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WR Santonio Holmes (Super Bowl XLIII MVP)

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Pittsburgh Steelers' Santonio Holmes gets recharged with a special day in Belle Glade
By Carlos FR?AS
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009

BELLE GLADE ? Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes raised his voice to be heard over the clamor and thump of a high school band Tuesday as boys and girls handed out components of 200 Thanksgiving dinners, all on the grounds of what was once his middle school.

With the kind of year the Steelers are having, one of struggle and injuries, Holmes might well have declined to fly 2,400 miles roundtrip on his only off day to spend a few hours in his hometown.

But he knows this town has its own struggles. That is why he and fellow Glades Central graduate Fred Taylor, a running back for New England, have bought dinner for 200 families the last two years through the Boys & Girls Club, which they attended as youths here.

"This is close to my heart," Holmes said. "You want to show once you've been successful, you don't have to shy away from your roots."

If anything, Holmes has come to find comfort here. He and Taylor both have had professional disappointments this year. Holmes has caught just one touchdown pass in a season in which the Steelers are 6-4 and wondering whether they will even make the playoffs a year after winning the Super Bowl. Taylor had to miss the annual event because he is rehabilitating from a season-ending right ankle injury.
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Someone asked Holmes, who played alongside receiver/kick returner Ted Ginn Jr. at Ohio State, if he has followed Ginn's up-and-down career with the Miami Dolphins. Holmes, too, was a first-round draft pick, taken 25th overall in 2006, who had some trouble as an NFL receiver and kick returner before establishing himself as a star in 2007.

Holmes said he would welcome the opportunity to "help out a fellow Buckeye," but feels that Ginn is a rare person in that he is not rattled by outside expectations.

"He's a strong-minded guy and he's smart enough to know how to control himself," Holmes said.
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Pittsburgh Steelers' Santonio Holmes gets recharged with a special day in Belle Glade
 
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Big game means little to Holmes
By: Andrew Chiapazzi
Beaver County Times
Monday December 7, 2009

PITTSBURGH ? Santonio Holmes had his best performance of the season Sunday. But in his mind, breaking a couple personal records meant absolutely nothing compared to the painful loss to the Raiders.

?I don?t even care about it right now,? a subdued Holmes said afterward. ?It was fine during the time it happened. But when the clock struck zero, knowing we didn?t have enough points to win the ballgame, it didn?t matter.?

Holmes had eight catches for a career high 149 yards and a touchdown. That gives him 987 yards for the year, a career best. It was the first time since week five against Cleveland that Holmes had over 100 yards receiving.

?He?s done a great job and he continues to impress,? Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger said. ?He?s a great player, a great leader, and he?s come a long way. It?s one of those things, sometimes things break down and he?s open. He?s elite.?

Holmes had two big catches down the stretch as the Steelers attempted to stage a comeback. The first came just after Oakland took a 13-10 lead midway through the fourth quarter. After the ensuing kickoff, Holmes caught a Ben Roethlisberger pass over the middle and looked for daylight. He found it in the form of a crushing Mike Wallace block. Wallace sent cornerback Stanford Routt tumbling into safety Mike Mitchell and Holmes made it all the way to the Oakland 3 yard line. Rashard Mendenhall scored on the next play.
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TimesOnline.com: ?Big game means little to Holmes
 
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Santonio Holmes ? Throughout his pro career, Holmes has been ... um ... let's call it "consistency-resistant." One game he plays as if he belongs in best-receiver-in-the-league discussions along with Andre Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, et al., and the next game he catches one or two passes and barely makes a peep. Well, don't look now, but Holmes has displayed uncharacteristic steadiness lately. He's had six or more receptions in each of his last five games and has averaged just under 100 yards per game during that stretch. He's also caught TD passes in each of his last two games after a nine-game scoreless streak. With teammate Hines Ward questionable for Thursday's game against the Browns due to a hamstring injury, Holmes is almost certain to be Ben Roethlisberger's principal target.
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Consistent Holmes plays for keeps
Saturday, December 19, 2009
By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Maybe it was a harbinger. Santonio Holmes started this season the same way he ended the previous one. Nine catches for 131 yards and a touchdown.

True, an overtime triumph against Tennessee didn't carry the same toe-tapping, championship, Super Bowl-MVP tune for the receiver known as Tone.

Yet it opened 2009 on a note that continues to resonate:

The consistent Holmes of Feb. 1, 2009, let alone much of last season's playoffs, appears here to stay.

"I've shown steady progress," he said yesterday after practice, "and I've learned from one of the greatest receivers, Hines Ward."

"A once great receiver, Tim Brown [of Oakland], taught me: It's not what you do in one year; it's the consistency over your career. That's what I try to tell him," added Ward, whose XL experience he can relate to Holmes' XLIII. "Winning the Super Bowl MVP is a great honor. Nobody can take it from you. But it means nothing if you don't go out and prove it year in and year out."

So Holmes went out this year and topped 1,000 receiving yards in just 13 games, with three more to go beginning at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow against Green Bay at Heinz Field. He ranks third in the NFL in receiving yardage with 1,080 and 12th in receptions with 70, including six consecutive games with six catches or more. If he averages 106 yards per game down this stretch -- not asking much more of a guy averaging 121 the past two contests -- Holmes would surpass Yancey Thigpen's club record of 1997.

Holmes whistled in disbelief at that robust 1,398-yard figure.

"I was in eighth grade. I was a Steelers fan already then," he recalled. "That'd be a great accomplishment, to be the all-time, single-season Steelers receiver."

"The light officially came on for him," added Ward, who with 57 more yards will join Holmes as only the second 1,000-yard receiving duo in Steelers annals, behind Ward and the currently incarcerated Plaxico Burress of 2001-02. "It's right at the same time of my first 1,000-yard year, the fourth year."
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Bears warming up to receiver Devin Aromashodu
By Vaughn McClure | Chicago Tribune | Posted: Friday, December 25, 2009

CHICAGO (MCT) -- Maybe NFL followers would have heard about Devin Aromashodu sooner had it not been for the weather.

As the Bears wide receiver and Miami native explained, his path to college nearly took him to Ohio State. Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel made a furious effort to land the 6-foot-2 Aromashodu.

"And I might have gone to Ohio State if it wasn't so cold there," Aromashodu said. "I was scared of cold weather. I didn't want to play in it if I didn't have to.

"I loved coach Tressel. They really tried to sell me a lot. But they told me I had to sign or else they were going to sign some kid from the road up from me, and that ended up being Santonio Holmes."
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Bears warming up to receiver Devin Aromashodu
 
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Only 2 Steelers land Pro Bowl spots
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Among those having their best seasons on offense who did not make the Pro Bowl were wide receiver Santonio Holmes, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and tight end Heath Miller. Holmes is tied for third in the AFC with 1,243 yards receiving and his 15.9-yard average is tops among the five leaders.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U54kR0W7VY]YouTube - Santonio Holmes Interview[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XGBx2tyPVY]YouTube - SB XLIV: Getting to know Santonio Holmes[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1uKyETssE]YouTube - Steelers' Santonio Holmes remembers his roots[/ame]
 
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