2006 Football Roster
Roster
Jamere Holland
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pacoima
- High School:
- Taft
2007: Holland, perhaps USC[apos]s fastest player (he also sprints for the Trojan track team), will compete for playing time at wide receiver job as a redshirt freshman in 2007 after missing last season with an injury. He suffered a slight fracture of his collarbone in 2007 spring practice and sat out most of spring drills.
2006: Holland redshirted as a freshman wide receiver in 2006, his first year at USC, after suffering a broken collarbone in 2006 fall camp and having surgery.
HIGH SCHOOL: He was a 2005 Prep Star Dream Team, ESPN 150, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, U.S. Army All-American Game participant, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-Western, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-L.A. City Co-MVP, Los Angeles Times All-Star, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team pick as a senior wide receiver and defensive back at Taft High in Woodland Hills (Calif.). He had 56 catches for 1,188 yards (21.2 avg.) and 17 TDs in 2005, plus ran 40 yards on 7 reverses (5.5.7 avg.) with a TD, scored on a punt and kickoff return, and made 26 tackles and 3 interceptions.
As a junior in 2004, he was named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, Los Angeles Times All-San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team as he had 38 receptions for 953 yards (25.1 avg.) and 15 TDs. He was a 3-year starter. Incoming Trojan Malcolm Smith also prepped at Taft.
He also ran track at Taft, winning the state 100 and 200 meters in 2005 (he was second in the 100 in 2006). He had bests of 10.36 in the 100 (the nation[apos]s third best prep time in 2006) and 20.92 in the 200.
TRACK: He sprinted for the USC track team in the spring of 2007. In his only 100-meter race, he placed fourth in the UCLA dual (10.81). He ran the leadoff leg of USC[apos]s 400-meter relay team that won at the Rossi Relays, UCLA dual and NCAA West Regional (in 39.50), but he strained his hamstring in the prelims of the NCAA meet and the squad did not finish.
