Player Dossier

2015-2020

Purdue

Ben Holt

LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Bowling Green, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben Holt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

90%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

97

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

86

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Western Kentucky • Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Ben Holt built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 44, spending time with Purdue and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Ben Holt's career was his defensive...

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Ben Holt, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Ben Holt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
303
TFL
19
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
11

Quick Answers

Ben Holt quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · LB
Career Tackles
303
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 46 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Latest roster
No. 44 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonWestern Kentucky135-0-1018.4
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky133410.5-2018.4
2017 PostseasonWestern Kentucky96-0--024.2
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky9282.51.511024.2
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky121169.52.595078.3
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue1211461-2045.5
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue00-0--0-

Related Context

Ben Holt played LB for Western Kentucky and Purdue. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ben Holt recorded 1 rushing yards and 303 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Western Kentucky paired 26 primary output with 57.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 45.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Kentucky, Purdue.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

45.4

Usage

10.6

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 0. Vanderbilt: 1.5. TCU: 0. Minnesota: 2.5. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 2.5. Iowa: 0. Illinois: 1.5. Nebraska: 0. Northwestern: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Indiana: 0

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. Nevada: 7 by 29.2. Vanderbilt: 11 by 60.8. TCU: 17 by 50. Minnesota: 9 by 62.5. Penn State: 11 by 45.8. Maryland: 5 by 45.8. Iowa: 7 by 29.2. Illinois: 12 by 65. Nebraska: 10 by 41.7. Northwestern: 10 by 51.7. Wisconsin: 5 by 20.8. Indiana: 10 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

65 vs Illinois

Result
Sat 11/30vs Indiana10+ tacklesL 41-44107000
Sat 11/23@ WisconsinL 24-4554000
Sat 11/9@ Northwestern10+ tacklesW 24-22105100
Sat 11/2vs Nebraska10+ tacklesW 31-27106000
Sat 10/26vs Illinois10+ tacklesL 6-241271.5000
Sat 10/19@ IowaL 20-2673000
Sat 10/12vs MarylandSplash gameW 40-14541.5001
Sat 10/5@ Penn State10+ tacklesL 7-35115000
Sat 9/28vs MinnesotaSplash gameL 31-38941.5010
Sat 9/14vs TCU10+ tacklesL 13-341710000
Sat 9/7vs Vanderbilt10+ tacklesW 42-241160.5001
Sat 8/31@ NevadaL 31-3475000

Player Story

Ben Holt story

Ben Holt built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a linebacker from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 44, spending time with Purdue and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Ben Holt's career was his defensive production: 303 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 rushing yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ben 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.

  1. 1

    Western Kentucky

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2019-2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky0
2016 PostseasonWestern Kentucky5.516.72.85.5
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky5.516.72.80
2017 PostseasonWestern Kentucky622.44.80.5
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky622.44.80
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky2657.816.120
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue945.410.6-17
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue0-9

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 11 · L 15-34 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

90 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

vs UTEP

Week 12 · W 40-16 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Minnesota

Week 5 · L 31-38 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Maryland

Week 7 · W 40-14 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Wisconsin

Week 1 · L 3-34

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

26 primary output · 57.8 efficiency · 16.1 usage

78.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Purdue

45.5

9 primary · 45.4 efficiency · 10.6 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky

24.2

6 primary · 22.4 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

16

Impact games

11

Splash games

12

10+ tackle games