And the rest will take care of itself.. He played nickel back on defense and contributed on special teams, but he burned to line up under the center and run the option as a starting high school quarterback. While not technically wrong, the first sentence in the above paragraph is awkward, to say the least. Holieway, now 49 and living in Quinton, Oklahoma, has enjoyed watching Hurts from afar and sees similarities in their skills and situations. Simpson. Sign up to receive The Shadow League Newsletter in your inbox. These type of articles are your best Berry. I wont be by a heater. High school. Holieway obviously was living in the fast lane, even back then. As Aikman dropped back to pass, Miamis defensive lineman Jerome Brown tore through the Oklahoma line and violently sacked him, breaking the giftedquarterbacks ankle in the process. I didnt want the fast pace, Holieway said. The crowd, the fans are everything. Quarterback Darian Hagan of the Colorado Buffaloes runs down the field during a game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Against the Sooners fierce, top-ranked defense during fall practices, Holieway had been successful in marching a team of back-ups up and down the field. Im pulling for him. We were both on the floor, like two kids playing marbles, and we spoke for hours. Him just talking and getting people together was really amazing., September 6, 1986; Norman, OK, USA; FILE PHOTO; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jamelle Holieway (4) in action against the UCLA Bruins. (Photo by Bernstein Associates/Getty Images), I was playing against my best friend, Leroy Holt, who was a starting fullback for USC, Holieway said. I could see stuff coming., Not well enough to stay out of trouble. His teams were perpetually competing for championships as he continuously ran circles and scampered around players who were markedly bigger and stronger. We have to think that we are going to figure out that jump ball.'. I dont know if Holieway is going to stay clean. But I believe he wants to. As a kid, he would walk out of his home with a .22 pistol and a kerosene lamp to escort his mother and grandmother to the outhouse, protecting them against venomous Copperhead snakes. He talked defense, I talked offense, Holieway said. He seems well and happy.has a baby due in March. Glad he is doing well. So my father came home and had to find a way to feed his family. He won three national championships at Oklahoma, and led the Cowboys to win Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jamelle Holieway is considered one of the greatest option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. So take time out to acknowledge them and to give them praise, too, for cheering for you. The Orange Bowl featured No. I was mad at myself when he pulled off because I was so excited, I forgot toask him for his autograph. Michael Irvin Is Still Haunted By Bizarre Nightmarish Super Bowl Week Incident That Put Him In A Dark Place, Another Moment Of Truth For Anthony Davis Who Is Auditioning To Keep His Spot On Lakers According To Kendrick Perkins, It Just Seems More Fabricated Than It Did When It Started | Witnesses Arent Backing Down In Defense of Michael Irvin After Watching Surveillance Video In SB Hotel Incident. Oklahoma coach Brent Venables talks with former quarterback Jamelle Holieway during the University of Oklahoma's annual spring football game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, April 23, 2022. Seeing how hard his mother worked, he also engaged in Bottle Hustling, along with helping people clean their rides at the local car wash to earn a few dollars. You can read it here. I was back to Banning a year ago, Holieway said. I got in and I just matriculated down the field and I only got applause when we got the touchdown. Aikman gets off to a great start, then breaks his left leg in the second quarter with the Sooners trailing, 14-7, and Holieway trots out to assume control of the offense for the rest of the season. The Citrus Bowl loss was also the last game for Switzer at Oklahoma, who was forced to resign the following summer after the program suffered a serious string of criminal incidents involving its players. Far better: "Holieway obviously lived in the fast lane, even back then." My foot went inside the turf and it slid, so it just took all of the traction out of the bottom. Holieway was a fan of the USC Trojans growing up. It was Jamelle. Jamelle Holieway played professionally for the National Football League's Los Angeles Raiders (1989-1990) and the Canadian Football League's British Columbia Lions (1991-1992). Colorado won the game 10-9. Thompson, however, broke his leg on the final play of the Nebraska game on November 19, 1988, so Holieway became the starter again for the Citrus Bowl vs. Clemson, in a 136 loss on January 2, 1989. I just turned 45, he said. He now lives in McAlester, Oklahoma in rent reduced housing, refuses to work to support his wife and kids, along with the at least dozen kids he has with other women, outside his marriage, and lays around telling everyone how great he is because of his brief affiliation with OU. And I had some success in moving the ball against them. A native of Carson, California, Holieway convinced his mother, Charlie Mae Harris, to move into a school district that would allow him to play football at Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, Calif., for Coach Chris Ferragamo. We kick off the series with Part I of our feature story on the University of Oklahomas Jamelle Holieway. And I was giving it to them! I wrote about Holieways quest in the Sunday Oklahoman. 