Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2019UCLA
Darnay Holmes
DB • 5'10" • 198 lbs • Pasadena, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darnay Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
Darnay Holmes built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a defensive back from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Darnay Holmes' career was his defensive production: 119...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 110
- NFL Team
- New York Giants
Darnay Holmes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UCLA. Darnay Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 119
- TFL
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 16
- Touchdowns
- 6
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Darnay Holmes UCLA Highlights
2019 · UCLA · Player Highlight
Darnay Holmes college highlights at UCLA.
- Season
- 2019
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Darnay Holmes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · DB
- Career Tackles
- 119
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Calabasas · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Calabasas · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 4 · Pick 4 · New York Giants
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DB 285th (top 32%) · Pac-12 112th (top 22%) · National 1,264th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | UCLA | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCLA | 13 | 37 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 31.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 61.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UCLA | 10 | 33 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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Darnay Holmes played DB for UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darnay Holmes recorded 119 tackles and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
UCLA paired 12 primary output with 27.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
22.8
Usage
4.8
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 0. Washington State: 2. Arizona: 0. Oregon State: 0. Stanford: 2. Arizona State: 0. Colorado: 2. Utah: 0. USC: 0. California: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Washington State: 7 by 49.2. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 24.2. Arizona State: 6 by 25. Colorado: 2 by 28.3. Utah: 2 by 8.3. USC: 10 by 41.7. California: 1 by 34.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Washington State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | L 18-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ USC10+ tackles | L 35-52 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Utah | L 3-49 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | vs ColoradoSplash game | W 31-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Arizona State | W 42-32 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/18 | @ StanfordSplash game | W 34-16 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | vs Oregon State | L 31-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | @ Arizona | L 17-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | @ Washington StateSplash game | W 67-63 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Oklahoma | L 14-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darnay Holmes story
Darnay Holmes built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a defensive back from Pasadena, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Darnay Holmes' career was his defensive production: 119 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 16 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with UCLA. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Darnay Holmes' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 896 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Darnay Holmes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2017-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | UCLA | 7 | 17.9 | 3.9 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | 17.9 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 27.2 | 7.9 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UCLA | 9 | 22.8 | 4.8 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma
Week 2 · L 21-49
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#2
vs California
Week 14 · L 18-28 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 4 · W 67-63 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington
Week 9 · L 23-44 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Kansas State
Week 1 · L 17-35 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
63 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · UCLA
12 primary output · 27.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · UCLA
37.8
9 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · UCLA
31.1
7 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
10
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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