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UCLA's Holmes just doesn't miss assignments

LOS ANGELES - Coach Chip Kelly used the same phrase twice in a matter of seconds, saying that UCLA junior cornerback Darnay Holmes "walks the walk." It sounded like the usual media-day coachspeak stuck on repeat except to those who knew the back story.

Holmes strolled into extraordinary territory when he walked across a stage in June.

He became the rare college football player to graduate after only two seasons, earning a bachelor's degree in African American studies.

Steve Rourke, the Bruins' associate director of athletic communications who has

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