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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Texas 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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- SMU • Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Brian Holloway built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from League City, TX, spending time with SMU and Texas State. The clearest part of Brian Holloway's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyBrian 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 185
- TFL
- 23.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Brian Holloway quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 185
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Texas State
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 105 tackles · LB 32nd (top 3%) · Sun Belt 6th (top 1%) · National 39th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 7 | 21 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas State | 11 | 49 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 25.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas State | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 4 | 77.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas State | 13 | 99 | 16 | 1.5 | 8 | - | 0 | 77.6 |
Related Context
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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.
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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 game | W 45-21 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | vs South Alabama10+ tackles · Splash game | W 52-44 | 15 | 10 | — | 3.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Arkansas State | L 31-77 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Coastal CarolinaSplash game | L 23-31 | 9 | 6 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Georgia Southern | W 45-24 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Troy10+ tackles | L 13-31 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs UL MonroeSplash game | W 21-20 | 8 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Louisiana | L 30-34 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Southern MissSplash game | W 50-36 | 6 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Nevada10+ tackles · Splash game | W 35-24 | 12 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Jackson State | W 77-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ UTSA10+ tackles · Splash game | L 13-20 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ BaylorSplash game | W 42-31 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brian Holloway story
Brian Holloway built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from League City, TX, spending time with SMU and Texas State. The clearest part of Brian Holloway's career was his defensive production: 185 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Brian Holloway'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
SMU
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Texas State
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 2.5 | 16.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 7.9 | 1.1 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas State | 6 | 24 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas State | 29.5 | 53 | 13.4 | 23.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas State | 29.5 | 53 | 13.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 5 · W 50-36 · Conference game
Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 12 · W 16-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#3
vs South Alabama
Week 13 · W 52-44 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#4
@ UTSA
Week 2 · L 13-20
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.6 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Nevada
Week 4 · W 35-24
3
Havoc Plays
75.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Texas State
29.5 primary output · 53 efficiency · 13.4 usage
77.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Texas State
77.6
29.5 primary · 53 efficiency · 13.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · SMU
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
9
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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