2021
Saw action in eight games as a sophomore quarterback … Listed as a backup quarterback on the depth chart … Tied for team lead in touchdowns with four rushing scores on year … Ranked second on the team in scoring with 28 point (four touchdowns and a two-point conversion reception vs. Brown) … Rushed 29 times for 113 yards (3.9 average) with four touchdowns and a long of 37 yards and completed four of seven passes for 10 yards on year … Totaled 123 yards (113 rushing/10 passing) of total offense and averaged 15.4 per game … Ran for a career-high 47 yards on five carries and a touchdown, along with a career-long 37-yard run and completed 1-1 passes for eight yards at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Ran two times for one yard and completed 1-1 passes for three yards vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Ran two times for one yard and a key two-yard touchdown run where he dragged an All-Ivy League defender across the goal line at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Ran six times for 19 yards, including a long of 13 yards and completed 1-2 passes for zero yards vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Ran a career-high 10 times for 30 yards and a touchdown at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Missed the Georgetown and Princeton games due to COVID protocols… Made career debut, completed one of two passes, rushed three times for 15 yards and a 15-yard touchdown in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Reagan High School in Pfafftown, N.C. where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Josh McGee … Two-time All-County honoree … Named County Offensive Player of the Year in 2019 … Two-time All-Conference selection … Two-time All-Northwest Honorable Mention selection … Named to the 82-member National Football Foundation Team of Distinction, which recognizes the member’s academic, athletic, and community achievements … As part of the program, included in a digital display at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Ga. … Earned a variety of weekly awards including WXII Athlete of the Week, Ortho-Carolina Student-Athlete of the Week and Game of Inches Offensive Player of the Week honors … Set the Ronald Reagan school record for most career rushing yards … Two-time team Most Valuable Player … Three-year team captain in football … Four-year varsity starting quarterback in football … In four-year career, accumulated 7,240 total yards of offense, responsible for 78 touchdowns, threw for 4,612 yards, 51 touchdowns, and rushed for 2,628 yards and 27 touchdowns … Responsible for 78 touchdowns (51 passing, 27 rushing) in high school career … Threw for 2,027 yards and 27 touchdowns and rushed for 1,005 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior … Led the Raiders to a 9-4 overall record and Class 4A state playoff appearance as a senior … Helped defeat East Forsyth on Senior Night as he led the Raiders on an 85-yard game-winning scoring drive in the final 1:30 … Combined for five touchdowns (three rushing, two passing) in 63-35 win over Watauga … As a junior, threw for 1,450 yards, 14 touchdowns and only four interceptions and rushed for 1,103 yards and 14 touchdowns … Led the Raiders to an 8-5 record and state playoff appearance as a junior … Led the Raiders to a 9-4 record as a sophomore … Suffered an injury prior to his sophomore season which sidelined him for eight weeks but he returned to action … Played in eight games as a freshman as he was thrust into the starting quarterback role after a teammate was injured … Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and two-star recruit by Rivals.com … Earned a total of eight varsity letters in three different sports … Also competed for two years on the varsity lacrosse team as a freshman and sophomore midfielder, and in track and field … In track and field, competed in the 200-meter, 400-meter and long jump … Two-time All-Conference selection in lacrosse … Competed on the Triad Elite Lacrosse team … Also competed in the Reagan 7on7 and won the Dudley 7on7 tournament championship … National Honor Society student, two-year member of the National Latin Honor Society … Named school’s Student of the Year in 2016 … Also a member of the National Society of High School Scholars, high school Ambassador and student representative to the NCHSAA … Involved in a variety of community service initiatives including Mohawk Madness, a community effort to raise money for Feed America Backpack Program, Wigs for Kids donor, Joy Prom Escort, Athletes vs. Epilepsy … Also volunteered through his football and lacrosse programs.
PERSONAL
Born Gabriel Dickson Hollingsworth on September 29, 2000 in Greenville, S.C. … Son of John and Holly Hollingsworth of Pfafftown, N.C. … Has an older brother John, younger brother Micah and younger sister Holly … Father attended Duke and Wake Forest and is a physician … Mother attended Queens College in New York City … Nickname is Sunshine, after the character from the movie “Remember the Titans” … Role model is his father who has achieved all of his goals through hard work and perseverance … Worked a summer construction job … Was homeschooled up until high school … Hobbies and interests include ping pong, drawing, art and fashion … Became interested in Columbia through Assistant Coach Joe D’Orazio and after that he visited camp, saw the facilities, met the staff and was sold after that visit … Committed to Columbia on August 1, 2019 … Chose Columbia for the opportunity to play college football and the chance to be a part of one of the greatest universities in the world … Selected Columbia over offers from Yale, East Carolina, Southern Mississippi and interest from Elon, Syracuse, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Duke, Furman, James Madison, Western Carolina, Howard, Harvard, and Cornell … Aspires to be a collegiate strength and conditioning coordinator and human performance guru … Enrolled at Columbia College.
ARTICLES
https://www.journalnow.com/sports/high-school/extra/reagan-s-gabriel-hollingsworth-has-battled-injuries-over-the-years/article_19e8ecbc-5442-584d-ab7e-7a8b78c36a90.html
https://www.wxii12.com/article/top-high-school-quarterback-chops-off-his-long-blond-locks-of-hair-to-raise-money-to-help-fight-leukemia/29026356
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/sports/high-school/hs-football/early-football-signing-day-in-the-triad/83-6a840290-3ede-4fc8-b2f0-5bd48adb9d7a
https://www.journalnow.com/sports/high-school/extra/reagan-s-gabriel-hollingsworth-has-battled-injuries-over-the-years/article_19e8ecbc-5442-584d-ab7e-7a8b78c36a90.html
