Kansas City Chiefs legend Priest Holmes is about to be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on April fifteenth after illustrious collegiate and NFL careers.

A local of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Holmes initially entered the league as an undrafted free agent by the use of the Baltimore Ravens in 1997 after enjoying on the University of Texas. He discovered a long-term dwelling in Kansas City in 200 and managed to place collectively probably the most spectacular three-year runs in NFL historical past between his signing with the Chiefs by 2003.

Holmes recently spoke to reporter Brice Cherry of the Waco Tribune-Herald this week about his inspiration to play soccer in Austin and cited two all-time greats as motivating components in his determination to decide to Texas after graduating from highschool.

“For me, I looked at Earl Campbell,” He defined to Cherry. “One thing stood out to me — I didn’t look anything like Earl. So when I’m playing tackle football in the street, I’d see Tony Dorsett and the more I’d watch him and the more believable it would become when I’d see him. I thought, ‘I kind of look like him. I think I can run like him, I think I can pretend to be him.’ It was much easier to pretend to be him than pretend to be Earl Campbell, not having that type of size and stature.”

His potential to out-run, out-maneuver, and even bulldoze defenders cemented his place as one of many Chiefs’ most beloved working backs. Even years later, followers nonetheless recount his gritty working type that outlined Kansas City’s model of soccer within the early 2000s.

“All I wanted to do, I wanted to see Tony Dorsett’s locker,” Holmes informed Cherry. “I’d heard he had a locker that was enshrined and still there, and you get a chance to walk the halls of where Tony Dorsett went.”

Though Chiefs legends like Christian Okoye and Marcus Allen weren’t a part of the dialogue relative to his school dedication, Holmes is certain to be forgiven by the Kansas City devoted who stay enamored by what he was in a position to accomplish on the sector at Arrowhead Stadium.

For Chiefs followers within the Lone Star State who might need to attend the ceremony, a banquet is to be held in Waco, Texas on April 15th the place Holmes can be in attendance with different inductees together with Adrian Peterson and Michael Strahan.

Hopes in Kansas City are nonetheless excessive that Holmes could also be thought of for choice to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, although this most up-to-date honor should suffice for now. As followers of the brand new period of NFL soccer begin to yearn for the return of hard-nosed speeding assaults, Holmes’ effort and tenacity on the bottom are positive to be appreciated much more as time goes on.