#23

Jacob Holmes

Senior defensive lineman for Virginia. 2025: 3 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Virginia · Sr. · #23

6′2″ · 290 lb · Phoenix, AZ · Chandler HS

CFB Index 57 · #168 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

6 TFL · 33 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 6 tackles, at Duke

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Virginia. 2025: 3 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2022.
Transferred from Fresno State to Virginia in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jacob Holmes

DL · Virginia · Sr · #23

Wins his gap play after play. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Tim Skipper and Tony Elliott. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Duke — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Fresno State9-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Pass-leaning

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #168 of 420?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.8	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.9	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #168 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #168 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #29 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Virginia	33	8	6.0	3.0	--	--	--
2024	Fresno State	17	8	2.5	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Fresno State	17	10	7.5	5.0	--	--	--
2022	Fresno State	6	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		73	30	16.0	9.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 13–7

at Missouri

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With C. Morris — 198 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · D. Sparks — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 31-35@ NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 55-16vs William & Mary	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 48-20vs Stanford	4	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 5	W 46-38vs Florida State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 22-20vs Washington State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 17-16@ North Carolina	4	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	W 31-21@ California	3	1	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 9-16vs Wake Forest	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 34-17@ Duke	6	2	1.5	1.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 15	L 20-27vs Duke	4	1	1.5	0.0	—
Bowl	W 13-7@ Missouri	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		33	8	6.0	3.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

33Tackles

8Solo

6TFL

3Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 40.5 sacks
Week 90.5 sacks
Week 101 sack
Week 121 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Virginia

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Virginia

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +9 net (31 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Virginia · Last season: 11-3 (AP #20) · Talent rank #53 · 2026 recruiting class #111

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Alex Whitmore’s 2023 season.

Alex Whitmore

90%match

UNLV · 2023

Carmine Bastone

Northwestern · 2025

88%

Jacques Bristol

Central Michigan · 2023

All-MAC

88%

Patrick Jenkins

Tulane · 2022

All-AAC

87%

Aeneas Peebles

Virginia Tech · 2024

All-ACCNFL Rd 6

86%

Matches Alex on

TFL rate

Weight

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Hale Motu'apuaka's senior season at Utah State (2023).

Hale Motu'apuaka

89%match

Utah State · 2023

Jacques Bristol

Central Michigan · 2023

All-MAC

88%

Peyton Price

Eastern Michigan · 2024

87%

Carmine Bastone

Northwestern · 2025

86%

TyQaze Leggs

Marshall · 2023

86%

Matches Hale on

Class year

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jacob Holmes

Jelani Davis

Kent State · 2025

89%

Carmine Bastone

Northwestern · 2025

88%

Dylan Shelton

Eastern Michigan · 2024

87%

Braxton Fely

Boise State · 2024

73%

Jacob Kongaika

Arizona State · 2024

62%

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

Jacob Holmes

20224 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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