Trindon Holliday

Trindon Jerard Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver and return specialist.

In 2005, Holliday posted the nation’s fastest indoor time in the 55 and 60-meter dashes.

He led his team into the 2A state title by winning the 100 meters and 200 meters and was second in the long jump.

Holliday was a four-time state champion in the 200 meters and a three-time 100 meters champion.

Track and Field News has Holliday recorded at 6.19 over 55 meters indoors in 2005, leading the nation.

Holliday played football for the LSU Tigers football team from 2006–2009.

In that time, he recorded eight touchdowns: four rushing, two on punt returns and two on kick returns.

Holliday was a top-ranked American sprinter competing for the LSU Tigers track and field team and is regarded as one of the fastest players in football.

He demonstrated his sprinting ability in the 100-meter dash at the 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where he recorded 10.07 seconds in the final – ahead of Walter Dix and second only to Tyson Gay.

This qualified him for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics but he opted to not compete, preferring to begin the football season with the LSU Tigers.

In his first year at LSU in 2007, he broke Xavier Carter's school record and became the Southeastern Conference 100 m champion.

At the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship later that year he set a personal record in the semifinals and finished runner-up in the final to Walter Dix.

The following year, he took third in the 100 m NCAA final and anchored the 4×100-meter relay team to victory in 38.42 seconds – the fastest collegiate time that year.

He continued to race, however, and reached the semi-finals in the 100 m at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials the following year.

He was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft.

He played college football at LSU.

At 5'5", Holliday is one of the shortest players in NFL history. He has also played for the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, and Oakland Raiders.

Holliday went both ways at Northeast High, in Pride, Louisiana.

Because of his short stature, Holliday did not start on the football team until his junior year.

In his first season starting, he rushed for 1,870 yards and scored 26 touchdowns.

In his senior year, Holliday put up even better statistics by rushing for 2,210 yards, scoring 34 touchdowns, and averaging 27.6 yards per punt return.

Holliday was also a track runner in high school.

Leading up to the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine, Trindon Holliday had hoped to break Chris Johnson's record mark of 4.24 in the 40-yard dash.

Holliday had self-reported running times as fast as 4.21, which seemed plausible given his extensive track background, and the fastest 100 m dash time of any football player in NCAA history.

At the combine, reports of Holliday's 40-yard dash time ranged from between 4.18 seconds and 4.34 seconds.

Adam Schefter, an ESPN reporter on hand at the event, had reported on Twitter that NFL scouts had clocked Holliday in as low as 4.21 during the workout.

However, the NFL Network broadcast team record Holliday's two tries at unofficial times of 4.27 and 4.32, respectively, and ultimately published it as 4.34 seconds officially.

Holliday was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft.

Despite his speed, Holliday struggled on kickoff returns in the preseason.

He was placed on IR because of a fracture in his thumb.

On September 3, 2011, he was cut and then placed on the practice squad.

On October 5, his practice squad contract was terminated and he was later added to the active roster, but was waived on October 25.

He was later resigned and in Week 1 of the 2012 preseason versus the Carolina Panthers, he returned a kickoff return for a touchdown.

The next week versus the San Francisco 49ers, he returned a punt for a touchdown.

In the final preseason game versus the Minnesota Vikings, Holliday recorded his third touchdown in four games; this touchdown was a 76-yard punt return.

Following the 2012 preseason, Holliday made the Houston Texans 53-man roster and was the starting punt and kick returner.

Holliday was waived from the Texans on October 10, 2012, in a move to bolster an injury-depleted defense.

Part of the reason Holliday was released was due to his fumbling problems.

At some point after leaving the NFL in 2015, Trindon Holliday returned to LSU to complete his college degree.

He graduated in the summer semester of 2023 with a bachelor's degree.