Player Dossier

2007-2009

Nebraska

Menelik Holt

WR • 6'4" • San Diego, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Menelik Holt reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Menelik Holt built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a wide receiver from San Diego, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Menelik Holt's career was his receiving role: 49...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.8822

St Augustine · San Diego, CA

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Menelik Holt, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Nebraska. Menelik Holt reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
627
Receptions
49
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Menelik Holt quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · WR
Career Receiving Yards
627
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Nebraska
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
3-star · St Augustine · Nebraska
High school pipeline
St Augustine · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Class 2009
2009 Receiving yards rank
175 receiving yards · WR 425th (top 54%) · Big 12 68th (top 42%) · National 588th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonNebraska3497052.9
2008 PostseasonNebraska9235074.7
2008 Regular SeasonNebraska928320174.7
2009 Regular SeasonNebraska615175162

Related Context

Menelik Holt played WR for Nebraska. Across 3 tracked seasons, Menelik Holt recorded 627 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Nebraska paired 355 primary output with 79.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 80.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2009 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

29.2

Efficiency

80.6

Usage

12.7

Consistency

75.6

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 45. Arkansas State: 40. Virginia Tech: 13. Missouri: 26. Texas Tech: 34. Iowa State: 17

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 100. Arkansas State: 5 by 53.3. Virginia Tech: 1 by 86.7. Missouri: 2 by 86.7. Texas Tech: 2 by 100. Iowa State: 2 by 56.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins37 · Games = 3 · +15.7 vs Losses
Losses21.3 · Games = 3 · -15.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

Best efficiency game

100 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 10/24vs Iowa StateL 7-92178.58.50010
Sat 10/17vs Texas TechL 10-312341717030
Fri 10/9@ MissouriW 27-122261313018
Sat 9/19@ Virginia TechL 15-161131313013
Sat 9/12vs Arkansas StateW 38-954088016
Sat 9/5vs Florida AtlanticW 49-33451515128

Player Story

Menelik Holt story

Menelik Holt built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a wide receiver from San Diego, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Menelik Holt's career was his receiving role: 49 catches, 627 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Menelik Holt's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Nebraska

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200820082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonNebraska9795.64.6
2008 PostseasonNebraska35579.513.8258
2008 Regular SeasonNebraska35579.513.80
2009 Regular SeasonNebraska17580.612.7-180

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 1 · W 49-3

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

45

Receiving Yards

86.2 takeover

45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Missouri

Week 6 · L 17-52 · Conference game

67

Receiving Yards

83.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 89.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Western Michigan

Week 1 · W 47-24

59

Receiving Yards

83.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 78.7 efficiency score.

#4

@ Colorado

Week 13 · L 51-65 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

73.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Colorado

Week 14 · W 40-31 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

69.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Nebraska

355 primary output · 79.5 efficiency · 13.8 usage

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#2

2008 Regular Season · Nebraska

74.7

355 primary · 79.5 efficiency · 13.8 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Nebraska

62

175 primary · 80.6 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games