University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins is letting himself be healed by football four months after he was wounded in a shooting that killed three of his teammates.
The fifth-year footballer, who is a native of Baton Rouge, La., opened up about his return to the field for the first time after practice on Tuesday. He told reporters during a Zoom call that playing football again has allowed him to move past some of the pain and grief he’s felt in wake of the mass shooting at the University of Virginia.
“It’s freeing for me,” he said. “I don’t have to think, I just play.”
