Transfers to HU want to rise after their falls

Hampton University head football coach Jerry Holmes (Mark's Digital Photography).

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The business of second chances is serious, especially when others are counting on your redemption. First-year head coach Jerry Holmes isn't concerned about the transfers' tainted history repeating. He believes the character of his team and coaching staff will help keep them on track.

"We've got to monitor these kids and make sure that we keep the proper people around them," Holmes said. The players "feel like they got a bad deal from their previous school, so they want to come here and say, 'Now I'm gonna show them.'"

There are adjustments, to be sure. Coker, who enrolled in Hampton in January, said he spent his first two months at the school sleeping, until his teammates introduced him to new people. Bryant Miller, a defensive end who transferred from Auburn, said he feels welcome at Hampton, but "in the beginning, it was rocky ...

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