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Mike Hollins scores 1st touchdown after surviving Virginia shooting last year

Mike Hollins survived the mass shooting on the UVA campus that killed three football players a year ago
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Mike Hollins scores 1st touchdown after surviving Virginia shooting last year
Mike Hollins scores 1st touchdown after surviving Virginia shooting last year

Virginia tailback Mike Hollins, a survivor of the on-campus mass shooting that took place a year ago, scored his first touchdown of the season near the end of the first half of Saturday's game. The play is Hollins' first touchdown since he was hurt in the shooting that killed three UVA football players.

Hollins took the handoff on a 2nd and 2 play and found an open hole for the four-yard rushing score through a handful of James Madison defensive players, cutting the Dukes' lead to 17-14 after the Cavs trailed 14-0 to start the game.

Devin Chandler, D'Sean Perry, and Lavel Davis, Jr. were shot and killed when Virginia student Christopher Jones, Jr. opened fire on a group of other students as they returned home from a field trip with their class. Two other students, including Hollins, were also shot in the attack. The other victim also survived.

Hollins said he considered leaving Virginia for good after the shooting, but instead elected to return to the university and play again for the Cavaliers football team.

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James Parks is the founder and publisher of College Football HQ. He has covered football for a decade, previously managing several team sites and publishing national content for 247Sports.com for five years. His work has also been published on CBSSports.com. He founded College Football HQ in 2020, and the site joined the Sports Illustrated Fannation Network in 2022 and the On SI network in 2024.

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