#44

Ben Holt

Senior linebacker for Purdue. 2019: 114 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Purdue · Sr. · #44

5′11″ · 225 lb · Bowling Green, KY

Purdue 2019 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Purdue. 2019: 114 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 303 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

2017–2019

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gerad Parker → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Western Kentucky11-3HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2017Western Kentucky6-7HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Pass-leaning

2018Western Kentucky3-9HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#20 / 2688 · 99th pct

114

Solo tackles#19 / 2688 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#473 / 2688 · 81st pct

6.0

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	10.6	0.7	0.1	0.3
Road5g	8.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.0	0.6	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	9.0	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Purdue	114	66	6.0	1.0	2	--	--
2018	Western Kentucky	116	58	9.5	2.5	5	--	--
2017	Western Kentucky	34	15	2.5	1.5	1	--	--
2016	Western Kentucky	39	18	1.0	0.5	3	1	--
Career		303	157	19.0	5.5	11	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2019

W 31–27

vs Nebraska

10 TOT · 6 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With J. Plummer — 242 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 61 rush yds (12 car) · Z. Collins — 43 AVG · 48 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-34@ Nevada	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-24vs Vanderbilt	11	6	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 13-34vs TCU	17	10	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 17 tackles
Wk 5	L 31-38vs Minnesota	9	4	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 7-35@ Penn State	11	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 40-14vs Maryland	5	4	1.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 20-26@ Iowa	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 6-24vs Illinois	12	7	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Nebraska	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-22@ Northwestern	10	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-45@ Wisconsin	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 41-44vs Indiana	10	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		114	66	6.0	1.0	—	2

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