4 Days Until @OU_Football . Best wishes to Jamelle! Not an upstanding person any longer. i agree, jamelle holieway is one of the greatest, most exciting college players of all time. I use his highlight film to inspire a young man that plays on an adult semi pro team that i coach in the bay area. The play call from the coaches was a draw play to tailback Spencer Tillman. 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He is atleast Vicks equal if not better. He spent all day with the team and never asked for anything in return! A series of arrests over the years has tattered Holieways reputation, but hes trying to restore it. She got him a bus pass and taught him how to navigate Los Angeles public transportation system. And holy crap, he had wheels. But, Holt said, I think hes finding his way into the community., And the OU community remains dear to Holieway. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images). He was known for letting his black players express their individuality, and Oklahoma ran the wishbone, which was the perfect offense for me. Who is the greatest freshman Sooner of all time? When the starter returned from his injury the next week, he was moved to wide receiver. My mother was working so many jobs, but she would come to my games and holler my name, he said. Just there for you no matter what.. With Tennessee handily beating second-ranked Miami in the Sugar Bowl, a win over Penn State would give Oklahoma the national title. (Jamelle, with his eyes on the defense, executingthe Ride-and-Decide, Photo Credit: newsok.com). Now Im grown up., Holieways lifelong friend, former Southern Cal fullback Leroy Holt, said hes glad Holieway never returned to California. He talks about himself every chance he gets. And coming from the gang-infested streets of Los Angeles, he was never intimidated or nervous playing football, regardless if a mountain of a defender like Jerome Brown was trying to separate his head from his limbs. She let us go in there to talk, but instead of sitting on the couch, Coach Switzer laid down on the floor. So therefore, it was only Colorado or Oklahoma. All Rights Reserved. I would, though, like to see equal time for past OSU players that were great and where they are today, from time to time. The decision proved wise. My foot got stuck in the turf in the season where they sewed it together, Holieway said. I immediately upon reading your version of the above, visualized an internal organ flopping around on a highway. Holieway graduated with a 31-3 record as a starter, was a two-time all-Big 8 quarterback and totaled over 5,000 total yards (2,713 rushing, 2,430 passing). The transgressions of the Sooner program at large under Barry Switzer were exposed in a February 1989 article in Sports Illustrated, but it doesn't mention Holieway specifically, who had played his last game by this point (the Citrus Bowl on January 2nd, 1989) -- it focuses much more on his successor, Charles Thompson, who had just been arrested and was eventually convicted for selling cocaine. That is how you are supposed to move the team down the field. And when my coach told me that, I knew then, OK, it is not all about what the crowd is saying. He excelled early on in football and baseball with a competitiveness, quickness and hand-eye coordination that could not be taught. They were hard times. Switzers background was unique, and his rapport with African-American playersunequaled. The only man to do so was Oklahoma's legendary wishbone wizard, Jamelle Holieway. Holieway still credits Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer for showing confidence in him. The Sooners thumped Iowa State 59-14 in his first start to set the tone. And here I am, just a little 18-year-old snotty-nosed freshman. Though he came back to play the following season, he saw limited action and reinjured the leg on October 8, 1988 versus the Texas Longhorns. Its your time! But rumors of his skills soon reached his science teacher at Banning, Chris Ferragamo, who also happened to be their legendary and accomplished varsity football coach. unbelieveable talent, courage and decision making. Within 11 months of our dinner, he had quarterbacked OU to the national title and himself into Sooner lore. 1 Nebraska. Especially this time, because I am on crutches. Holieway finished his Sooner career with 2,713 yards rushing on 539 attempts (an average of 5.0 yards per carry) and 32 touchdowns. Jamelle was an amazimg college player. I figured, Hey, Im coming out for the varsity next year, so I might as well show them what I can do, said Holieway. Growing up in the heart of Sooner country, I remember idolizing a few football players: Tony Dorsett and Roger Staubach of the Dallas Cowboys, and Jamelle Holieway, who quarterbacked the University of Oklahoma to the National Championship at the Orange Bowl in 1986 (according to Wikipedia, the only true freshman to have ever done so -- he . He was such a unique, genuine person. Mandatory Credit: Photo By USA TODAY Sports. We have got to make it hit. During his senior year of high school, his father was sent to prison after being convicted for the illegal trafficking of alcohol. And the OU community remains . ''Winning, just like Dak Prescott in Dallas,'' Holieway said. pic.twitter.com/JcLRAIpkxE, Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) December 15, 2021. OU National Championship quarterback 1985Check out the trailer Wishbone 101- Jamelle's Documentary coming 2015 Football Season. The first time he ever had a phone in his residence was in college. