Tight end, Middle Tennessee (from South Florida), 2020–⁠24

Holden Willis

Number
No. 83
Height
6′4″
Weight
212 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Greenback, TN

Holden Willis played tight end at South Florida (2020–⁠22) and Middle Tennessee (2023–⁠24).

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Colorado State, 2023123receiving yards, career highvs. Florida International, 20242receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Florida International, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021South Florida24321.5032
2022South Florida66911.5124
2023Middle Tennessee4669715.2562
2024Middle Tennessee5387116.4661
Career1071,68015.71262

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2023Middle Tennessee220000
2024Middle Tennessee320000
Career540000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020South Florida83TERS
2021South Florida83TEFr.
2022South Florida83TESo.
2023Middle Tennessee83TEJr.
2024Middle Tennessee83TESr.6′4″212

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021South Florida22.84––5.7–
2022South Florida110.16––1.8–
2023Middle Tennessee481.0481st (n=681)0.8049.96%
2024Middle Tennessee531.4995th (n=581)0.9278.78%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Middle Tennessee 11 games, 53 catches, 871 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Tennessee TechW 32–⁠25232025
Sep 7atOle MissL 3–⁠52693029
Sep 14vs.Western KentuckyL 21–⁠49473032
Sep 21vs.DukeL 17–⁠45360123
Sep 28atMemphisL 7–⁠24562025
Oct 10atLouisiana TechL 21–⁠48579135
Oct 15vs.Kennesaw StateW 14–⁠5892025
Oct 23atJacksonville StateL 20–⁠426109161
Nov 9vs.LibertyL 17–⁠37581022
Nov 23vs.New Mexico StateL 21–⁠36367143
Nov 30vs.Florida InternationalL 24–⁠356123256
2023 Middle Tennessee 11 games, 46 catches, 697 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2atAlabamaL 7–⁠56215012
Sep 9atMissouriL 19–⁠232906
Sep 23vs.Colorado StateL 23–⁠319118149
Sep 28atWestern KentuckyL 10–⁠31670025
Oct 4vs.Jacksonville StateL 30–⁠45497038
Oct 10vs.Louisiana TechW 31–⁠234103160
Oct 17atLibertyL 35–⁠42461026
Nov 4atNew Mexico StateL 7–⁠131404
Nov 11vs.Florida InternationalW 40–⁠6375132
Nov 18vs.UTEPW 34–⁠306105262
Nov 25atSam HoustonL 20–⁠23540012
2022 South Florida 5 games, 6 catches, 69 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.BYUL 21–⁠501404
Oct 29atHoustonL 27–⁠42119019
Nov 5atTempleL 28–⁠541212
Nov 18atTulsaL 42–⁠48111011
Nov 26vs.UCFL 39–⁠46233024
2021 South Florida 1 game, 2 catches, 43 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Nov 12vs.CincinnatiL 28–⁠45243032

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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