Leroy Holt is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 fullback

Fullback (American football)

A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...

 from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

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High school years

Holt attended Banning High School

Banning High School

Phineas Banning High School is located in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.- History :...

 in Wilmington, California. He was a three-year letterman in football

High school football

High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....

 where he was starting fullback behind teammate Jamelle Holieway

Jamelle Holieway

Jamelle Holieway is a former quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1985 to 1988. He is considered one of the greatest option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. Highly recruited from Banning High School under longtime head coach Chris Ferragamo, Holieway attracted...

 and ran through holes created by teammate Courtney Hall

Courtney Hall

Courtney Hall is a former center and guard in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers. He is a four-time Pro Bowl 1st Alternate and captained the only Chargers football team to play in a Super Bowl...

. He was named the California High School fullback of the Year as a senior.

College career

Holt was the first USC fullback to start

Starting lineup

A starting lineup in sports is an official list of the set of players who will actively participate in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes or bench players.The starters are commonly the best...

 all four years. He broke Sam Cunningham

Sam Cunningham

Samuel Lewis "Sam" Cunningham, Jr is a retired American football fullback. The media referred to him as Sam "Bam" Cunningham.-College career:...

's all-time records for rushing yards and carries without a fumble.

Professional career

Holt was drafted with the 137th pick of the 1990 NFL Draft

1990 NFL Draft

The 1990 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 22–23, 1990...

 by the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. His career was shortened when he fractured a vertebra in his neck during the preseason in practice.