Boston College DE Max Holloway Will Enter 2012 NFL Draft
by Brian Favat on Jan 12, 2012 5:00 PM EST
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PrintBoston College defensive end Max Holloway will forgo his final year of eligibility and enter this year's NFL Draft, according to the school.
Defensive end Max Holloway, who would have been a fifth-year senior in 2012, has announced he will enter this year’s NFL draft.
— BC Football News (@BCFootballNews) January 12, 2012
Holloway prepared the following statement.
"I love Boston College, and I have earned my degree. I'm excited about moving on to the next chapter in my life."
Holloway would have been a fifth-year senior if he had returned to school this coming year. He had a solid year in 2011, finishing fourth on the team with 47 tackles (29 solo, 18 assists), eight TFLs, 2.5 sacks, three pass breakups and an interception. The junior DE may best be remembered this past season for his fourth down pass breakup of N.C. State QB Mike Glennon, which helped preserve a 14-10 win over the Wolfpack.
The Boston College defense returns plenty of talent in 2012, but Holloway's departure does up the total number of defensive players lost to five. Holloway's backup, DE Dan Williams, FC Donnie Fletcher and MLB Will Thompson all graduate, while both Kuechly and now Holloway will test the NFL Draft waters as juniors.
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I can hear it now
“It’s been tough, we’ve had a lot of turnover on defense, and we are working hard to catch some of the younger guys up. Of course there will be a learning curve along the way.”
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And I have a feeling this will not be the only upperclass player that will be leaving this offseason. Sure there will be the inevitable transfers, but I’m guessing someone big on the two deep will be gone before spring ball.
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I should Trademark Spazoo and the Spazoo Excuse Train!
The first one for 2012….
“Have you looked at our schedule!” with that stupid I am so much smarter than you Spazoo (actually deer in headlights) sneer?"
“We play everybody except…..!!!”
So if we were young, fragile, inexperienced and only had 17 returning starters???…what will we be classified this year….
“Well, we got some growing pains!”
“Well you just don’t ever replace a Luke K, and it’s gonna take some time to adjust and the whole LB corp to pick up the slack!”
The Worst is Yet to Come.
My guess is the first to be throw face first under the bus is Chase Rettig and then
“Well, we are going back and trying out a new QB and this takes time!”
Deja Spazoo VooDoo!
seems like you want the "WORST IS YET TO COME"
do you live in a dark cloud?
you are revelling in the prediction of doom: "The Worst is Yet to Come"
Frankly, it is causing BCI “writer” AJ to go dark on BC too
C’mon 74, say 3 positive things about BC 2012 football. it will be good for your soul. (or is just the whole 2012 thing Nostradamos; Mayans, End of world stuff0
EagleSpray-ing on 74
1—We have new astroturf and from what I have been reading it’s nice.
2—We have 7 home games!
3—We have nice solid returning depth at RB and LB too, even with Sir Luke the Glue Boy going in the draft.
I saw Kiper had him at 10 on the Big Board. Wow!
I hope he goes in Round 1, but LB is not the same position anymore in the pass happy NCAA and the NFL!
Either way, Luke showed with the Pick 6 versus Miami, even with the elbow deal, he had good hands, could drop back, and had enough speed to make an NFL impact.
The kid is like Spiderman glue in his tackling techniques and wrapping up which is now a lost art on all levels, due to the ESPN big hit highlight shows.
Luke is the perfect training film for how to tackle, wrap up and play solid run defense.
I would like to see the Patriots use one of its 4 picks in the first two rounds on Luke.
Mayans and Wayans -- Take Your Pick!
No one listens to them ever since their show was cancelled and the Fly Girls went away?
No snaps for you!
Besides that, the Mayans were a horrible home team, and the Conquistadors beat them on their home field and stole their franchise.
The Mayans did have the first luxury boxes at the top of their Temple Stadium and served great nachos and were also the first to use performance enhancing drugs before they became illegal.
Best Wishes and Congratulations MAX!!
Lift those weights, run those sprints in the hot sun and wrap up like Luke and who knows, you may stick in the NFL for a nice long career!!
Mamula was a Round 1 and failed, so you got every chance!!
Great year!!
I managed to get through an entire post without saying one disparaging remark about Spaz or Flip. Yay me.
Best of luck, Max. Hope you catch on with an NFL team and have a long career in the pros.
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insane
This is a bizarro move.
kid is undersized (6-2; 250) slow (4.7 40) and rated as the #42 DE (last year only 27 DE were drafted)
There is no way he gets drafted.
I guess he no longer wants to play football.
Too bad, he could have made a real contribution next year.
That is an interesting move for a guy who will likely go undrafted.
Not that I blame him. I would want to get out of here too if I had a chance. Spaz has literally destroyed BC football in all of 3 years??? Hell, I can’t even remember how long he has been here as it has felt like an eternity in hell.
Fire GDF. Fire Spaz. Bring back Football.
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A lot of us who are now just fans played football or another sport at some level of competition. Also, most of us would go back and play a little longer if possible. I understand if he didn’t have high hopes for next year or doesn’t love his coaches but there must be more to it.
by Jeff Martyn on Jan 12, 2012 6:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Makes little sense..unless you add in the Spaz factor
He’s not an NFL prospect, but he did have a good year in 2011. Was one of the few down linemen to be any sort of play maker. I thought he would have another solid year in 2012. So why leave? Is this another Spaz issue..they seem to be growing in number?
One thing that has happened through the years and why BC has had good programs until recently, is the ability to keep and play so many 5th year seniors. Wake Forest in their good run utilized the same philosophy. He will be one of the few 5th year guys who hasn’t come back. Hope it’s not a trend starter.
Since they don’t get the highly prized stud recruits who contribute right away, they need to keep them at the other end once they’ve been developed,ok, if they’ve been developed.
Strength and conditioning
"It was true,’’ Holloway said. "I was looking at the film and saying, ‘God, we don’t look good at all. Not physical. Not really coming after the ball like we should be.’ ’’
Part of it, Holloway said, was Northwestern’s offense.
"We knew they were no-huddle, but we didn’t expect it to be that fast,’’ he said.
It was video game fast.
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Glad Spaz is planning on banking scholarships. So is he planning on giving Holloway’s scholarship to a walk-on?
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I heard Spaz is seriously considering giving Holloway’s scholarship to a kid he watched punt a nerfball over the fences in the Mods
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So many questions
Has Spaz even been recruiting? When national signing day occurs, will we have any more recruits? Is Sam Grant really going somewhere else? Is Akeel Lynch going to OK? Can Doug Martin really be a miracle worker for BC? Will Chase Rettig Far become comfortable in the pocket?Will our defense be alright without Luke and Max? Far too many questions and it seems like a long time since I’ve hears any good BC football news.
What's he got to lose?
He has his degree. And his chances next year wouldn’t be much different than this year. Perhaps he just wants an early taste of the draft process. Good luck Max.
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