Kajiya Hollawayne

#11 · WR · Sr. · Temple6′4″ · 210 lb · Hemet, CA · San Jacinto

Kajiya Hollawayne is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Temple.

Hollawayne wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. The two seasons at Temple span two head coaches: Everett Withers and K.C. Keeler. On tape: 146 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Navy, Week 7, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

E.J. Williams Jr.Indiana · 2025 · 90% season match
Chase RobertsBYU · 2023 · 81% season match
Dane KeyNebraska · 2025 · 78% season match
Malik HeathMississippi State · 2021 · 77% season match
Savion WilliamsTCU · 2022 · 77% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Temple	39	489	12.5	6	46
2024	Temple	9	120	13.3	0	59
Career		48	609	12.7	6	59

Season	Team
2025	Temple	--	--
2024	Temple	1	16
Career		1	16

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10@ Massachusetts	1	24	24.0	1	24
Wk 2	W 55-7vs Howard	2	31	15.5	1	27
Wk 3	L 3-42vs No. 13 Oklahoma	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 6	W 27-21vs UTSA	2	34	17.0	0	19
Wk 7	L 31-32vs Navy	9	146	16.2	0	46	Season-high 146 yds
Wk 8	W 49-14@ Charlotte	5	85	17.0	1	46
Wk 9	W 38-37@ Tulsa	10	85	8.5	3	24	3 TD catches
Wk 10	L 14-45vs East Carolina	2	13	6.5	0	15
Wk 11	L 13-14@ Army	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 13	L 13-37vs No. 24 Tulane	3	26	8.7	0	17
Wk 14	L 25-52@ No. 21 North Texas	2	18	9.0	0	13
Total		39	489	12.5	6	46

Signature game

Week 9 · 2025

W 38-37

at Tulsa

10 rec · 85 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Tulsa on the road in a shootout.

With E. Simon — 267 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.0 · 17 rush yds (5 car) · D. Atton — 42.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 4 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Navy · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 46 yds to the NAVY 22 for a
Week 1 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 24 yds for a TD (Carl Hardin KICK)
Week 9 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Simon to Hollawayne: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · UTSA · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 19 yds to the UTSA 20 for a
Week 13 · Tulane · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Simon to Hollawayne: an 11-yard pass.
Week 9 · Tulsa · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Simon to Hollawayne: a 6-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 2 · Howard · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 4 yds for a TD (Carl Hardin KICK)
Week 3 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 12 yds to the TEM 43 for a
Week 6 · UTSA · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.07Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 15 yds to the TEM 37 for a
Week 2 · Howard · 2nd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +2.06Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 27 yds to the HOW 14 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

39 rec · 489 yds · 6 TD

35 of 39 receptions matched to play-by-play

34 of 60 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6019% of team targets

Catch rate

58%35 of 60 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

3% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -4.0 · YAC 2.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

50% of targets (17)

71%catch rate

Air 5.5 · YAC 0.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

44% of targets (15)

27%catch rate

Air 13.7 · YAC 1.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

3% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air 24.0 · YAC 0.0 avg

58% catch rate on 60 targets · 19% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

29%17 of his 58 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2024Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Balanced

2025Temple5-7HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#217 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

51Rotational starter #217 of 485 · 2025?

Ascending11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rec tds (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#281 / 798 · 65th pct

3.4%

EPA / target#307 / 798 · 62nd pct

0.49

Yards / catch#339 / 798 · 58th pct

12.1

Explosive rate#381 / 798 · 52nd pct

10.3%

Catch rate#598 / 798 · 25th pct

60.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Receptions#192 / 558 · 65th pct

Rec yards#231 / 558 · 59th pct

489

Long catch#285 / 558 · 48th pct

Yards / catch#305 / 558 · 45th pct

12.5

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	45.2	12.4	0.2
Road5g	3.8	43.6	12.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	51.2	16.6	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	38.8	9.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Pass share

47.0%

348 pass / 392 run

Plays / game

61.7

12 games

Team sack rate

5.4%

349 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

39 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #217 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #217 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #25 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).