REPORT: Former BR athlete Mike Hollins returns to practice field months after UVA shooting

VIRGINIA, La. (WAFB) - Former UHigh athlete and current Virginia running back Mike Hollins returned to the practice field on Tuesday, March 14, according to a report from ESPN.

The report from ESPN said Hollins was a full participant as the University of Virginia (UVA) Cavaliers opened spring practice.

Brenda and Mike Hollins — Brenda and Mike Hollins(Courtesy: Ebony Hollins-Allen)

A video shared to social media shows Baton Rouge native Mike Hollins tearfully embracing several student-athletes at the University of Virginia (UVA)

A college football player who was hospitalized in the ICU for a gunshot wound has been discharged.

A college football player hospitalized in the ICU for a gunshot wound is walking just days after a bullet tore through his body, family members say.

The return to the field comes several months after Hollins was injured in a shooting on the UVA campus. The shooting also killed three of Hollins’ UVA football teammates.

The shooting happened on a bus in a parking lot on the UVA campus. Hollins’ mother said her son was shot while trying to help and save other students.

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Hollins’ mother announced the news that he had been discharged from the hospital back in November after he spent some time in the ICU due to his injuries.

The football player’s mother also asked for continued prayers for her son and the other families involved in the shooting.

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