Pay Heed, All Who Enter: Beware of the Phog!

Here is a look at some of his career numbers:

 

• Three-time Pro Bowl running back enjoyed a stellar seven-year run with Kansas City from 2001-07 after signing with the Chiefs on April 21, 2001.

 

• Produced 1,780 carries for 8,172 yards (4.6 avg.) with 86 TDs, as well as 339 receptions for 2,962 yards (8.7 avg.) and eight TDs over his 11-year NFL career.

 

• During his 65 regular season games (63 starts) in a Kansas City uniform established nine different Chiefs career records, including marks for rushing yards (6,070), total TDs (83) and rushing TDs (76).

 

• Also holds eight different Kansas City single-season records including marks for points (162 in 2003), receptions by a running back (74 in 2003) and yards from scrimmage (2,287 in 2002).

 

• His 8,172 rushing yards are the most by any undrafted player since the AFL-NFL merger.

 

• Piled up 500 points with the Chiefs, the third-highest tally in team history.

 

• Registered 66 total TDs over a three-year period from 2002-04, the second-highest total in NFL history over a three-year span.

 

• His 48 rushing TDs from 2002-03 established the best two-year total in league annals in that category.

 

• Ranks 14th in NFL lore with 86 career rushing TDs.

 

• Registered three or more rushing TDs in nine games during his NFL career, just one shy of the league mark held by Hall of Fame RB Jim Brown (10).

 

• Ranks fourth in team history among running backs with 2,377 receiving yards, only 453 yards short of FB Kimble Anders’ team record (2,829).

 

• Stands second in Kansas City history with 8,447 yards from scrimmage, a mark he held until TE Tony Gonzalez (9,414) overtook him in 2006.

 

• From 2001-06, no running back in the league averaged more yards from scrimmage per game than Holmes (136.0) or rushing yards per game (97.3).

 

• Racked up a franchise-record 2,287 yards from scrimmage in 2002 alone, the ninth-highest seasonal mark in NFL history.

 

• Owns 31 career regular season 100-yard rushing games, including 24 with KC, a mark that ranks second in Chiefs history behind RB Larry Johnson.

 

• Ranks 35th on the NFL’s all-time rushing yardage chart with 8,172 yards.

 

• Became the only player in Chiefs history to compile three or more 1,000-yard rushing campaigns, when he topped the mark in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

 

• Piled up 1,420 rushing yards in 2003 after setting a franchise record and earning NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press with a 1,615-yard effort in just 14 games in 2002.

 

• Led the NFL in rushing with 1,555 yards in 2001.

 

• Owns Chiefs records for rushes of 10+ yards in a career (190), season (53 in 2002) and game (10 at Oakland 12/9/01).

 

• Is the only player in franchise annals to register two 100-yard double-doubles (100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving).

 

• Registered five career 100-yard receiving games in a KC uniform.

 

• Set a KC single-season record for RBs with 74 catches for 690 yards in ‘03.

 

• A former rookie free agent with Baltimore, Holmes became the first Ravens runner to ever post a 1,000-yard season with 1,008 yards in ‘98.

 

• Earned a Super Bowl XXXV ring with Baltimore in 2000.

 

• Was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week six times, getting that honor five times with the Chiefs and once with the Ravens.

 

• Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month in October of 2002 and 2004.

 

• Played in five postseason games (two starts), amassing 42 carries for 221 yards (5.3 avg.) with two TDs.

 

• Saw action in four postseason games with the Ravens including a start in Super Bowl XXXV vs. the N.Y. Giants (1/28/01).