Jeff Holland

Outside linebacker for Auburn. 2017: 40 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 9 sacks.

OLB · Auburn · #4

6′2″ · 249 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Auburn 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 122 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 outside linebacker for Auburn. 2017: 40 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 9 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Auburn, 53 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Trinity Christian Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#122 national

CFB

College

Auburn

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Gus Malzahn, all run-heavy offenses — 18-9 over that span.

2016Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2017Auburn10-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#2 / 2682 · 100th pct

Sacks#22 / 2682 · 99th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#89 / 2682 · 96th pct

12.0

Solo tackles#839 / 2682 · 68th pct

Tackles#943 / 2682 · 64th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th 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

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.0
Road5g	3.6	1.2	1.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	1.2	0.9	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Auburn	40	26	12.0	9.0	1	--	--
2016	Auburn	13	10	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		53	36	15.0	11.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2017

W 26–14

vs Alabama

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 3 QB HUR

With J. Stidham — 237 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.8 · 51 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · K. Johnson — 3 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 104 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week