He led the Oklahoma Sooners to a national championship in 1985. But now, it's a coin toss.''. LAWRENCE, Kan. Jamelle Holieway is like every Sooner fan. In practice that week, when he first sauntered into the huddle with the starters to call a play, senior offensive lineman Eric Pope stared at him intently and said, Lets roll, freshman. Youre in. Now Im grown up., Holieways lifelong friend, former Southern Cal fullback Leroy Holt, said hes glad Holieway never returned to California. Youre in! It helped me realize that there was a much bigger world than South Central L.A. On the field, his escapability was surreal. Against the Sooners fierce, top-ranked defense during fall practices, Holieway had been successful in marching a team of back-ups up and down the field. And when Colorado and Coach (Bill) McCartney said he was going to change to the wishbone, I am like, You just want me there. But as Holieway surveyed the defense, he called an audible: Right Slot 72 Y Go. The flashy, charismatic and likeable true freshman from Los Angeles was jabbering away and . Classy. (Sooner Magic) was born before me, but to be a part of it, to have a game or two in Sooner Magic, (was great).. The University of Oklahomas Jamelle Holieway Part II, Series Intro The Black College Quarterback, Your email address will not be published. With future All-American linebacker Shane Conlan shadowing him on every play, Holieway never got his run game off the ground (12 carries, one yard). ''I'm very fond of the young man,'' Holieway said. Have a look at Troy Aikman running Oklahoma's wishbone offense in 1985 against The U. Holieway was a unique quarterback in his ability to run or throw the ball with equal ease, as his career stats show. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Holieway still regularly attends Oklahoma games in Norman he will be at the Texas El-Paso game on Saturday and continues to be amazed at the number of fans who approach him with words of appreciation and youthful tales of how he was admired and emulated. As if the existing racial tensions and economic shifts werent harmful enough, the citys service sector began supplanting many black workers with immigrants from Central America and Mexico. Highly recruited from Banning High School in Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, under longtime head coach Chris Ferragamo, Holieway attracted interest from a swarm of schools. we played one European Cup Match against the Hamburg Blue Devils, and our coach was James Brooks (former Bengals running back). More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. But during his recruitment, USC told him that they didnt want him as a quarterback or running back. I wish him the best! About a month ago he found out that he had a heart attack at some time. Holieway, now 49 and living in Quinton, Oklahoma, has enjoyed watching Hurts from afar and sees similarities in their skills and situations. Jamelle Holieway Banning HS Wilmington, California. And maybe, hopefully, hes figuring it out. Former University of Oklahoma quarterback Jamelle Holieway and a female companion were arrested Sunday afternoon on a complaint of shoplifting at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in McAlester. Successive wins against overmatched foes in Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado allowed Holieway to get his footing with the first-team offense and moved the Sooners to fifth in the rankings but did little to capture national attention. Eric Bailey Oct 22, 2021 Oct 22, 2021 Updated Nov 27, 2022; 0; 1 of 2 . His left knee got caught on the Superturf on Owen Field. And you have to do whatever it is that the coaches ask of you, and you have to do it well. Holieway was running an option-play to the left and turned to cut upfield. Aikman was an Oklahoma native with a strong arm and pro potential, so chances were good that Holieway would have to wait a while to play. Since then he has learned that he has heart disease and only about 15% of his heart is functioning. If anyone seemed made for the Los Angeles lifestyle, it was Jamelle Holieway, with a diamond stud in his ear and a fur coat on his shoulders. Ferragamo gave Holieway and his best friend, Leroy Holt, Bannings fullback, the keys to the team film room during the season. OU legend Jamelle Holieway understands Caleb Williams' early success, Spencer Rattler's fall from QB1. We kick off the series with Part I of our feature story on the University of Oklahomas Jamelle Holieway. Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports. OU National Championship quarterback 1985Check out the trailer Wishbone 101- Jamelle's Documentary coming 2015 Football Season. They were on a mission, returning a statuesque, rifle-armed sophomore quarterback that had given the team a new dimension that it had previously lacked: a potent passing attack. Another one of the great plays in #Sooners history. With Mitchel now at tailback, Holieway returned under center one final time as a Sooner in a 13-6 Citrus Bowl loss to No. LOS ANGELES SEPTEMBER 24: Fullback Leroy Holt #39 of the USC Trojans runs out of bounds against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Coliseum on September 24, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. Michael Irvin Is Still Haunted By Bizarre Nightmarish Super Bowl Week Incident That Put Him In A Dark Place, Another Moment Of Truth For Anthony Davis Who Is Auditioning To Keep His Spot On Lakers According To Kendrick Perkins, It Just Seems More Fabricated Than It Did When It Started | Witnesses Arent Backing Down In Defense of Michael Irvin After Watching Surveillance Video In SB Hotel Incident. (Jamelle, with his eyes on the defense, executingthe Ride-and-Decide, Photo Credit: newsok.com). Jamelle Holieway the "Wishbone Magician" is FIRST true freshman to lead a team to the National Cham The Real Jamelle Holieway We had the best defense in the country. