Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Pittsburgh
Eli Holstein
QB • 6'4" • 225 lbs • Zachary, LA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Eli Holstein is a balanced quarterback profile with 18 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Alabama • Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Eli Holstein built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Zachary, LA wearing No. 10, spending time with Alabama and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Eli Holstein's career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Eli Holstein, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Eli Holstein is a balanced quarterback profile with 18 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 3,722
- Passing yards
- 3,306
- Rushing yards
- 416
- Touchdowns
- 33
Quick Answers
Eli Holstein quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 3,722
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Zachary · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Zachary · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Sophomore
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 1,169 total offense · QB 142nd (top 35%) · ACC 20th (top 10%) · National 159th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 2,553 | 2,225 | 328 | 20 | 73.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 7 | 1,169 | 1,081 | 88 | 13 | 49.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pittsburgh to Virginia | P4 to P4 | 85.4 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| 2024 | Alabama to Pittsburgh | P4 to P4 | 86.8 | Jan 3, 2024 |
Eli Holstein played QB for Alabama and Pittsburgh. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eli Holstein recorded 3,306 passing yards, 416 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 2,553 primary output with 62.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 62.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Pittsburgh.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
255.3
Efficiency
62.2
Usage
27.4
Consistency
70.4
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 334. Cincinnati: 338. West Virginia: 360. Youngstown State: 340. North Carolina: 457. California: 134. Syracuse: 128. SMU: 267. Virginia: 139. Louisville: 56
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kent State: 45 by 59.1. Cincinnati: 45 by 63.4. West Virginia: 44 by 73.9. Youngstown State: 33 by 88.1. North Carolina: 52 by 75.4. California: 36 by 40.6. Syracuse: 21 by 66.7. SMU: 58 by 53.5. Virginia: 30 by 53.3. Louisville: 7 by 47.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins298.7 · Games = 7 · +144.7 vs Losses
Losses154 · Games = 3 · -144.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
88.1 vs Youngstown State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | @ Louisville | L 9-37 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 47.5 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Virginia | L 19-24 | 10 | 23 | 121 | 43.5 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 7 | 18 | 2.60 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 11/3 | @ SMU | L 25-48 | 29 | 48 | 248 | 60.4 | 0 | 1 | 53.5 | 10 | 19 | 1.90 | 0 | 24 |
| Thu 10/24 | vs Syracuse | W 41-13 | 11 | 15 | 108 | 73.3 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs California | W 17-15 | 14 | 28 | 133 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 40.6 | 8 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ North Carolina300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 34-24 | 25 | 42 | 381 | 59.5 | 3 | 1 | 75.4 | 10 | 76 | 7.60 | 1 | 24 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Youngstown State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 73-17 | 16 | 24 | 247 | 66.7 | 3 | 0 | 88.1 | 9 | 93 | 10.30 | 2 | 49 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs West Virginia300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 38-34 | 21 | 30 | 301 | 70.0 | 3 | 0 | 73.9 | 14 | 59 | 4.20 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Cincinnati300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 28-27 | 20 | 35 | 302 | 57.1 | 3 | 1 | 63.4 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Kent State300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 55-24 | 30 | 40 | 333 | 75.0 | 3 | 1 | 59.1 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Eli Holstein story
Eli Holstein built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Zachary, LA wearing No. 10, spending time with Alabama and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Eli Holstein's career was his passing role: 3,306 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes, 415 attempts, and 416 rushing yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 416 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama and Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Eli Holstein 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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- 1
Alabama
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Pittsburgh
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2,553 | 62.2 | 27.4 | 2,553 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 1,169 | 54.8 | 18 | -1,384 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs West Virginia
Week 3 · W 38-34
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
360
Total Offense
84.2 takeover
360 total offense with 73.9 efficiency.
#2
vs Youngstown State
Week 4 · W 73-17
340
Total Offense
79.8 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
340 total offense with 88.1 efficiency.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 6 · W 34-24 · Conference game
457
Total Offense
79.7 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
457 total offense with 75.4 efficiency.
#4
@ No. 93 West Virginia
Week 3 · L 24-31
276
Total Offense
76.5 takeover
Loss with 276 yards of offense and 54.2 efficiency.
276 total offense with 54.2 efficiency.
#5
vs No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 2 · W 45-17
340
Total Offense
73.2 takeover
Win with 340 yards of offense and 85.3 efficiency.
340 total offense with 85.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
2,553 primary output · 62.2 efficiency · 27.4 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
49.9
1,169 primary · 54.8 efficiency · 18 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Alabama
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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