Tight end, Pittsburgh (from Kent State, Marshall), 2022–25
Justin Holmes
Lettered 2025 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 88
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Kutztown, PA
Justin Holmes played tight end at Kent State (2022–23), Marshall (2024) and Pittsburgh (2025).
Career highs
6catches, career highvs. East Carolina, 2025100receiving yards, career highvs. East Carolina, 2025Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2024
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kent State | 20 | 188 | 9.4 | 0 | 41 |
| 2024 | Marshall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 28 | 301 | 10.8 | 4 | 23 |
| Career | 49 | 500 | 10.2 | 4 | 41 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kent State | 88 | TE | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Kent State | 88 | TE | So. | ||
| 2024 | Marshall | 88 | TE | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 88 | TE | Sr. | 6′3″ | 245 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kent State | 26 | 0.51 | – | – | 13.2 | 4% |
| 2024 | Marshall | 1 | -0.08 | – | – | -0.1 | – |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 41 | 0.36 | 35th (n=1040) | 0.46 | 14.8 | 5% |
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
2025 Pittsburgh 11 games, 28 catches, 301 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 45–17 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Sep 13 | at | L 24–31 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. | L 27–34 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 48–7 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Oct 11 | at | W 34–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 53–34 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 1 | at | W 35–20 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | L 15–37 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 22 | at | W 42–28 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. | L 7–38 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | L 17–23 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 23 | – |
2024 Marshall 3 games, 1 catch, 11 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 27–20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 31–19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Nov 30 | at | W 35–33 | – | – | – | – | – |
2023 Kent State 10 games, 20 catches, 188 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at | L 6–56 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Sep 9 | at | L 6–28 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 38–10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 30 | vs. | L 3–23 | 1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | – |
| Oct 7 | at | L 17–42 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oct 14 | at | L 14–28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Nov 1 | at | L 27–31 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| Nov 8 | vs. | L 19–49 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 41 | – |
| Nov 18 | at | L 3–34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 25 | vs. | L 27–37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
2022 Kent State 1 game, 1 return, 7 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16 | vs. | L 24–31 | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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