Player Dossier

2019-2024

Illinois

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 12.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.6

Efficiency

12.4

Consistency

22.2

Season Value

21.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Ezekiel Holmes, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Ezekiel Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

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: 2022 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.4 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Illinois

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

12.4

Usage

4.6

Consistency

22.2

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 0. Purdue: 0. Michigan: 2. Minnesota: 2. Michigan State: 0.5. Northwestern: 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. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 0 by 0. Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Minnesota: 2 by 28.3. Michigan State: 1 by 9.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 5
First Half0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · Games = 6

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Minnesota

Result
Tue 12/31vs South CarolinaW 21-1711000
Sat 11/30@ NorthwesternW 38-2811000
Sat 11/16vs Michigan StateW 38-16100.5000
Sat 11/2vs MinnesotaL 17-2521110
Sat 10/19vs MichiganW 21-721101
Sat 10/12vs PurdueW 50-4900000

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2019202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois110.35.31
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois06.31.7-1
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois27.22.82
2024 PostseasonIllinois4.512.44.62.5
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois4.512.44.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Minnesota

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#2

Virginia

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#3

Michigan

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.6 takeover score.

#4

Wisconsin

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#5

Minnesota

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Illinois

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Illinois

21.1

4.5 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8416

Hirschi · Wichita Falls, TX

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

25

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 20 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.