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Bentley University

2024 Football

Bentley Athletics/Ryan DeSantis

22 Vinnie Holmes

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 210
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mansfield, Mass.
  • High School Mansfield
  • Position RB

Biography

2024

  • All-NE10 Second Team.
  • Totaled 105 rushing yards and scored the game-tying touchdown (15 yards) late in the fourth quarter at West Chester (Sept. 7).
  • Ran for 99 yards on 23 carries at St. Anselm (Sept. 14). 
  • Ran for 99 on 14 carries against American International (Oct. 19).
  • Named NE10 Offensive Player of the Week after scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 107 yards at Post (Oct. 26).
  • 98 rushing yards and a touchdown at Franklin Pierce (Nov. 9). 



2023

  • Named first team All-Conference.
  • Average of 94 rushing yards per game ranked second in the NE10.
  • Carried the ball 174 times for 846 yards and three touchdowns.
  • Exploded for 260 yards rushing at Post (Sept. 16), which included an 81-yard run.
  • Named the NE10 Offensive Player of the Week following that game.
  • Had 112 yards one week later at Southern Conn St. (Sept. 23).
  • 19 carries for 88 yards and a TD at Saint Anselm (Oct. 7).
  • Hit 100 yards rushing for the third time in season-finale at New Haven (Nov. 11).

2022: Saw action in all ten games with one start (Sept. 23 vs. New Haven) … rushed for 443 yards with a high of 94 in 17 carries against Southern Connecticut Oct. 22 … also gained 76 vs. American International Nov. 5 and 69 against Post Sept. 16 … had his first career TD against Post, a three-yard run … also scored against New Haven a week later, a four-yard run … caught at least one pass in eight of ten games … finished with 10 receptions for 65 yards … was also credited with four tackles … received academic honors from the Northeast-10 following the spring semester.

2021: Appeared in five games … carried the ball 17 times for 44 yards … had his best game Oct. 2 at Saint Anselm when he ran for 23 yards on seven carries … had a long of nine yards … also was credited with three tackles.

2020: Bentley did not compete in any games.

Before Bentley: 2020 graduate of Mansfield High School, where he lettered in football, track and wrestling ... was the Division 2 State Player of the Year ... named to the Mass. All-Decade Team by the Boston Herald ... Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic ... Hockomock League Kelley-Rex Division MVP ... played in the state championship game, helping Mansfield to the title ... as a senior, rushed for 895 yards and made 91 tackles ... was selected for the Shriners’ All-Star Game ... National Football Foundation Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Son of Peter and Christine Holmes ... has three siblings: Nico, Zander and Halia … father was a wrestler at Harvard.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    RB
    5'10" 205 lbs
  • 34

    2021Sophomore

    RB
    5'10" 200 lbs
    34
  • 22

    2022Junior

    RB
    5'10" 200 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2023Senior

    RB
    5'10" 205 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2024Graduate Student

    RB
    5'10" 210 lbs
    22