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4 James Holley-Grisham

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, N.Y.
  • High School East High

Biography

2016: Holley-Grisham earned Liberty League Defensive Player of the Week on September 26th and Liberty League Special Teams Player of the Week on November 14th. He was also named ECAC All-North Region Second Team selection and earned All-Liberty League first team honors… He finished his senior season sixth on the team with 41 total tackles and seventh on the squad with 20 solo stops… He tied for sixth in the Liberty League with four broken-up passes and four interceptions for a total of eight on the season… He also finished second in the conference with 60 interception yards… Additionally, he had a league-best 342 punt return yards with two punt returns for touchdown which was tied for the top spot in the country… Holley-Grisham was not only a top defensive back but also finished among the national leaders in punt returns, punt return yardage and punts returned for touchdown.

2015: Holley-Grisham earned ECAC All-North selection as well as Second Team All-East Region honors as a defensive back as well as return specialist from D3football.com … He was a First-Team All-Liberty League selection on defense and was the Liberty League Special Teams Player of the Year … He was the Liberty League Special Teams Player of the Week September 14 and earned a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week September 29 … He was third on the team with 61 tackles and second on the squad with 36 solo stops … He was tied for the team and Liberty League lead with six interceptions and led the team with seven pass breakups … His 13 passes defended (breakups + interceptions) was third in the Liberty League and his average of 1.3 per game was second in the league … He was fourth in the country with 350 punt return yards and fifth in the nation in punt return average with 16.7 yards per return … He returned a punt for a TD against Norwich and posted two interceptions in the Union game as well as the WPI game.

2014: Holley-Grisham earned Second-Team honors as a D3Football.com All-Region selection … He was named the team’s Special Team Player of the Year and earned All-Liberty League honors as a First-Team member on the defense and a First-Team Special Teas selection … He was at, or near, the top of nearly all of the defensive categories for the team with 57 tackles, 40 solo stops, seven interceptions, three fumble recoveries and four pass breakups … He ranked 9th in the country with nine interceptions and was 13th in the nation with a 15.15 yards per return punt return average … He had 20 punt returns for 303 yards including a 52 yard return for a TD against WPI … His eight tackles and two interceptions against RPI were both season best marks.

2013: Holley-Grisham was a key addition to the Saints' secondary.., helping the team to the top-ranked pass defense in the league...  He recorded 67 tackles including a season-high 16 in the victory over Coast Guard and made four interceptions, most in the Liberty League...  Holley-Grisham was named Second Team All-Conference and was the league's Rookie of the Week following the performance against Coast Guard.

Prior to St. Lawrence
Holley-Grisham participated on the football, wrestling, golf and indoor and outdoor track and field teams.  The Rochester, N.Y. native was a standout football player, captaining the team while earning All-League, State and Greater Rochester honors.  A member of the National Honor Society, he was also named the football team's Most Valuable Player.

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2013First-Year

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 185 lbs
    31
  • 4

    2014Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 186 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2015Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 186 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2016Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 195 lbs
    4