Jimmy Holiday

#6 · WR · Sr. · Louisiana Tech6′0″ · 205 lb · Madison, MS · Madison Central

Jimmy Holiday: WR · Louisiana Tech · #6.

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Jimmy Holiday

WR · Louisiana Tech · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Played for four head coaches at three programs in five seasons: Jeremy Pruitt, Josh Heupel, Tyson Helton and Sonny Cumbie. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 103 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Kennesaw State — Week 14, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Louisiana Tech	39	476	12.2	2	32
2023	Western Kentucky	20	326	16.3	2	39
2022	Tennessee	6	106	17.7	1	53
2021	Tennessee	1	5	5.0	0	5
2020	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
Career		66	913	13.8	5	53

Season	Team
2024	Louisiana Tech	48	182	--
2023	Western Kentucky	--	--	--
2022	Tennessee	--	--	283
2021	Tennessee	--	--	126
2020	Tennessee	1	6	--
Career		49	188	409

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 25-17vs Nicholls	2	33	16.5	0	21
Wk 3	L 20-30@ NC State	2	7	3.5	0	5
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Tulsa	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 5	L 10-17vs Florida International	2	21	10.5	0	19
Wk 7	W 48-21vs Middle Tennessee	1	15	15.0	1	15
Wk 8	L 30-33@ New Mexico State	4	33	8.3	0	20
Wk 9	W 14-10vs UTEP	6	93	15.5	0	32
Wk 10	L 3-9@ Sam Houston	6	42	7.0	0	17
Wk 11	L 37-44vs Jacksonville State	3	66	22.0	0	27
Wk 12	W 12-7@ Western Kentucky	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	L 14-35@ Arkansas	4	48	12.0	1	20
Wk 14	W 33-0vs Kennesaw State	7	103	14.7	0	30	Season-high 103 yds
Bowl	L 6-27vs No. 19 Army	2	15	7.5	0	10
Total		39	476	12.2	2	32

Signature game

Week 13 · 2024

L 14-35

at Arkansas

4 rec · 48 yds · 1 TD · 7 rush yds (6 car)

With P. Rea — 26 rush yds (1 car) · E. Bullock — 190 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.6

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Sam Houston · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA −4.93Jimmy Holiday run for 3 yds to the SHSU 5 Jimmy Holiday fumbled, recovered by SHSU Trey Fields
Week 13 · Arkansas · 3rd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +3.94Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 20 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 14 · Kennesaw State · 1st and 25 · Q3 · EPA +3.79Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 30 yds to the KENN 35 for a
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 21 · Q2 · EPA +3.51Jimmy Holiday run for 29 yds to the MTSU 20 for a
Week 8 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 20 yds to the NMSU 40 for a
Week 9 · UTEP · 3rd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 13 yds to the UTEP 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 15 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan PAT MISSED)
Week 9 · UTEP · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 17 yds to the UTEP 48 for a
Week 4 · Tulsa · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Jimmy Holiday run for 1 yd for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 1 · Nicholls · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Jimmy Holiday run for 6 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)

Teams and coaches

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Western Kentucky8-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 52 (#185 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

52Rotational starter #185 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (81st percentile). Strength: rush tds (99th percentile). Concern: long catch (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#119 / 610 · 81st pct

1.17

Explosive rate#171 / 610 · 72nd pct

19.0%

Catch rate#216 / 610 · 64th pct

92.9%

Yards / catch#272 / 610 · 55th pct

12.2

TD rate#354 / 610 · 41st pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#2 / 299 · 99th pct

Rush yards#6 / 299 · 98th pct

182

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Rec yards#216 / 541 · 60th pct

476

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#322 / 541 · 40th pct

12.2

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Long catch#459 / 541 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

21st → 81st percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

20th → 64th percentile

TD rate

44th → 41st percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 55th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	51.7	16.7	0.2
Road5g	3.2	26.0	7.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.5	15.2	10.6	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	55.0	13.2	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

Pass share

47.0%

414 pass / 467 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.6%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

52 · #185 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #185 at the position.

Jimmy Holiday

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons, three schools

Moves

2020 3 games

2023 9 games

2024 13 games