Justin Hollins was a three-star recruit out of Martin High School in Arlington, Texas in 2014, choosing to go to Oregon over schools like Baylor and Colorado. He was not nationally ranked by Rivals and didn’t get much attention as a future pro even though he did get a number of Division-I offers. This may have had something to do with his high school teammate drawing away most of the credit for his success: future number one overall pick Myles Garrett.
Hollins played as a true freshman, mostly on special teams, then redshirted the next year.