The Big Ten announced its decision Tuesday to postpone fall sports. Minutes after, the Pac-12 made the decision to postpone its season as well.
With two of the Power Five conferences not playing, the entire college football season is now up in the air. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 still have plans to have their conference-only seasons, but there are a number of players, coaches and teams that college football fans will miss watching dearly.
The No. 4 player we will miss watching most this year from the Big Ten and Pac-12 is Oregon junior safety Jevon Holland.
Holland is a very versatile safety for Oregon. He splits time between defense and special teams, where he was the Ducks’ usual punt and kick returner.
Holland has range and great cover skills for the safety position. He has done an excellent job adjusting and covering slot receivers and tight ends when needed. Holland also has good size and speed for a safety, standing at 6-foot-1, 200 pounds.
Holland was the anchor to the Oregon secondary, racking up 108 total tackles (71 solo), 9 interceptions and a touchdown in just two seasons with the Ducks. He was one of three returning FBS players with four or more interceptions in each of the last two years. Holland is also tied for third among active FBS players with nine career interceptions. Holland was a Jim Thorpe Award finalist in 2019 as a sophomore and was projected to be a second round NFL Draft selection following the 2020 season.