Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Illinois
Ezekiel Holmes
LB • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Wichita Falls, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ezekiel Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Ezekiel Holmes built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Wichita Falls, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Ezekiel Holmes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Ezekiel Holmes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois. Ezekiel Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 25
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ezekiel Holmes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 25
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hirschi · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Hirschi · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · LB 804th (top 66%) · Big Ten 406th (top 50%) · National 3,166th (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 6 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.4 |
Related Context
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Ezekiel Holmes played LB for Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ezekiel Holmes recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Illinois paired 5.5 primary output with 14 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 14 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Illinois
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
14
Usage
4.9
Consistency
46.8
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. South Carolina: 0. Purdue: 1. Michigan: 2. Minnesota: 2. Michigan State: 0.5. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 0 by 10. Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Minnesota: 2 by 28.3. Michigan State: 1 by 9.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 5 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · +1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Minnesota
Player Story
Ezekiel Holmes story
Ezekiel Holmes built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Wichita Falls, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Ezekiel Holmes' career was his defensive production: 25 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Ezekiel Holmes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 6.3 | 1.7 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 5.5 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 5.5 | 14 | 4.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia
Week 2 · L 14-42
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Minnesota
Week 10 · L 17-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 8 · L 21-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan
Week 8 · W 21-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 7 · W 50-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Illinois
5.5 primary output · 14 efficiency · 4.9 usage
50.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
50.4
5.5 primary · 14 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
40.2
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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