Torry Holt Torrance " Torry " Jabar Holt ( born June 5 , 1976 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League ( NFL ) for eleven seasons . He was named to the Pro Bowl seven times and retired with the 10th most receiving yards in NFL history , including a record six consecutive seasons with 1 , 300 yards . He played college football at North Carolina State University , and earned All - American honors . He was drafted by the St . Louis Rams in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft , and spent the next ten years with the Rams and is remembered as one of the members of the " Greatest Show on Turf . " He currently works as an analyst for the NFL Network . Early years . Holt was born in Gibsonville , North Carolina . He was Prep Football Report All - America selection , adding all - state honors at Eastern Guilford High School in Gibsonville . While there he caught 129 passes during his career , gaining 2 , 573 yards and scoring 42 touchdowns including 56 receptions for 983 yards and 17 touchdowns as senior . He also returned three punts and three kickoffs for touchdowns during his career . Additionally , Holt was a standout defensive back who posted 62 tackles and four interceptions as senior . He was named one of the Top 25 players in the state by the Charlotte Observer . After High School Holt attended Hargrave Military Academy in 1994 . There he caught 21 passes for 524 yards and six touchdowns . Torry also made an appearance with at the time St . Louis Rams teammate Marshall Faulk in Nelly ' s Air Force Ones Music Video . College career . Holt attended North Carolina State University , and played wide receiver for the NC State Wolfpack football team from 1995 to 1998 . In his senior year Holt was named Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year . That season he set ACC records of 88 receptions ( since broken by Kenneth Moore of Wake Forest ) for 1 , 604 yards and an NC State record of 16 touchdown receptions . Holt was a consensus first - team All - American as senior . He was also a finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award , given to the nation ’ s top receiver . As a junior he led the team , setting Wolfpack season records with 62 receptions for 1 , 099 yards , topping marks of 55 by Naz Worthen ( 1988 ) while becoming the first player in team history to gain more than 1 , 000 yards in a season . He started in five of the first seven games as sophomore . He majored in sociology . Holt ' s number , 81 , was retired in 1999 . Professional career . Pre - draft . After injuring his knee at the Senior Bowl , Holt , at 192 pounds , ran a 4 . 44 second 40 - yard dash and had a vertical jump of 37 inches at the 1999 NFL Combine St . Louis Rams . Holt was the sixth overall draft pick in the 1999 NFL Draft and the first selection made by the St . Louis Rams . On July 23 , 1999 , Holt signed a five - year , $ 10 million contract , including a $ 5 . 4 million signing bonus , with the Rams . In his rookie season he posted 53 receptions , 788 total yards and six touchdowns on the way to the Super Bowl XXXIV championship . From 1999 to 2001 , the Rams scored over 500 points each season , and their offense was dubbed " The Greatest Show on Turf " . Beginning in 2000 Holt reached at least 1 , 300 yards every season through 2005 , a league record of six consecutive seasons . Holt ' s streak was broken in 2006 , due to injuries to himself and other teammates that hindered the offense for parts of the year . Holt came into the NFL as number 88 , but in 2001 changed his number to 81 ( worn by Az - Zahir Hakim previously ) . Holt ' s career also includes 7 Pro Bowls ( 2000 , 2001 , 2003 – 2007 ) including five straight , 74 career touchdowns for 448 points ( including 2 two - point conversions ) and 920 career receptions . He ranks among the top 10 active leaders in receiving yards , receiving touchdowns , and receptions , and has finished in the top ten of those three categories in five straight seasons ( 2003 – 2007 ) . Holt has also led the league in receiving yardage on two separate occasions ( 2000 , 2003 ) , and receptions once ( 2003 ) . Holt is tenth all time in receiving yards , and eleventh all time in pass receptions . Prior to the 2003 seasons Holt agreed to a 7 - year $ 42 million contract extension that included a $ 12 . 5 million signing bonus . Holt led the NFL in receptions in 2003 and led the NFL in receiving yardage in 2000 and 2003 . He was a First - team All - Pro in 2003 and a Second - team selection in 2006 . On October 15 , 2006 , Holt became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 10 , 000 receiving yards doing so in the sixth game of his eighth season and also to 11 , 000 yards . His request for a release was granted by the Rams on March 13 , 2009 . If he was not released , he would have been due $ 5 . 65 and $ 6 . 65 million in the last two years of his contract and subsequently become a free agent in 2010 . Holt finished his 10 - year career with the Rams starting 147 of 158 games , recording 869 receptions for 12 , 660 yards , and 74 touchdowns — ranking second in Rams ' history in each category behind Isaac Bruce . Jacksonville Jaguars . Holt was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on April 20 , 2009 , to a 3 - year , $ 20 million deal . Holt had 51 catches , but for the first time in his career he did not have a touchdown reception . Holt was released on February 11 , 2010 , and only earned $ 3 . 45 million of the $ 20 million contract . New England Patriots . On April 20 , 2010 , Holt signed a one - year , $ 1 . 7 million contract with the New England Patriots . He was placed on injured reserve on August 15 , 2010 as a result of a knee injury that would require surgery . He was released by the team on August 17 , 2010 with an injury settlement . Retirement . On April 4 , 2012 , Holt signed a ceremonial contract with the St . Louis Rams to retire with the team . He retired ranked 10th in league history with 13 , 382 yards receiving and 13th with 920 receptions . Post - playing career . On November 20 , 2010 during the Raycom Sports broadcast of the annual NCSU game with UNC - Chapel Hill , sideline reporter Mike Hogewood prefaced an interview with Holt stating that he had retired . Holt has since gotten into broadcasting with Fox Sports , providing commentary for their NFL coverage . Holt joined NFL Network in 2010 as an analyst on the network ’ s signature show , " NFL Total Access " , as well as other NFL Network shows and specials . He made his debut as an analyst on the " NFL Total Access : Pro Bowl Selection Show " on Dec . 28 , 2010 . He is the older brother of safety Terrence Holt .