Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Holmes (football player)
yes it is, and I'm one of those wary people of granting a notability "blank check" to "all-Americans" because there really isn't any clear-cut definition of exactly what is an "all-American"--which brings us right back to this athlete.  If the athlete qualifies for notability under  and  (and I believe this one does), then the college football notability guidelines certainly wouldn't "take away" the notability that has already been established.  This is one of the reasons that specific guidelines have yet to be developed in that essay.  It's more than just solid performance, it's the coverage of two seasons worth of solid performance coupled with the legal issues.  Heck, the player could have had lousy performance, but with news coverage like that over time he'd still be notable
— User:Paulmcdonald, 15:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)