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. I rushed for over 1,200 yards and passed for over 1,200 yards as a senior and got what we called the Baby Heisman, the city Player of the Year trophy. That tide would soon shift, as Miami was on its way to becoming one of the most iconic, menacing and controversial programs in college football history. That was the best time of my life in Miami, Holieway said. She hated to chase me around the house, because Id be giving her stutter-steps and jump backs. He said, Get your ass on the bus. Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CliffBruntAP, 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Maybe Holieway felt invincible in Oklahoma. "Holieway obviously was a liver in the fast lane, even back then. If I could play Miami every game, me personally, I would have played them every game. Aikman infamously suffered a broken leg in a home loss to Miami, and true freshman Jamelle Holieway came in and steered the Sooners to the 1985 national championship. At the time, 5-foot-9, 175-pound Sooner Jamelle Holieway was on the sideline doing what he did best. (Sooner Magic) was born before me, but to be a part of it, to have a game or two in Sooner Magic, (was great).. Deputy Tim Turner says the 40-year-old Holieway about 2:30 a.m. Saturday after a traffic stop in Eufaula. On that afternoon of October 19 th in 1985, when Jamelle Holieway stepped into the crucible of the Miami game, replacing an injured Troy Aikman in the second quarter, his teammates didn't sense . He never thought about Aikman's shadow when he took over. Learn how your comment data is processed. To give people awe like that is a great feeling. That humbles me and makes me appreciate what I did back then, and they still remember that. I scooped it up and ran after him. The recognition I get is from my friends and my family still remembering those times, Holieway said. , At the end of this clip, Jerome Brown helped to break Aikman's ankle, which led to his transfer to UCLA. LOS ANGELES SEPTEMBER 24: Fullback Leroy Holt #39 of the USC Trojans runs out of bounds against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Coliseum on September 24, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. Holieway's favorite moment of the 1985 season came in the Orange Bowl, when he tossed a perfect, 71-yard touchdown strike to Keith Jackson that gave Oklahoma a lead over the Nittany Lions for good. Oklahoma, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Colorado, Oregon and USC came after Holieway. On the last play of the regular season, Thompson broke his leg in a 7-3 home loss to seventh-ranked Nebraska. But the ironic thing about that is, here they did change, and my cousin (1990 national champion) Darian Hagan goes there a year later. (Magic Johnson Jamelles athletic and stylistic role model, Photo Credit: therefinedguy.com). 1999) brought Oklahoma to the Nebraska 32. Good luck to Jamelle Holieway. But on that glorious 1985 fall Saturday in Norman, Oklahoma, Miami walked in with an arrogance and swagger that would help them to later bully all of college ball like Debo did Red in the movie Friday. Post author: Post published: April 2, 2023 Post category: what did the kickapoo tribe believe in Post comments: where can i cash a check from edward jones where can i cash a check from edward jones He was by far the best wishbone quarterback every to play the game. His mother taught him, at an early age, the need to be mobile and self-sufficient. Watch the full 1986 @OU_Football Flashback vs Nebraska, 10 pm @BallySportsOK pic.twitter.com/sl1bKpM0dU, Sooner Sports Network (@SoonerSportsTV) September 9, 2021. "He's made a name for himself in this state.". Hed considered many other schools, including Oregon, Nebraska, Notre Dame and Colorado. During his junior year, Banning was returning its starting quarterback, so Jamelle was relegated to being a backup. People that have just as good of athletes as we do. 