Welcome to Wyoming Football: Jackson Holman
LARAMIE -- Wyoming has welcomed nearly 50 new faces this offseason.
Transfer portal era, am I right?
Jay Sawvel knew a rebuild on defense was in order after losing both starting linebackers and safeties, along with leaders like Jordan Bertagnole and DeVonne Harris. The departures of Wrook Brown, Sabastian Harsh and Keany Parks only magnified things.
The second-year head coach got busy, inking a dozen transfers on that side of the ball on February's traditional signing day and adding three more since the annual spring game.
On offense, the damage was limited.
Yes, running back Harrison Waylee is now at Virginia. Young wideout Justin Stevenson is a Utah Ute now, too. But if you ask Sawvel, he kept the players he wanted on offense, beginning with quarterback Kaden Anderson.
Three of the Cowboys' top linemen -- Jack Walsh, Caden Barnett and Wes King -- are also back. So is tight end John Michael Gyllenborg, wide receivers Chris Durr Jr. and Jaylen Sargent, along with leading rusher Sam Scott.
So, without further ado, let's spent the summer meeting the new players that litter this 2025 roster:
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NAME | Jackson Holman
YEAR | Sophomore
HT/WT | 6',3", 206
HOMETOWN | Irvine, Calif.
POSITION | Wide receiver
JERSEY NUMBER | 9
PREVIOUS SCHOOL | Arizona
YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY | three
NOTABLE | Jackson Holman caught 79 passes for 1,339 yards and 16 touchdown during his varsity career at powerhouse Mission Viejo High School. More than 500 of those yards and seven scores came during his senior season. Holman enrolled at Arizona, redshirting in Year 1 and appearing in seven games -- mainly on special teams -- last fall.
QUOTABLE | "I feel like the transfer portal was super helpful for me to find a place where there's competition in the room and there's an opening for an outside position right now ... The physicality, just the way that we run the ball, you know? We're going to run the ball. Then that opens up the pass game after that," -- Jackson Holman on coming to Wyoming and what he likes most about this offense.
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