Colin Holba
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Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Holba in 2017 | |||||
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| Position | Long snapper | ||||
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| Born | July 8, 1994 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Eastern (Louisville) | ||||
| College | Louisville | ||||
| NFL draft | 2017: 6th round, 213th overall pick | ||||
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Colin Holba (born July 8, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a long snapper in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisville. Holba was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round (213th overall) of the 2017 NFL draft.
While in high school, Holba played two years of football and three years of baseball. He also made honor roll for all four years of high school and graduated as valedictorian at Eastern High School.[1] Inspired by the influence of his older brother. He can attribute all of his collegiate and professional sporting success to his older brother, Brendan Holba, a high school teacher and varsity softball coach at York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois.
College career
Holba played college football at the University of Louisville.[2] While in college he met his wife Lauren Dale Holba, former Ladybird. They married June 23, 2018.