:Tyler Holmes

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL biography

| name = Tyler Holmes

| image = File:57, Tyler Holmes, Aug 2, 2018.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Holmes with the Toronto Argonauts in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|07|24}}

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| team =

| number =

| import = no

| position1 = Offensive lineman

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 305

| college = Tulsa

| CFLDraftedYear = 2011

| CFLDraftedRound = 1

| CFLDraftedPick = 7

| CFLDraftedTeam = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years1 = {{NFL Year|2012|2013}}

| playing_team1 = Minnesota Vikings*

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2013|2019}}

| playing_team2 = Toronto Argonauts

| career_footnotes = *Offseason and/or practice roster member only

| career_highlights =

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|2014}}, {{CFL Year|2016}}

| CFL = tyler-holmes/158175

}}

Tyler Holmes (born July 24, 1988) is a Canadian former professional football offensive lineman who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

Professional career

Holmes was drafted by the Argonauts seventh overall in the first round of the 2011 CFL Draft, however, after playing out his college eligibility, he played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League for the 2012 season. After he was cut from the Vikings during their 2013 training camp, he signed with the Argonauts on September 17, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2013/09/17/argonauts-sign-2011-first-round-draft-pick-ot-tyler-holmes/|title=Argonauts sign 2011 first round draft pick OT Tyler Holmes|publisher=Toronto Argonauts|date=September 17, 2013}} He played in 112 regular season games for the Argonauts where he was twice named a CFL East All-Star. Holmes won his first Grey Cup championship as a member of the 105th Grey Cup winning team. As a pending free agent in 2020, he was released during the free agency negotiation window on February 7, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2020/02/07/argos-release-12-players/|title=Argos release 12 players|publisher=Toronto Argonauts|date=February 7, 2020}}

Personal life

His father, Richard Holmes, also played in the CFL.{{cite web | url=https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/football/roster/tyler-holmes/3062 | title=Tyler Holmes | publisher=tulsahurricane.com | accessdate=14 November 2024}}

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