Day 15 – Miami Dolphins 2022 Training Camp Notebook

“He’s so instinctual,” tight end Durham Smythe said about Holland. “He’s obviously a great athlete but the instincts just put him apart. He makes plays that he really shouldn’t be making in terms of what his job is in the defense on certain plays. When you have a guy like that kind of expects, or really knows what’s coming and can read things so quickly, he’s a guy that can make a play on the opposite side of the field when he’s not there.”

A true student of the game, Holland listed the safeties of which he most admired and studied the tape as a youth. He singled out a variety of players, highlighting their versatility. Holland described how his role in college allowed him to become the versatile safety Dolphins fans have come to love early on in his career.

“It puts me in a dynamic where if I have to step down and into the box or I have to do anything close to the line, I already have some type of history with that,” Holland said. “College and NFL are completely different, but it kind of gives me a comfortable feeling knowing I’ve been down there before.”