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Holmes finally suits up for Cats in practice

Louis Holmes' waiting game is over. The UA football team's five-star prospect has been accepted to the university and was in uniform with the Wildcats for Friday's practice at Rincon Vista Complex. Holmes, a defensive end, had been in a holding pattern since he failed to qualify academically for the UA's spring semester. He enrolled in classes at Pima College in the spring, and finished his final summer class Thursday. Holmes spent Friday being fitted for a helmet and shoulder pads, and was one of the final players off the last bus to Rincon Vista in the afternoon. Holmes' arrival is seen as a major coup for Arizona. The UA pried Holmes, who initially committed to Ohio State, from USC during an 11th-hour recruiting battle last winter, and are banking on the 6-foot-6-inch junior to start at defensive end this fall. Holmes was the top-rated junior college player in the country following his 2005 campaign at Scottsdale Community College. He will wear jersey No. 1.