Dallin Holker

Junior tight end for Colorado State. 2023: 64 catches, 767 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Colorado State · Jr. · #5

6′5″ · 235 lb · Lehi, UT

CFB Index 90 · #1 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamColorado State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1003 nationally · Signed with BYU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 tight end for Colorado State. 2023: 64 catches, 767 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2018.
Transferred from BYU to Colorado State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado State, 1,288 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201812 games

Signed with BYU3-star out of Lehi

202312 games

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1003 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

2021

Steve Addazio

Colorado State

era →

2022–2023

Jay Norvell

Colorado State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2021BYU10-3HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

90All-America level #1 of 137?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (89th percentile). Strength: rec yards (100th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#68 / 639 · 89th pct

95.4%

EPA / target#269 / 639 · 58th pct

0.82

TD rate#294 / 639 · 54th pct

6.2%

Explosive rate#312 / 639 · 51st pct

13.8%

Yards / catch#367 / 639 · 43rd pct

11.5

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 160 · 100th pct

767

Receptions#1 / 160 · 100th pct

Rec TDs#6 / 160 · 94th pct

Rush TDs#4 / 32 · 77th pct

Long catch#49 / 160 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#63 / 160 · 61st pct

12.0

Rush yards#23 / 32 · 27th pct

Fumbles lost#35 / 35 · 1st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.8	59.2	12.9	0.5
Road6g	5.8	68.7	12.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.5	82.8	13.6	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	45.0	11.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #1 of 137 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #1 of 137 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #1 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Colorado State	64	767	12.0	6	--
2022	BYU	9	86	9.6	1	--
2021	BYU	14	200	14.3	1	--
2018	BYU	19	235	12.4	1	--
Career		106	1,288	12.2	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2023

W 41–20

vs Utah Tech

4 rec · 94 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Utah Tech.

With B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 462 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · T. Horton — 10 rec · 227 yds · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Colorado · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA -4.47Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Dallin Holker for 3 yds Dallin Holker fumbled, forced by Shilo Sanders, recovered by COLO Derrick McLendon
Week 6 · Utah State · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA -4.47Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Dallin Holker for 6 yds Dallin Holker fumbled, recovered by USU Seni Tuiaki
Week 4 · Middle Tennessee · 4&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.33Giles Pooler pass complete to Dallin Holker for 24 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 3 · Colorado · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Dallin Holker for 35 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 5 · Utah Tech · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.81Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Dallin Holker for 42 yds for a TD (Ashton Wolff KICK)
Week 7 · Boise State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Dallin Holker 33 Yd pass from Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi (Jordan Noyes Kick)
Week 3 · Colorado · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Tory Horton pass complete to Dallin Holker for 30 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 5 · Utah Tech · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Dallin Holker for 27 yds to the UTU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Boise State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.69Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Dallin Holker for 24 yds to the BOIS 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Dallin Holker 20 Yd pass from Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi (Jordan Noyes Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-50vs Washington State	5	47	9.4	1	20
Wk 3	L 35-43@ Colorado	6	109	18.2	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 31-23@ Middle Tennessee	11	112	10.2	1	24	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 5	W 41-20vs Utah Tech	4	94	23.5	1	42
Wk 6	L 24-44@ Utah State	6	50	8.3	0	18
Wk 7	W 31-30vs Boise State	7	85	12.1	1	33
Wk 8	L 23-25@ UNLV	4	80	20.0	0	34
Wk 9	L 13-30vs Air Force	5	43	8.6	0	17
Wk 10	L 15-24@ Wyoming	3	33	11.0	0	14
Wk 11	W 22-19vs San Diego State	6	57	9.5	0	15
Wk 12	W 30-20vs Nevada	2	29	14.5	0	19
Wk 13	L 24-27@ Hawai'i	5	28	5.6	0	12
Total		64	767	12.6	6	42