'Ms. And suddenly, an 18-year-old freshman from Los Angeles was the all-Big 8 quarterback and tasked with fulfilling his teams preseason No. On the following possession, Nebraska quarterback Steve Taylor ran out of bounds on two quarterback runs and threw an incompletion, which took hardly any time off the clock and forced his team to punt the ball back to Oklahoma. Just a bit of constructive criticism Only thing missing was the fur coat & purse. Highly recruited from Banning High School in Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, under longtime head coach Chris Ferragamo, Holieway attracted interest from a swarm of schools. One of the greatest college quarterbacks of all time. Heres whats interesting. With Jackson streaking down the near sideline, Holieway fired the ball over Thomas at the Nebraska 35, Jackson tipped the ball to himself, corralled it and raced to the 14-yard line with nine seconds left. I didnt know any different, Holieway said. While Mitchel possessed both the superior size (6-foot-1, 195 pounds compared to 5-11, 175 for Holieway) and speed (a 4.27-second 40-yard dash vs. Holieway's low 4.5), it was Holieway that . Jamelle Holieway was a 18 Year old True Freshman who answered the call and led OU to a National Championship. I would look at her, she would smile, and then she would have to leave to go right back to work. ''He keeps his composure when the game is really tough, and they win. Amid that backdrop, Charlie Mae tried her best to provide Jamelle with a moral compass and elevated sense of self-esteem that would negate the allure of the gangs. I played on some great youth teams and we won a lot, said Holieway. A Lashar field goal cut the Oklahoma deficit to 17-10 with 10:39 to play, but the Sooners fumbled the ball away twice on their next two chances to drive for the tying score. pic.twitter.com/Qba6PPvns2, ESPN Blacksburg (@ESPNBlacksburg) January 8, 2019. Holieway was not interested. In Oklahoma, it was totally different. I just played and I was happy to play and be a part of a team and not even thinking I am the leader, Holieway said. Because you get to dress up, this is the time where everybody gets to dress up and show what their style is and what part of the neck of the woods they are from. I am always the last one on the bus, Holieway said. But Charlie Evans would be pleased at the sight of the Spirit of Oklahoma Football Camp, with Jamelle Holieway . The Canes arrived with the countrys top-ranked offense in tow, led by quarterback Vinny Testaverde, running backs Alonzo Highsmith and Melvin Bratton, and a gangster wide receiving corps headlined by Michael Irvin and Brian Blades. After Jerome Brown, who was a beast by the way, sacked Troy, I heard Coach Switzer yell out, Jamelle Holieway! Last evening Jamelle came and spoke to a group of our young graduating seniors in Konawa, OK. 1 and won its first eight games, which set up a Bedlam matchup against No. Jamelle Holieway (born June 25, 1967) is an American former college and professional football player who was a quarterback for the University of Oklahoma.He led the Oklahoma Sooners to a national championship in 1985.. Jamelle Holieway is considered one of the greatest option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. ''Now, because of the parity, because of the equality across the board - back then, you might have had six powerhouses. My team was so good, we were better than the JV team at my school, said Holieway. In what is referred to as, Game of the Century II, Oklahoma and freshman quarterback Charles Thompson beat Nebraska for the fourth year in a row, 17-7, and clinched its fourth-consecutive Big 8 championship. Jamelle Holieway is one interesting person. He is working today to give time to young people through sports camps, and speaking to youth groups about his life in an effort to share his past and to try to make their lives better than he made his. Holieway dazzled the college football world as a true freshman who mastered Oklahoma's dynamic wishbone attack and led the Sooners to the 1985 national championship. (Troy Aikman at OU,Photo Credit: newsok.com). It was the first time that hed ever seen snow. We publish narratives intentionally and specifically to enlighten and transform the world. So we got a couple of national championships in our family when we get together for a family reunion.. pic.twitter.com/D0nLQw9go8, Sooner Sports Network (@SoonerSportsTV) July 14, 2020. Seemingly buried at fifth on the quarterback depth chart, injuries to sophomores Kyle Irvin and Glenn Sullivan immediately vaulted Holieway into a training camp battle with fellow freshman Eric Mitchel to determine who would back up sophomore Troy Aikman. Holieway had worked some with the first team the week of the Miami game that Aikman was injured in, so he was prepared. City Player of the Year the Baby Heisman after a senior season in which the Pilots were L.A. City runner-up. I'm asking all my prayer warriors to please say a prayer for former OU quarterback Jamelle Holieway. Holieway was named the backup quarterback during the preseason, which began on August 15 and consisted of an incredible month and a half of two-a-day practices four or five days a week.Once the season-opening home game against SMU was moved to December 7 to accommodate a national television broadcast by ABC, it meant the 1985 season would not begin until September 28 at Minnesota and, amazingly, the home-opener would not be until October 19, a week after the annual clash with Texas in Dallas. His left knee got caught on the Superturf on Owen Field. One of his favorite adventures was taking the two buses over to The Forum, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, and sneaking into the games. He served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In a matter of four minutes of game time, the stunned Nebraska crowd had gone from sensing victory to settling for a tie to a shocking defeat. Thx Randall in Topeka. Just get in where you fit in. Coach Ferragamo would set up the projector for us and we would watch a ton of