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/artic Jamelle is a personal friend of mie and he is currently living in Mcalster, OK, where he works for a home health care business, he is married to a very nice lady her name is Brandi. With Jackson streaking down the near sideline, Holieway fired the ball over Thomas at the Nebraska 35, Jackson tipped the ball to himself, corralled it and raced to the 14-yard line with nine seconds left. The Trojans defeated the Sooners 23-7. Glad he is doing well. People say he cant play QBhe is from los Angeles like Jamelle and about the same size..well im gona but him in the option bone and I formation and see what people think then. Hes made a name for himself in this state., A name both good and bad. He is gone be Jamelle part II on this level :-D :-D, That great year in '85 I had just moved to the D.C. area after high school.Having spent a lifetime proudly celebrating any accomplishment the Sooners had I so needed that team in order to feel my ties were close,being so far from home.Just to see Coach Switzer in interviews describing this remarkablr young man was awe inspiring.The look in his eyes waxing lyrically about Holloway as only Coach Switzer does still thrills me as if it were yesterday.The Good Lord not gining any. Five plays later, following an Oklahoma time out, Holieway threw to the goal line to tight end Keith Jackson for a 17-yard touchdown. My team was so good, we were better than the JV team at my school, said Holieway. He's fired up about Caleb Williams.. Of course, Holieway isn't just any Sooner fan. Though he takes a pounding, Holieway has missed only one game the last two years with an injury. My best preparation prior to that game was playing against our first-team defense in practice, said Holieway. I got to step in and run my stuff. Lashar field goal later in the quarter. We have estimated Jamelle Holieway's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets. That was one of the highlights of my young life, he continued. It is all about how you are being a general amongst this team and moving down the field and getting us in the right plays. But Charlie Evans would be pleased at the sight of the Spirit of Oklahoma Football Camp, with Jamelle Holieway . From that point forward, henever came out of the starting lineup. He said, Get your ass on the bus. Judging by the practice routine in the week leading up to the game, one had to wonder if an appearance from Holieway was the plan all along. The ancillary effects of the abandonment, rising unemployment, escalating crime, violence and poverty, along with the distending narcotics trade, were all critical elements in the augmentation of the Bloods, Crips and overall gang culture. With four daysleft until the start of another Oklahoma football season, we continue our countdown to Saturdays season-opening game. While not technically wrong, the first sentence in the above paragraph is awkward, to say the least. Oklahoma, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Colorado, Oregon and USC came after Holieway. We know we played OU football., NORMAN, OK APRIL 23: Head coach Brent Venables of the Oklahoma Sooners kneels with former players before the teams spring game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on April 23, 2022, in Norman, Oklahoma. Through the air, he threw 257 times, completing 117 passes for 2,430 yards with 22 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. Let me tell you what really sparked everything, Holieway said. He grazed it, but enough to see my head turn the other way. I pushed myself. Learn how your comment data is processed. You get your dream, you get to start one last game,' Holieway said. Regardless of how his life has gone in the days since his Sooner glory, Jamelle Holieway should always be remembered as one of the greatest college quarterbacks of all time. Jamelle Holieway is considered one of the greatest option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. We were both on the floor, like two kids playing marbles, and we spoke for hours. There are a lot of people out there pulling for him and other former players. He is having some very serious heart issues right now. Holieway came into the season projected to be the Sooners fourth quarterback on the depth chart. I am going to be cold. He made me want to go put my damn helmet on one more time and play, Holieway said. The Sooners thumped Iowa State 59-14 in his first start to set the tone. I always wanted to surprise my mother with things, so Id knock on peoples doors and ask them if they wanted their bottles, which you could turn in and get money for, said Holieway. One of his favorite adventures was taking the two buses over to The Forum, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, and sneaking into the games. The reason being, Coach Switzer tore his knee up at the Nebraska game. As a kid, he would walk out of his home with a .22 pistol and a kerosene lamp to escort his mother and grandmother to the outhouse, protecting them against venomous Copperhead snakes. Hands down. Magic stopped to sign some autographs and he put his bag down, said Holieway. Holieway obviously was living in the fast lane, even back then. It is not all about the cheering. Lashar calmly drilled the game-winning field goal from 31 yards away. