Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Holmes (football player)
DarkAudit's claim that college football players cannot be notable under  because the NFL is the "highest level of competition" or because "amateur sports" are those which have no professional league is wrong.  links to Amateur sports which has a section Amateur sports#North American collegiate athletics which discusses American college football as an "amateur sport." A college football player, particular one on a top national team, or one who wins national awards, can certainly be considered notable, since there are multiple independent and reliable sources with substantial coverage, satisfying  as well
— User:Edison, 03:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:ATHLETE||WP:ATHLETE||WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)