NFF National Scholar-Athletes
Terrance Hollon, LB – Howard
3.90 GPA – Health Science
Head Coach: Larry Scott | Athletics Director: Kery Davis
Faculty Athletics Representative: Deborah Johnson
Recipient of Coach Eddie Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award, Endowed by the George M. Steinbrenner Family and the New York Yankees
A feared defender who has helped Howard University rise to the top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Terrance Hollon has dominated opponents on the field as well as his studies in the classroom. The Cleveland, Ohio, native now becomes the first NFF National Scholar-Athlete in Howard history.
On pace to graduate in May 2025, Hollon has maintained an impressive 3.90 GPA as a health science major at Howard with plans to study physical therapy as a postgraduate student. A member of the MEAC All-Academic Team, Hollon was named a 2023 FCS Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic All-Star and a member of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar First Team.
A three-year team captain, Hollon has led the Bison to back-to-back MEAC Championships in 2022 and 2023, marking the school's first titles since 1993. His efforts culminated with the Bison appearing in their first-ever Cricket Celebration Bowl appearance in 2023.
Hollon has started in all 40 games of his college career in Washington, D.C, and he was a First Team All-MEAC selection in 2023 and Third Team pick in 2022. Hollon led the Bison and ranked sixth in the MEAC last season with 67 tackles, 45 of which were solos. In the 2023 homecoming victory over Norfolk State, he made a season-high 13 tackles (nine solos). In 2022, he had a season-best 14 tackles against North Carolina Central.
His career totals included 194 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, one interception, two passes defended, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
In the community, Hollon has been active with the Grassroots Bison and Athletes 4 Hope initiatives. Hollon credits the lessons taught by his late grandmother, and reinforced by his mother, for enabling him to overcome the challenges of growing up in a rough area of Cleveland and succeeding at the highest levels on the field and in the classroom at one of the most prestigious HBCUs in the country.
(All stats as of Oct. 23, 2024)