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Even with the prolific quarterbacks that arrived on campus with the hire of Bob Stoops as head coach in 1999, Holieway still ranks 17th in passing yards in program history. I dont know if Holieway is going to stay clean. Just there for you no matter what.. When the starter returned from his injury the next week, he was moved to wide receiver. That Miami team was incredible and both of our teams were balling! To me, that is some good stuff for your mama to believe in you when you are 15 years old, and it is only me and her.. The recipient of the Sparks phone call was 1980s national championship quarterback Jamelle Holieway. They did. The decision proved wise. Just thought I'd help with some info. Holieway signed with the Sooners and arrived on campus in the summer of 1985. And shed tell me things like, You dont need to go in that area over there, thats a bad area. Holieway had worked some with the first team the week of the Miami game that Aikman was injured in, so he was prepared. He could pass the ball when needed, but his strength was in his lightning-quick feet, assiduously making an inordinate amount of correct split-second decisions, his greasy slickness in the open field while darting through defenses, and overall mastery of operating the rapid-fire action of the wishbone option an offense that Oklahoma had de-emphasized to take advantage of Aikmans arm. So my name got brought up enough to keep my name in the loop and for me to be relevant in these times of college football. I personally think if he could have gone pro, he would have been one of the best. While Mitchel possessed both the superior size (6-foot-1, 195 pounds compared to 5-11, 175 for Holieway) and speed (a 4.27-second 40-yard dash vs. Holieways low 4.5), it was Holieway that gained the approval of Switzer through the split-second decision making he displayed in preseason scrimmages. After Testaverde lofted a beautiful 55-yard pass to a streaking Michael Irvin for the games first score midway through the first quarter, Aikman engineered an 89-yard drive that was highlighted by his 50-yard pass to Keith Jackson. I should have redshirted that year, but because I wanted to come home and play and be all like that and thought I wanted to hurry up and get my ass out of college. Johnson andSwitzer once worked together as assistants at Oklahoma in the early 1970s and Jimmy later coached at in-state rival Oklahoma State, where he was winless in five tries against Switzers powerhouse Sooner program. Or Id go and help people wash their cars so I could gather up enough money to get her some flowers, some type of trinket, or a candy dish that you could sit on the table. Then pop, there it goes and I just remember Pat Jones being the first one out there saying, Stay down, son.'. I knew that it was a national-televised game, Holieway said. I was back to Banning a year ago, Holieway said. I was just running to the open spot. That opened up a lot of doors for me and I got to travel to places in Los Angeles and California that I normally wouldnt have seen. Those are good times.. Just FYI Jamelle was in Tulsa today (12-12-08) at the Bob Hurley Ford auto dealership. I get on that bus to get on that plane, and Coach Switzer says, Where did you get that jacket from? I said, Coach, it is going to be snowing up in Lincoln. Seeing how hard his mother worked, he also engaged in Bottle Hustling, along with helping people clean their rides at the local car wash to earn a few dollars. pic.twitter.com/Qba6PPvns2, ESPN Blacksburg (@ESPNBlacksburg) January 8, 2019. I guess that is why I dont like Clemson to this day, because they beat us the last game.. i agree, jamelle holieway is one of the greatest, most exciting college players of all time. He talked defense, I talked offense, Holieway said. The recognition I get is from my friends and my family still remembering those times, Holieway said. Holieway still lives in Oklahoma and spends much of his summers coaching football camps.[1]. Hed eventually go down in history as one of the best to ever play the position. His passing efficiency rating was 84.9 over 39 collegiate games. But with 9:18 remaining in the half, everything changed in an instant. When Coach Switzer came to my house, the living room furniture was for show and only my moms friends could sit there when they came over, said Holieway. So my father came home and had to find a way to feed his family. ''He keeps his composure when the game is really tough, and they win. Also peep Boz and Jamelle Holieways celebration pic.twitter.com/m2AntWr6nE, Barstool Sooners (@OUBarstool) June 9, 2020. Dont know if hes going to shake all his demons. I could run that offense in my sleep. Now, he sees Hurts using his brains and athleticism at the highest level of college football, and he's proud. A name both good and bad. 1s that week