12 - Cory Holt Position: Quarterback
Class: r-Freshman
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 222 lbs.
High School: Lexington
Hometown: Lexington, N.C.
 
photo An exceptional athlete who served as the No. 3 quarterback last fall while redshirting ... Made big strides this past spring, but still has a ways to go ... Got hurt in the spring, limiting his reps down the stretch ... Missed the spring game with a right rotator cuff injury ... Has to work on consistency ... Needs to improve his football knowledge and IQ and continue to make better decisions all of the time ... Enrolled at Tech in January, 2004 and participated in spring practice ... Throws a great ball ... The biggest of Tech's returning quarterbacks ...

2004: Dressed for all of the games, but did not play, preserving his redshirt ... Recorded a 450-pound back squat and a 35-inch vertical jump in spring testing ...

2003: Enrolled at Tech for the second semester and went through 2004 spring practice ... Was 3-for-4 passing for 28 yards during Tech's first spring scrimmage ... Hit 3-of-5 passes for 62 yards and a touchdown in his second scrimmage, but also threw an interception ... Also threw for a touchdown and had an interception in the Hokies' final scrimmage ... Completed 2-of-4 passes in the Maroon-White game for 9 yards ...

Prep School: Spent the fall semester playing for Coach Robert Prunty at Hargrave ... Connected on 4-of-10 passes for 66 yards in a win over the Virginia Tech jayvee squad ... Hit fellow Tech freshman Justin Harper for a 47-yard touchdown on the third play of that game ... Had a rushing touchdown against Lackawanna J.C. ... Hit Harper on a 61-yard touchdown pass against Bridgewater's jayvee team ... Led team to an 8-1 record ...

High School: Accounted for more than 6,000 yards of total offense during his career at Lexington High ... Lettered four years as a quarterback for Coach Billy Hunt ... Passed for 1,738 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior ... Added 953 yards on the ground and scored 17 rushing touchdowns ... Had two games during his senior season where he rushed and threw for at least 150 yards in the same game ... Was named the Offensive Player of the Year in Central Carolina 2A ... Also named to the All-Northwest football team by The Winston-Salem Journal ... Named an all-region selection by PrepStar for the Atlantic region ... Threw for over 2,000 yards as a junior ... Set a state record as a junior by throwing eight touchdown passes in one game ... Was named all-conference, all-county and all-area as a junior ... For his career, threw for 4,872 yards and 58 TDs while rushing for 1,619 yards and 27 scores ... Set school season and career marks for passing yards, passing touchdowns and completions ... Ranked the No. 49 player in the Atlantic East region by Rivals100.com ... Ranked the No. 26 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep ... Lettered three seasons as a center in basketball ... Played on a 17-and-under AAU basketball team that won a national title ...

Personal: Cory Lamont Holt ... Born 6/17/85 in Lexington, NC ... Son of Danny and Laura Fuller ... Enrolled in university studies.

Passing G Effic. Att-Comp Pct. Yds. TD INT
2005 6 116.83 12-4 33.3 80 1 0
2007 2 68.17 7-4 57.1 33 0 1
Career 8 98.91 19-8 42.1 113 1 1

Rushing G No. Yds. Avg. TD LG
2005 6 3 1 .3 0 7
2007 2 5 10 2.0 0 8
Career 8 8 11 1.4 0 8