Holton Ahlers: QB · East Carolina · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Holton Ahlers
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. The five seasons at East Carolina span two head coaches: Scottie Montgomery and Mike Houston. AAC Offensive Player of the Week in 2022 was the second season with an honor. On tape: 465 passing yards and 9 rushing yards against South Florida, Week 5, 2022.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
73.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.8% conversion-per-dropback — 60.5% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (23.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | East Carolina | 315 | 469 | 67.2% | 3,708 | 7.9 | 28 | 5 | 151.1 | 64 |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 256 | 414 | 61.8% | 3,126 | 7.6 | 18 | 10 | 134.8 | 46 |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 165 | 269 | 61.3% | 1,927 | 7.2 | 18 | 9 | 136.9 | 43 |
| 2019 | East Carolina | 264 | 442 | 59.7% | 3,387 | 7.7 | 21 | 10 | 135.3 | 60 |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 127 | 262 | 48.5% | 1,785 | 6.8 | 12 | 3 | 118.5 | 29 |
| Career | 1,127 | 1,856 | 60.7% | 13,933 | 7.5 | 97 | 37 | 137.0 | 52 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | East Carolina | 72 | 182 | 2.5 | 6 | 37 |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 116 | 204 | 1.8 | 6 | 34 |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 54 | 109 | 2.0 | 1 | 75 |
| 2019 | East Carolina | 108 | 359 | 3.3 | 6 | 36 |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 119 | 592 | 5.0 | 6 | 53 |
| Career | 469 | 1,446 | 3.1 | 25 | 75 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-21vs No. 13 NC State | 25/41 | 267 | 2 | 2 | 6.5 | 73.8 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 39-21vs Old Dominion | 25/39 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 6.9 | 69.6 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 3 | W 49-10vs Campbell | 17/20 | 263 | 3 | 0 | 13.2 | 87.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23vs Navy | 22/34 | 267 | 2 | 1 | 7.9 | 58.3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-28vs South Florida | 31/41 | 465 | 6 | 0 | 11.3 | 94.0 | Season-high 465 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 9-24@ Tulane | 32/51 | 288 | 1 | 2 | 5.6 | 52.6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 47-45vs Memphis | 26/34 | 304 | 1 | 0 | 8.9 | 86.5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-13vs UCF | 30/36 | 311 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 | 92.3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ BYU | 15/22 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 87.3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 25-27@ Cincinnati | 26/46 | 280 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 68.6 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 12 | L 3-42vs Houston | 15/30 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 3.5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-46@ Temple | 25/37 | 314 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 | 76.1 | 3 TD passes |
 Bowl | W 53-29vs Coastal Carolina | 26/38 | 300 | 5 | 0 | 7.9 | — | |
| Total | 315/469 | 3708 | 28 | 5 | 7.9 | — |
Bowl · 2022
W 53-29
vs Coastal Carolina · neutral site
300 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 48 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 14 yds
Dominant 24-point win at a neutral site against Coastal Carolina.
With K. Mitchell — 127 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 15 yds · C. Johnson — 7 rec · 83 yds · 1 TD · 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 459 passing plays (304 completions) against the box score's 469 attempts (315 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.1531 of 206 QBsSack rate
3.3%31 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (31 of 206 QBs) and still 31 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 67.2% completion on 469 attempts · 43 deep completions averaging 31.2 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 266 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 270 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 303 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 257 | 1.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
53.7%
482 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
469 pass attempts, 72 carries and 1 catch in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at East Carolina, 13,933 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 55 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
