Players

HOLLIDAY AT A GLANCE:
• A second-year player who joined the Broncos on Oct. 11 after appearing in each of the first five games of the 2012 season as a kick and punt returner for Houston.
• Scored his first career touchdown on a 105-yard kick return to open the second half at Cincinnati (11/4/12), which marked the longest play in Broncos history.
• Finished the season with a 16-0 record after spending the first five weeks with Houston (5-0) and the last 11 games of the year with Denver (11-0).
• Earned the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 9 of the 2012 season.
• Recorded the longest kick return touchdown (104 yds.) and punt return touchdown (90 yds.) in NFL postseason history, while becoming the first player to return both a kickoff and a punt for a score in the same playoff game in league annals (1/12/13).
• Was one of just five players with a kick return touchdown and punt return touchdown during the 2012 season.
• Led the NFL with a 32.5 kick return average (min. 10 kick returns) and a 10.8 punt return average (min. 30 punt returns) after joining the Broncos in Week 6 of the 2012 season.
• Is one of three players in Broncos history with a touchdown on a punt return and a kickoff return in the same season and just the second to do so in back-to-back games.
• At 5’5,” Holliday is the shortest player ever to appear on the Broncos’ roster.
• Averaged 21.1 yards on 10 punt returns with two touchdowns and 39.9 yards on 10 kick returns with one touchdown during the 2012 preseason.
• Returned two punts and two kickoffs for touchdowns during his four-year college career at LSU.
• Ranked second in school history with 1,806 career kickoff return yards and seventh with 647 punt return yards.
• Joined the Broncos via waivers on Oct. 11, 2012.
• Selected by Houston in the sixth round (197th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Houston as a draft choice 5/18/10; Released by Houston 9/3/11; Signed by Houston (practice squad) 9/4/11; Waived by Houston; Signed by Houston 10/12/11; Waived by Houston 10/25/11; Signed by Houston (practice squad) 10/27/11; Signed by Houston 1/18/12; Waived by Houston 10/10/12; Assigned via waivers by Denver 10/11/12.

Holliday's Single-Game Highs
(Postseason in parentheses)
Receptions — 2 at Carolina, 11/11/12 (none). Receiving yards — 17 at Carolina, 11/11/12 (none). Receiving touchdowns — (none). Punt returns — 8 at Carolina, 11/11/12 (none). Punt return yards — 125 at Carolina, 11/11/12 (90 vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13). Longest punt return — 76t at Carolina, 11/11/12 (90t vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13). Punt return touchdowns — 1 at Carolina, 11/11/12 (1 vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13). Kick returns — 3, twice, last at N.Y. Jets, 10/8/12 (3 vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13). Kick return yards — 119 at Cincinnati, 11/4/12 (158 vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13). Longest kick return — 105t at Cincinnati, 11/4/12 (104t vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13). Kick return touchdowns — 1 at Cincinnati, 11/4/12 (1 vs. Baltimore, 1/12/13).

2012: Holliday played 10 games for Denver and five for Houston in 2012... Led the NFL in kick return average (32.5) and punt return average (10.8) after joining the Broncos in Week 6... Finished the season 16-0 after winning the first five games of the year with Houston and the last 11 with Denver... Waived by the Texans on Oct. 11... Assigned via waivers by Denver Oct. 12... Made his Broncos debut, returning two punts for 12 yards at S.D. (10/15)... Returned a punt for a Broncos-season-long 22 yards and averaged 10.8 yards on four returns vs. N.O. (10/28)... Earned the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after scoring his first career touchdown on a 105-yard kick return to open the second half at Cin. (11/4), which marked the longest play in Broncos history... Became the second player to record special-teams touchdowns in back-to-back games with a 76-yard punt return touchdown, while also catching his first two NFL receptions at Car. (11/11)... Returned two kicks for 50, then 42 yards at K.C. (11/25)... Returned four punts for 95 yards (23.8 avg.) with a long of 55 vs. T.B. (12/2)... Recorded the longest kick return touchdown (104 yds.) and punt return touchdown (90 yds.) in NFL postseason history, while becoming the first player to return both a kickoff and a punt for a score in the same playoff game in league annals vs. Bal. (1/12).

2011: Holliday played one game as a rookie, returning one punt for zero yards with three fair catches.

COLLEGE:A three-time SEC Special Teams Player of the Week at LSU, Holliday returned two punts and two kickoffs for touchdowns during his career with LSU... Ranked second in school history with 1,806 career kickoff return yards and seventh with 647 punt return yards... Earned three SEC Special Teams Player of the Week awards during his time with the Tigers... An eight-time All American in track and field, Holliday won the 2009 NCAA title in the 100-meter dash with a 10.0 time.

PERSONAL: Holliday posted the nation’s fastest indoor times in the 55 and 60-meter dash in 2005, leading Northeast High School to the 2A state title in the spring of 2005 by winning the 100 and 200 meters... Was also second in the state meet in the long jump... Accumulated 2,210 yards rushing (11.4 per carry) on 193 carries and 34 touchdowns as a senior... Averaged 27.6 yards per punt return... Rushed for 1,870 yards and 26 touchdowns as a junior... Four-time state champion in the 200 meters and three-time state champion in the 100 meters... Trindon Jerard Holliday was born on April 27, 1986 in Zachary, La.