From the day he was born, Elijah Holyfield had a lot to prove.
As the son of one of the most decorated American boxers of all time, greatness was expected of Holyfield. The junior running back said he uses the perception that he’s still living in his father, Evander Holyfield’s, shadow as “motivation to get out of it.”
Now, with Nick Chubb and Sony Michel — Georgia’s second and third-leading all-time rushers — headed to the NFL, Holyfield has more shadows to outrun.
Expectations are high for the entire corps of Bulldog running backs, coming off a year where Georgia rode its pair of 1,000 yard rushers all the way to a national championship appearance.