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Rodney Holman (born April 20, 1960) is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals (1982-1992), and the Detroit Lions (1993-1995). Before his NFL career, Holman played football at Tulane University. After graduating college in 1982, he was selected by the Bengals in the third round of the NFL draft A 3 time pro bowler (1988–1990), Holman's superb blocking and pass catching abilities were a great asset to his team, and assisted the Bengals to an NFL championship appearance in Super Bowl XXIII.

By the time he retired in 1996, Holman had played in 213 games, the second most games played by a tight end in NFL history behind Pete Metzelaars (234). In his 14 seasons, Holman amassed 365 receptions for 4,771 yards and 36 touchdowns. As of 2005, Holman's 318 receptions with the Bengals are the most ever by a tight end in franchise history and ranks him as their 6th all time leading receiver.

After his NFL career ended, Holman served as an assistand coach for the New Orleans Saints from 1998 to 1999. He is now retired and living in Slidell, Louisiana.

Sources

All time leading Bengals receivers http://www.bengals.com/team/history/receiving_alltime.asp
Holman's stats at pro-football-reference.com http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/HolmRo00.htm

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