- Carlyle Holiday
Infobox NFLactive
currentteam=Free Agent|currentnumber=18
currentposition=Wide receiver
birthdate=birth date and age|1981|10|4
birthplace=San Antonio, Texas
heightft=6
heightin=2
weight=217
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Arizona Cardinals
college=Notre Dame
undraftedyear=2004
pastteams=
*Arizona Cardinals (2005-2006)
*Green Bay Packers (2006-2008)
nfl=HOL082123Carlyle Javar Holiday (born
October 4 ,1981 inSan Antonio, Texas ) is anAmerican football wide receiver who currently is afree agent .Holiday attended Roosevelt High School in San Antonio where he was part of the
National Honor Society ,student council , took a full schedule of all honors/AP courses. In football, he was named as the Top High Schoolscrambling quarterback in the nation. After a heavy bid from Nebraska to obtain Holiday, he eventually settled with theUniversity of Notre Dame . Holiday was the startingquarterback for three years at the university, leading them to theGator Bowl . During his Senior year at Notre Dame, Holiday was converted to a Wide Receiver due to the emergence of true Freshman QuarterbackBrady Quinn . Even though Holiday never played collegebaseball , Holiday was drafted by theCincinnati Reds in the 44th round of the MLB amateur draft in 2002, and by theNew York Mets in 2003.Holiday was signed out of
free agency by theGreen Bay Packers onDecember 5 ,2006 after being released from theArizona Cardinals . On September 16 2007, Carlyle injured his knee playing against the New York Giants and did not play again that season. On Feb 29th, 2008 Holiday was released by the Green Bay Packers. [cite web | last = JSOnline.com | title = Packers release WR Carlyle Holiday | url=http://blogs.jsonline.com/packers/archive/2008/02/29/packers-release-wr-carlyle-holiday.aspx | accessdate = 2008-02-29]References
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