The safety twice changed positions and numbers since last season.
Vincent Holmes had a fairly productive first season for the University of Washington football program, working his way into game time over the latter half of the schedule. A freshman safety from San Jacinto, California, he stepped onto the field on special teams against Stanford, USC, Oregon State and in the Pac-12 championship game against Oregon.Following the coaching change from Kalen DeBoer to Jedd Fisch, the 6-foot, 174-pound Holmes entered and withdrew from the transfer portal.
"I said, 'Sure, it doesn't matter to me right now,' " the coach recounted. " 'We're just looking for football players. I don't care if you're an offensive player or a defensive player.' " His story does not end there. Holmes reversed himself once more, withdrawing from the portal and returning to the Huskies -- only this time as a safety.This is one in a series of articles -- going from 0 to 99 on the Husky roster -- examining what each scholarship player and leading walk-on did this past spring and what to expect from them going forward.
It got so confusing for Holmes, he twice went through numbers changes. After wearing 18 as a freshman safety, he switched to 16 as a pass-catcher in spring practice because fellow receiver Camden Sirmon had his old number as an offensive player. Once he moved back to defense, Holmes pulled on 27 because cornerback Curley Reed already had No. 16 on defense.
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