#82

Alec Holler

Senior tight end for UCF. 2023: 24 catches, 244 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · UCF · Sr. · #82

6′3″ · 230 lb · Winter Park, FL

CFB Index 44 · #83 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceUCF 2023 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for UCF. 2023: 24 catches, 244 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UCF, 712 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds at Florida Atlantic.Florida Atlantic · W 40-142022

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

UCF

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Gus Malzahn

UCF

Played his entire career under Gus Malzahn.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 24-16 over that span.

2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #83 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (90th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#58 / 639 · 90th pct

95.7%

TD rate#176 / 639 · 72nd pct

8.7%

Explosive rate#347 / 639 · 45th pct

13.0%

EPA / target#354 / 639 · 45th pct

0.70

Yards / catch#475 / 639 · 26th pct

10.2

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#65 / 160 · 59th pct

Receptions#65 / 160 · 59th pct

Rec yards#84 / 160 · 48th pct

244

Rec TDs#75 / 160 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#102 / 160 · 36th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

10th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 45th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 90th percentile

TD rate

24th → 72nd percentile

Yards / catch

57th → 26th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	30.8	12.2	0.2
Road5g	1.6	11.8	8.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	22.6	11.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	21.8	10.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #83 of 137 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UCF	24	244	10.2	2	--
2022	UCF	22	276	12.5	1	--
2021	UCF	19	192	10.1	3	--
Career		65	712	11.0	6	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Oklahoma State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.75John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 38 yds to the OKST 24 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Kansas · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Timmy McClain pass complete to Alec Holler for 13 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 1 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 18 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 2 · Boise State · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.38John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 16 yds to the UCF 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Baylor · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.26Timmy McClain pass complete to Alec Holler for 21 yds to the UCF 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.59John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 6 yds to the UCF 36 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.23John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 9 yds to the TTU 46
Week 13 · Houston · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.19John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 22 yds to the HOU 20 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.12John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for 13 yds to the UCF 38 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Houston · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.59John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Alec Holler for a loss of 1 yard to the HOU 27

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-6vs Kent State	2	21	10.5	1	18
Wk 2	W 18-16@ Boise State	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 5	L 35-36vs Baylor	3	38	12.7	0	21
Wk 6	L 22-51@ Kansas	3	19	6.3	1	13
Wk 8	L 29-31@ Oklahoma	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 28-41vs West Virginia	2	18	9.0	0	16
Wk 10	W 28-26@ Cincinnati	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 11	W 45-3vs Oklahoma State	2	45	22.5	0	38	Season-high 45 yds
Wk 12	L 23-24@ Texas Tech	3	21	7.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 27-13vs Houston	5	44	8.8	0	22
Bowl	L 17-30vs Georgia Tech	2	19	9.5	0	13
Total		24	244	10.5	2	38

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Alec Holler

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

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Signature plays

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