The result was delete. At the very best, notability is shaky. College athletes, even starters, have regularly and definitively been deleted as "non-notable". This particular player, even for a highly watched, high profile team, got busted with drugs (allegedly? not sure of a conviction even, doesn't look like it), which stirred up a whir of marginal AP releases, and a (reliable) ESPN story. (By the way, the arrest involved three players that had playing time, James Ingram and Ed Collington don't have articles, or I would include them in this deletion). If Holmes' playing time has been deemed non-notable by Wikipedia precedence and guideline, his personal issues don't suddenly make his playing time notable, any more than his playing time make his drug bust encyclopedically notable. WP:BLP, specifically WP:BLP1E, apply. Keeper | 76 | what's in a name? 16:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable college football player per WP:ATHLETE. Not a professional, and no awards as a college player. Really only notable for being kicked off the team. DarkAudit (talk) 17:55, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So, regardless of whether college football passes the acid test of automatic notability (I'm disinclined to see it that way) there's still the excellent point that notable college players will be able to show notability anyway, even if not caught up in drugs busts. This guy doesn't seem to pass WP:V, as the one solid reference (#7) is insufficient for the usual test of multiple, non trivial references in RS. I am fairly ignorant of American football, so I may have made some incorrect assumptions about what's RS. If #1 or #9 are reliable, I'd certainly reconsider. But for now, all in all, I argue for Delete. --Dweller (talk) 13:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]