Corey Holmes Corey Holmes ( born November 11 , 1976 in Greenville , Mississippi ) is a former professional Canadian football running back and the current mayor of Metcalfe , Mississippi . College career . Holmes attended Mississippi Valley State University and played eight games in his senior season with the Delta Devils . He was named SWAC all - Conference and SWAC all - American Player of the Year . He had 1 , 167 yards on 189 carries and finished the year with 10 touchdowns . He led the team in scoring for the season with 60 points and he played on special teams . CFL career . Holmes was signed out of college in June 2001 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders and made one appearance in his rookie season , in week 5 . He got one carry for three yards , two kickoff returns for 48 yards and four punt returns for 42 yards . He spent the remainder of the season dressed as a backup or on the practice roster . 2002 was a breakthrough year for Holmes as he led the team with seven touchdowns , 1 , 035 kickoff return yards and 1 , 023 punt return yards . He was also named a Western Division all - star , CFL Special Teams Player - of - the Year and MVP of the Roughriders as voted on by the players . Holmes played in only 10 games in an injury plagued 2003 season . Despite the injury plagued season he was still nominated for the Most Outstanding Special Teams Player and he was healthy for the play - offs . 2004 was a healthy and productive season for Holmes . He dressed in all 18 regular season games and both play - off games . He finished the season with 635 rushing yards , 536 receiving yards and led the league with 2 , 704 combined yards . He was up for the Most Outstanding Teams Player for the third straight year . He was named Special Teams Player - of - the - Week in week 17 . 2005 was Corey Holmes best season in his CFL career . He started the season off on a good note , scoring on the opening kick - off . Holmes Set a Rider record and was third all - time in the CFL for combined yards with 3 , 455 , he was named the CFL ’ s Special Teams Player of the week four times , was named the CFL ’ s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player , was the Western nominee for Most Outstanding Player , was a CFL all - star , was nominated for the Tom Pate award as voted on by his teammates and he was the Riders Most Popular Player as voted on by the fans . Corey Holmes followed his best ever season in the CFL with his worst in 2006 . Despite being voted the teams most popular player by the fans , he was traded in April 2006 for the first overall choice in the dispersal draft ( Kerry Joseph ) . Holmes dressed in only 10 games for the Hamilton Tiger - Cats . 2007 was his seventh season in the CFL . He was traded back to the Riders , along with Chris Getzlaf , for Wide Receiver Jason Armstead in August . He was subsequently released by the Riders on January 29 , 2008 , a transaction that was not well received by Roughrider fans due to his immense popularity . Saskatchewan released Corey Holmes largely because they were over the salary cap , and that Corey was a casualty of that situation . Corey stated in the Regina Leader Post that he was earning $ 165 , 000 per year and that he was due a $ 30 , 000 bonus immediately . By releasing Corey , Saskatchewan evaded paying the bonus . Corey further stated that " It ' s time for me to start planning for the future . We ' ll see if Saskatchewan hires a new coach who wants me . If not , I ' ll let the day go by and I ' ll keep talking to God . I can ' t let one rock get in my way . If I ' m not playing anymore , it means I ' ll get into coaching . I really want to coach . I ' ll see what God wants me to do . " Post - Playing Career . During the 2008 season , Holmes served as the receivers and defensive coach at Washington High School , helping WHS to win the 2008 Mississippi State AAA football championship . Holmes ' contract was not renewed after the season . On June 2 , 2009 , Holmes was elected mayor of Metcalfe , Mississippi . He defeated 14 year incumbent Shrley Allen 222 votes to 146 .