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Perseverance guides Holmes to graduation day

Nineteen years after leaving the Forty Acres, standout running back Priest Holmes returns to claim his diploma.

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By Natalie England, TexasSports.com

They say the body goes where the eyes go. So for a running back, while agility and quickness are necessary qualities, vision might actually be the most important. Vision allows the running back to see the hole, identify the seam and pick out that opening in the secondary. 

After all, everybody needs a target. 

For Texas Longhorns standout Priest Holmes, targets turned into a Big 12 Championship, bowl game MVP honors, a Super Bowl ring and NFL records.