film, said Holieway. Aikman was an Oklahoma native with a strong arm and pro potential, so chances were good that Holieway would have to wait a while to play. Surrounded by defenders, hed amazingly dance and juke and head fake his way out of certain peril, all the while telling the helpless defenders who lunged at him, Ha, ha, ya missed me! Due to his dads illegal activities, his home was frequently raided andsearched, often without a warrant by the state, local and federal authorities. And then he goes and breaks his leg and I get to go in. To me, that was Sooner Magic,' Holieway said. "This is his home," Holt said. My first time I saw Joe Washington with those silver shoes, I am like, Aw, man, that is sweet. I guess that is why I dont like Clemson to this day, because they beat us the last game.. It is humbling, Holieway said. From that point forward, henever came out of the starting lineup. Leroy was an amazing fullback and wed practice the ride-and-decide every day for hours. When we were growing up, playing in the street, we all wanted to be likethose great USC tailbacks, said Holieway. He sat out this year's spring practice, however, because he broke his right thumb on St. Patrick's Day. He grazed it, but enough to see my head turn the other way. Sorry Berry, I also thought Jamelle had the liver for dinner that night that Terry mentioned. HS coach Chris Ferragamo older brother of Vince Ferragamo Nebraska QB @OU_Football https://t.co/69xZp61LSR, Barry Switzer (@Barry_Switzer) June 9, 2018, I said, Mama, I can get a scholarship,' Holieway recalled. Holieway starred at Banning, helped a Pilots team with 13 future major-college players win a Los Angeles City football title as a junior, then was named the LA. We understood every situation based on how a defense played us. Always been the same. I dont care if there are no ticks on the clock and it is the last Hail Mary, we have to think that we are going to win that. ''He believed in me as a baby, as a young man, and I was up here with grown men,'' Holieway said. The game resonated locally because of the mushrooming animosity between Miamis head coach, Jimmy Johnson, and Oklahomas head man, Barry Switzer. It was just me and him that whole time during that Orange Bowl, Holieway said. While a win would deliver an outright Big 8 title for the third year in a row, the third-ranked Sooners found themselves trailing after three quarters, 17-7. Holieway had professional opportunities with the Los Angeles Raiders of the NFL, the CFLs British Columbia Lions and an American football league in Spain before he finally hung up the pads for good. Throughout the remainder of this college football season, The Shadow Leagues series, The Black College Quarterback, will examine some of the most talented and impactful signal callers of the 80s and 90s. ''My expectation was that I wanted to make the traveling team,'' he said. Jamelle Holieway dazzled the college football world as a true freshman who mastered Oklahoma's dynamic wishbone attack and led the Sooners to the 1985 national championship. Even though Holieway chased his football dream even after OU he played in Canada, in Europe and in the minor leagues he always came back to Oklahoma. The rest is history. NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Jamelle Holieway dazzled the college football world as a true freshman who mastered Oklahoma's dynamic wishbone attack and led the Sooners to the 1985 national championship. Now knowing that I touched that many people out there, young men, to wear No. He has a lovely young wife who assists him and a beautiful young son. Holieways mother, Charlie Mae Evans, worked three jobs to support him when he was growing up in South Central Los Angeles. Oakland Raiders from 1989-1990, and the CFL's BC Lions from 1991-1992, February 1989 article in Sports Illustrated, Investing in Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate, More. In looking at the history, it appears he paid the price for this scrambling ability -- a couple of leg injuries in his junior and senior seasons hampered the tail end of his college career, and possibly factored into limited success in the pros, with the Oakland Raiders from 1989-1990, and the CFL's BC Lions from 1991-1992. The recipient of the Sparks phone call was 1980s national championship quarterback Jamelle Holieway. You cant jump offsides when it is 4th and 1. As they disembarked, Holieway was shocked at what he saw. He expects Hurts and the Crimson Tide to claim the championship. He said, Yall see Holieway? After spending three consecutive weeks on the road while defeating Minnesota, Kansas State and Texas, the Sooners returned to the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium on October 19th to play against a rising, emergent power on the landscape, the University of Miami Hurricanes. Thats why we became so potent together when we were running the option. He used his flash-and-dash moves to become the leader of Oklahoma's vaunted rushing attack after someone else's injury put him in charge . When they talked about Tua (Tagovailoa) in 2017, Jamelle Holieways name got brought up. And when Colorado and Coach (Bill) McCartney said he was going to change to the wishbone, I am like, You just want me there. 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