Jimmy Holiday

Former wide receiver at Louisiana Tech. 2024: 39 catches, 476 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Louisiana Tech · Sr. · #6

6′0″ · 205 lb · Madison, MS

CFB Index 52 · #185 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLouisiana Tech 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 533 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisiana Tech. 2024: 39 catches, 476 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2020.
Transferred from Western Kentucky to Louisiana Tech in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Louisiana Tech, 913 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20203 games

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Madison Central

20239 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#533 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

2022–2024

Sonny Cumbie

Louisiana Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #185 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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
Road7g	2.9	23.7	8.1	0.1

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #185 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 25–17

vs Nicholls

15 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

With P. Rea — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 70 LONG · B. Baker — 207 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 15.5 · 22 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Sam Houston · 2&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 · 3&16 · Q4 · EPA +3.94Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 20 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 14 · Kennesaw State · 1&25 · Q3 · EPA +3.79Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 30 yds to the KENN 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 2&21 · Q2 · EPA +3.51Jimmy Holiday run for 29 yds to the MTSU 20 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · New Mexico State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 20 yds to the NMSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UTEP · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 13 yds to the UTEP 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 15 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan PAT MISSED)
Week 9 · UTEP · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Evan Bullock pass complete to Jimmy Holiday for 17 yds to the UTEP 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Tulsa · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Jimmy Holiday run for 1 yd for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)
Week 1 · Nicholls · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Jimmy Holiday run for 6 yds for a TD (Buck Buchanan KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 10-17@ 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 6-27@ Army	2	15	7.5	0	10
Total		39	476	12.0	2	32

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