UCLA's Holmes just doesn't miss assignments
by Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times
Aug 04, 2019
3 minutes
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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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