Player Dossier

2023-2025

Pittsburgh

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.

Usage Score

27.4

Efficiency

62.2

Consistency

70.4

Season Value

65

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Alabama • Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Scouting Read

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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.

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: North Carolina

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. 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 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

255.3

Efficiency

62.2

Usage

27.4

Consistency

70.4

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina

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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

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. 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

North Carolina

Best efficiency game

88.1 vs Youngstown State

Result
Sat 11/23@ LouisvilleL 9-37355160.00147.5252.5009
Sun 11/10vs VirginiaL 19-24102312143.50053.37182.6009
Sun 11/3@ SMUL 25-48294824860.40153.510191.90024
Thu 10/24vs SyracuseW 41-13111510873.32066.76203.30013
Sat 10/12vs CaliforniaW 17-15142813350.00240.6810.10010
Sat 10/5@ North Carolina300-yard game · 3+ TDW 34-24254238159.53175.410767.60124
Sat 9/21vs Youngstown State3+ TD · Dual-threatW 73-17162424766.73088.199310.30249
Sat 9/14vs West Virginia300-yard game · 3+ TDW 38-34213030170.03073.914594.20024
Sat 9/7@ Cincinnati300-yard game · 3+ TDW 28-27203530257.13163.410363.60011
Sat 8/31vs Kent State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 55-24304033375.03159.1510.20013

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Alabama

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Pittsburgh

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama0
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2,55362.227.42,553
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1,16954.818-1,384

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

North Carolina

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

457

Primary metric

457 total offense with 75.4 efficiency.

#2

West Virginia

360

Primary metric

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

360 total offense with 73.9 efficiency.

#3

Central Michigan

340

Primary metric

Win with 340 yards of offense and 85.3 efficiency.

340 total offense with 85.3 efficiency.

#4

Youngstown State

340

Primary metric

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

340 total offense with 88.1 efficiency.

#5

West Virginia

276

Primary metric

Loss with 276 yards of offense and 54.2 efficiency.

276 total offense with 54.2 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

44.4

1,169 primary · 54.8 efficiency · 18 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Alabama

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

6

250+ passing yards

6

300+ total offense

7

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.958

Zachary · Zachary, LA

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

3,722

Career Total Offense

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.