Quarterback, Kent State, 2013–⁠17

Nick Holley

Number
No. 4
Height
5′10″
Weight
200 lb
Hometown
Toledo, OH

Nick Holley played quarterback at Kent State (2013–⁠17).

At a glance

Best season
868
Passing yards, 2016 (Kent State, 3–⁠9)
Best game
224 yards
At Buffalo, week 6, 2016: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

285passing yards, career highvs. Akron, 2016224rushing yards, career highat Buffalo, 20164rushing touchdowns, career highat Buffalo, 20167catches, career highvs. Monmouth, 20162receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Monmouth, 2016

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2014Kent State010.000.000
2016Kent State7214649.38685.943
2017Kent State92045.01065.320
Career8116748.59745.863

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Kent State1255164.1350
2015Kent State341333.9016
2016Kent State1959204.71068
2017Kent State352075.9138
Career3891,7764.61468

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Kent State271997.4121
2015Kent State7466.6218
2016Kent State1313510.4228
Career473808.1528

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2016Kent State7520

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
2013N129110
2015E10 of 12011

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Kent State4QB
2014Kent State4QB
2015Kent State4QB
2016Kent State4QB
2017Kent State4QB5′10″200

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2014Kent State167-0.041st (n=147)0.24-6.023%–0.10
2015Kent State420.10––4.118%––
2016Kent State3480.1828th (n=152)0.2562.055%0.070.29
2017Kent State550.14––7.931%––

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Kent State 3 games, 207 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atClemsonL 3–⁠561410053
Sep 9vs.HowardW 38–⁠3181610520119
Sep 16atMarshallL 0–⁠21–––––35
2016 Kent State 11 games, 868 passing yards, 4 TD; 920 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atPenn StateL 13–⁠33–––––4
Sep 10vs.North Carolina A&TL 36–⁠39–––––23
Sep 17vs.MonmouthW 27–⁠7–––––15
Sep 24atAlabamaL 0–⁠48–––––5
Oct 1vs.AkronL 27–⁠31193528520117
Oct 8atBuffaloW 44–⁠207138900224
Oct 15atMiami (OH)L 14–⁠18711910184
Oct 22vs.OhioL 10–⁠14122910100159
Oct 29atCentral MichiganW 27–⁠24101810211144
Nov 8vs.Western MichiganL 21–⁠379217301141
Nov 15atBowling GreenL 7–⁠42819127104
2015 Kent State 3 games, 133 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atIllinoisL 3–⁠52–––––7
Sep 12vs.Delaware StateW 45–⁠13–––––68
Sep 19atMinnesotaL 7–⁠10–––––58
2014 Kent State 11 games, 516 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.OhioL 14–⁠17–––––6
Sep 6vs.South AlabamaL 13–⁠23–––––47
Sep 13atOhio StateL 0–⁠66–––––34
Sep 27atVirginiaL 13–⁠45–––––36
Oct 4atNorthern IllinoisL 14–⁠17–––––48
Oct 11vs.MassachusettsL 17–⁠400100049
Oct 18vs.ArmyW 39–⁠17–––––37
Oct 25atMiami (OH)L 3–⁠10–––––48
Nov 4vs.ToledoL 20–⁠30–––––95
Nov 12atBowling GreenL 20–⁠30–––––21
Nov 28vs.AkronW 27–⁠24–––––95

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

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