Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Weber State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 31-13@ Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 31-14vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
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Kye Holmes
Senior safety for James Madison. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 192 lb · Bowie, MD
Returning to James Madison for 2026
The numbers
1
interception · 2025
6 tackles
3 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 INT, 4 tackles, vs Weber State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for James Madison. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to James Madison in 2021.
Kye Holmes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at James Madison, three different head coaches: Curt Cignetti, Damian Wroblewski and Bob Chesney. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Troy — Week 15, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with James Madison3-star out of Gonzaga
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
James Madison
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coaches2022
James Madison
2023era →
Damian Wroblewski
James Madison
2024–2025era →
Bob Chesney
James Madison
Played under 3 different head coaches: Curt Cignetti, Damian Wroblewski, and Bob Chesney. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022James Madison8-3HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning
2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced
2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning
2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | James Madison | 23 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | James Madison | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
James Madison
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · James Madison
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +6 net (37 in / 31 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #101 · 2026 recruiting class #80
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Tanner McCalister’s 2022 season.
Matches Tanner on
TFL rate
Height
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tanner McCalister's junior season at Ohio State (2022).
96%match
Matches Tanner on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Kye Holmes
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology