Keith Holcombe: LB · Alabama · #42.
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Keith Holcombe
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Third year in the same linebacker corps at Alabama. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Colorado State — Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs No. 3 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Fresno State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-23vs Colorado State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 59-0@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 66-3vs Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-19@ Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-7vs Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs No. 19 LSU | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ No. 18 Mississippi State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-0vs Mercer | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
8%3 pass breakups38 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Nick Saban — 41-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
35.7%
332 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 62 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
