DeVonte Holloman Class: Junior Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. High School: South Pointe Height / Weight: 6-2 / 232 Position: SPR Experience: 2 VL

Junior who moved to the Spur linebacker position in the spring after working as a strong safety throughout his Gamecock career... preseason fourth-team All-SEC according to Phil Steele... is a leader on the defense... expected to become more vocal on the field with another year under his belt... has played in all 27 games over the past two seasons, making a dozen starts.

2010: Played in all 14 games, starting 10 at strong safety... finished third on the team with 69 tackles... had two interceptions, one versus Southern Miss and another against Arkansas... made seven tackles in each of first two games - vs. Southern Miss and Georgia... also forced a fumble vs. Georgia... had six tackles in three straight games vs. Furman, Auburn and Alabama... posted a career-high eight tackles at Kentucky to share team lead... matched that career high with eight tackles in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against Florida State... named the Harris Pastides Scholar-Athlete Award winner at the 2010 spring game.

2009: Highly-touted newcomer who enrolled at Carolina in January 2009 and went through spring drills... one of three scholarship recruits, along with Jarvis Giles and Stephon Gilmore, to graduate from high school early and enroll in January... played in all 13 games making a pair of starts... credited with 30 tackles... made his collegiate debut at NC State in the season opener... made his first career start at Tennessee... also started at strong safety against Arkansas... picked off a pass against Clemson and returned it 54 yards, setting up a Gamecock touchdown... was a member of the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, S.C., in December 2008... played for head coach Bobby Carroll at South Pointe for just his final season... named first-team All-State by The State... forced three fumbles and intercepted two passes as a senior... helped his team to a perfect 15-0 record and the South Carolina AAAA Division II title in his final campaign... selected to participate in the Under Armour High School All-American Game in Orlando and in the North-South game... was regarded as the top player in North Carolina as a junior at Charlotte's Independence High... had 96 tackles and four interceptions as a sophomore and over 50 tackles with two picks as a junior while also playing quarterback... four-star prospect who was rated the 10th-best outside linebacker in the nation and the seventh-best prospect in the state of South Carolina by Rivals.com... a four-star prospect and the nation's sixth-best outside linebacker according to Scout.com... considered the state's sixth-best player by SuperPrep... ranked 19th on the ESPNU 150... listed among both Rivals.com and PrepStar's Top 250... picked South Carolina over Clemson, North Carolina, LSU and Tennessee.

PERSONAL: Christopher DeVonte Holloman is pursuing a degree in hotel, restaurant and tourism management.