Quarterback, Eastern Illinois (from Georgetown), 2019–⁠24

Pierce Holley

Number
No. 17
Height
6′2″
Weight
215 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Arvada, CO
Born
Dec 25, 2000, in Arvada, Colorado

Pierce Holley played quarterback at Georgetown (2021–⁠22) and Eastern Illinois (2023–⁠24).

Career highs

458passing yards, career highat Gardner-Webb, 20245touchdown passes, career highvs. Western Illinois, 20243rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Bryant, 2023

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2022Georgetown29244465.82,8666.51811
2023Eastern Illinois23037661.22,5996.9157
2024Eastern Illinois24940561.53,1257.71813
Career7711,22562.98,5907.05131

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Georgetown40−90−2.3111
2023Eastern Illinois74−82−1.1418
2024Eastern Illinois64−179−2.8117
Career178−351−2.0618

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Georgetown17QBSo.
2023Eastern Illinois17QBJr.
2024Eastern Illinois17QBSr.6′2″215

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
2022Georgetown (FCS)3720.2120th (n=250)0.3276.958%
2023Eastern Illinois (FCS)3850.3149th (n=255)0.32121.051%
2024Eastern Illinois (FCS)4010.3566th (n=238)0.30138.752%

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 Eastern Illinois 12 games, 3,125 passing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29atIllinoisL 0–⁠45163214702−4
Sep 7vs.Indiana StateW 27–⁠20193226811−5
Sep 14vs.NorthwesternL 7–⁠31173116711−6
Sep 21atIllinois StateL 7–⁠3110197202−17
Sep 28vs.LindenwoodL 25–⁠282643326204
Oct 5vs.Southeast Missouri StateL 27–⁠38274236620−34
Oct 12atTennessee StateL 17–⁠412846338012
Oct 26atUT MartinL 17–⁠52365434823−12
Nov 2vs.Western IllinoisW 45–⁠38192733850−19
Nov 9atGardner-WebbL 28–⁠31203645841−62
Nov 16vs.Charleston SouthernW 16–⁠13172316812−20
Nov 23atTennessee TechL 6–⁠23142012900−6
2023 Eastern Illinois 11 games, 2,599 passing yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atIndiana StateW 27–⁠0193024421−10
Sep 9atBowling GreenL 15–⁠38213225021−33
Sep 16vs.Illinois StateW 14–⁠13354827322−38
Sep 23vs.McNeeseW 31–⁠28213414100−10
Sep 30atNorthwestern StateW 19–⁠10193727410−10
Oct 7vs.UT MartinL 27–⁠282134257214
Oct 14atSoutheast Missouri StateL 28–⁠3522403462021
Oct 21vs.BryantW 25–⁠2421292440119
Nov 4atLindenwoodW 16–⁠10183424511−14
Nov 11vs.Tennessee StateW 30–⁠1710259900−7
Nov 18atRobert MorrisW 28–⁠14233322630−4
2022 Georgetown 11 games, 2,866 passing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atMaristW 43–⁠122024175107
Sep 10vs.LehighL 19–⁠21354527720−7
Sep 17atMonmouthL 6–⁠45213819101−13
Sep 24vs.ColumbiaL 6–⁠42305431713−5
Oct 1atFordhamL 38–⁠592741322411
Oct 8vs.PennsylvaniaL 28–⁠59253424511−25
Oct 22atColgateL 24–⁠343144346219
Oct 29atLafayetteW 30–⁠20283825020−24
Nov 5vs.Saint FrancisL 24–⁠382039281210
Nov 12vs.BucknellL 21–⁠24263920123−6
Nov 19vs.Holy CrossL 10–⁠47294826110−27

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

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