Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Virginia
Jacob Holmes
DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Phoenix, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jacob Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Fresno State • Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Jacob Holmes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 23, spending time with Fresno State and Virginia. The clearest part of Jacob Holmes' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jacob Holmes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State. Jacob Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 16
- Sacks
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 9
Quick Answers
Jacob Holmes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · DL
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Fresno State
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chandler · Fresno State
- High school pipeline
- Chandler · 58 FBS recruits · 8 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DL 115th (top 11%) · ACC 176th (top 23%) · National 1,225th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 Postseason | Fresno State | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Fresno State | 10 | 16 | 6.5 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Fresno State | 11 | 17 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 41.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Virginia | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 56.8 |
Related Context
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Jacob Holmes played DL for Fresno State and Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jacob Holmes recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Fresno State paired 13.5 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Fresno State, Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Fresno State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
20.6
Usage
7.5
Consistency
43.7
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 2. Purdue: 1. Arizona State: 2. Kent State: 0.5. Nevada: 2. Utah State: 4. UNLV: 0.5. San José State: 0.5. New Mexico: 1. San Diego State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 1 by 24.2. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 1 by 24.2. Kent State: 1 by 9.2. Nevada: 1 by 24.2. Utah State: 5 by 60.8. UNLV: 2 by 13.3. San José State: 1 by 9.2. New Mexico: 3 by 22.5. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | vs New Mexico StateSplash game | W 37-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | @ San Diego State | L 18-33 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs New Mexico | L 17-25 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ San José State | L 18-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | vs UNLV | W 31-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Utah State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 37-32 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | vs NevadaSplash game | W 27-9 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | vs Kent State | W 53-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | W 29-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Purdue | W 39-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jacob Holmes story
Jacob Holmes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 23, spending time with Fresno State and Virginia. The clearest part of Jacob Holmes' career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, and 9.5 sacks across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Virginia. 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 Jacob Holmes' production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Fresno State and Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Jacob 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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Fresno State
2022-2024
Opening stop
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Virginia
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 1 | 8.8 | 1.9 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Fresno State | 13.5 | 20.6 | 7.5 | 12.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Fresno State | 13.5 | 20.6 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Fresno State | 7 | 12.8 | 5.8 | -6.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Virginia | 13 | 22.3 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia | 13 | 22.3 | 7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah State
Week 7 · W 37-32 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 80 California
Week 10 · W 31-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 44 Duke
Week 12 · W 34-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 44 Duke
Week 15 · L 20-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#5
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 48-0
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Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Fresno State
13.5 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 7.5 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Fresno State
56.8
13.5 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Virginia
56.8
13 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
9
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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