Player Dossier

2018-2023

Texas State

Brian Holloway

LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • League City, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brian Holloway shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53 disruption score.

Usage Score

13.4

Efficiency

53

Consistency

57.4

Season Value

56

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
SMU • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Scouting Read

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Brian Holloway, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State. Brian Holloway shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53 disruption score.

Brian Holloway played LB for SMU and Texas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brian Holloway recorded 185 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Texas State paired 29.5 primary output with 53 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 53 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Win with 6.5 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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2023 Postseason · Texas State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

53

Usage

13.4

Consistency

57.4

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 2. Baylor: 2. UTSA: 3.5. Jackson State: 1. Nevada: 3. Southern Miss: 6.5. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 2.5. Troy: 1. Georgia Southern: 1. Coastal Carolina: 2.5. Arkansas State: 0. South Alabama: 4.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 6 by 45. Baylor: 8 by 53.3. UTSA: 16 by 85. Jackson State: 1 by 14.2. Nevada: 12 by 80. Southern Miss: 6 by 75. Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. UL Monroe: 8 by 58.3. Troy: 10 by 51.7. Georgia Southern: 7 by 39.2. Coastal Carolina: 9 by 62.5. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 15 by 95

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.8 · Games = 8 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

95 vs South Alabama

Result
Tue 12/26@ RiceSplash gameW 45-21640020
Sun 11/26vs South Alabama10+ tackles · Splash gameW 52-4415103.5010
Sat 11/18@ Arkansas StateL 31-7732000
Sat 11/11@ Coastal CarolinaSplash gameL 23-31962.5000
Sat 11/4vs Georgia SouthernW 45-24720010
Sat 10/28vs Troy10+ tacklesL 13-31106100
Sat 10/14vs UL MonroeSplash gameW 21-20842.5000
Sat 10/7@ LouisianaL 30-3443000
Sat 9/30@ Southern MissSplash gameW 50-36641.50010
Sat 9/23vs Nevada10+ tackles · Splash gameW 35-24127200
Sun 9/17vs Jackson StateW 77-3411100
Sat 9/9@ UTSA10+ tackles · Splash gameL 13-2016510.500
Sat 9/2@ BaylorSplash gameW 42-3186100

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    SMU

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonSMU0
2019 Regular SeasonSMU2.516.13.42.5
2020 Regular SeasonSMU17.91.1-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonSMU04.20.7-1
2022 Regular SeasonTexas State6245.86
2023 PostseasonTexas State29.55313.423.5
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State29.55313.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Southern Miss

Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5

Primary metric

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#2

Arkansas State

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#3

South Alabama

4.5

Primary metric

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.5 takeover score.

#4

UTSA

3.5

Primary metric

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#5

Nevada

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Texas State

29.5 primary output · 53 efficiency · 13.4 usage

56

#2

2023 Regular Season · Texas State

56

29.5 primary · 53 efficiency · 13.4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · SMU

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

9

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

185

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 38 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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