against Miami, Holieway said. So you can basically weed them out and figure out who's going to win the national championship. Maybe Holieway felt invincible in Oklahoma. He soon got his wish when Bannings starter went down with a rib injury. When we would scrimmage, Eric would make some big ol play and these runs and the crowd would go wild and be cheering, Holieway remembered. Holieway threw a 71-yard touchdown pass in that game to All-American tight end Keith Jackson. Crooks favorite guy. So I know when he speaks to his own team, he kind of reminds me of (former Oklahoma Coach Barry) Switzer when it comes to motivation. City Player of the Year the Baby Heisman after a senior season in which the Pilots were L.A. City runner-up. I dont care who is the coach, we know we put on that crimson and cream. Best wishes to Jamelle! It must have been a grueling wait for the coaches, players and the fan base. Seemingly buried at fifth on the quarterback depth chart, injuries to sophomores Kyle Irvin and Glenn Sullivan immediately vaulted Holieway into a training camp battle with fellow freshman Eric Mitchel to determine who would back up sophomore Troy Aikman. Surrounded by defenders, hed amazingly dance and juke and head fake his way out of certain peril, all the while telling the helpless defenders who lunged at him, Ha, ha, ya missed me! He was such a unique, genuine person. There are few stories regarding Oklahoma football more remarkable than the one authored by Holieway. It is something that Coach Switzer, to be the great coach that he is because, for whatever reason, I practiced with No. Holieway saw his first action in the second game of the season at Kansas State, running three times for 44 yards in a 41-6 blowout win for the Sooners. I just left high school and now were on TV? His mother taught him, at an early age, the need to be mobile and self-sufficient. Within 11 months of our dinner, he had quarterbacked OU to the national title and himself into Sooner lore." Colorado won the game 10-9. It is not a powerhouse anymore, but we still get together and have a Banning reunion. An Aikman-led victory over Texas (14-7) set the stage for the well-documented October 19 visit from unranked Miami. Class of 1983. It was the first time that hed ever seen snow. (Magic Johnson Jamelles athletic and stylistic role model, Photo Credit: therefinedguy.com). homes for rent in leland for $600; randy deshaney; do numbers come before letters in alphabetical order He walked off towards his car and forgot his bag. And of course it's Keith Jackson again. Holieway lost for just the second time as a starter, 23-7, that day and started two more games while alternating playing time with Thompson before his limitations health-wise made it clear that Thompson was the faster, more effective option going forward. Jamelle Holieway Net Worth. Even injured. It was a distinction that Holieway shared with no one for the next 33 years. The Citrus Bowl loss was also the last game for Switzer at Oklahoma, who was forced to resign the following summer after the program suffered a serious string of criminal incidents involving its players. Middle class blacks scattered as well and in the early 1970s, the areas manufacturing base began an abrupt decline. He goes on and on about Barry Switzer. 1 Nebraska. Who do you think got to ride around in a cart to drive Coach Switzer around? If you move us out there, I can get us a scholarship, and you wont have to pay for me to go to school. And my mama believed in her little 15-year-old boy to do that, and the rest is history. Jamelle was an amazimg college player. Jamelle was the Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year, rushing for 811 yards and eight touchdowns and throwing for four TDs. That tide would soon shift, as Miami was on its way to becoming one of the most iconic, menacing and controversial programs in college football history. In a way, Holieway believes Hurts winning a national title would be a greater accomplishment that his leading the Sooners to the championship. He recorded 32 rushing touchdowns and 22 passing scores with 15 interceptions. And three, black. Oklahoma dominated the Big 8 schedule with an average margin of victory of 45-2 with four shutouts before heading to Lincoln for the regular-season finale at No. My friends got to see. Holieway's road to stardom was unexpected. In lieu of the impending matchup and the stakes involved for both teams, along with the historical opportunity . I wrote about Holieways quest in the Sunday Oklahoman. Holieways adopted state once cheered him. Holieway finished his Sooner career with 2,713 yards rushing on 539 attempts (an average of 5.0 yards per carry) and 32 touchdowns. For some reason that I do not know, he played some games with a total amateur team (Panteras de Madrid). Jamelle Holieway is one interesting person. Oklahoma quarterback Jamelle Holieway (4) looks for an open man during a game against Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1986. ''He believed in me as a baby, as a young man, and I was up here with grown men,'' Holieway said. We went 11-0 the next year and I ran for 325 yards in the city championship, but we wound up losing. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. And turned to cut upfield net worth, money, salary, income, and rest... 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