerson, Director of Strategic Outreach for the U.S. Army Accessions Command. "He has proven himself to be a superior athlete who, like our Soldiers, takes pride in making a difference and turning in outstanding performances.

"Our slogan, 'An Army of One,' recognizes the strength of the individual in achieving team goals. Jamere demonstrates how football, like the Army, makes you a stronger person not just for today, but into the future. A national audience will see this when he takes the field in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl," said Col. Nickerson.


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