#18

Nate Holley

Safety on Kent State's 2016 roster.

S · Kent State · #18

5′11″ · Toledo, OH

Kent State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 3061 nationally · Signed with Kent State

Statement game17 tackles · 1 TFLat Penn State (FBS) · L 13-33

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 safety on Kent State's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Kent State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Kent State, 111 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Kent State2-star out of Whitmer

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3061 national

CFB

College

Kent State

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Paul Haynes — 6-18 over that span.

2015Kent State3-9HC: Paul Haynes · Run-leaning

2016Kent State3-9HC: Paul Haynes · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#4 / 2668 · 100th pct

Tackles#29 / 2668 · 99th pct

111

Tackles for loss#701 / 2668 · 72nd pct

4.5

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

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

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	12.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	12.0	0.7	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	13.1	0.6	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+2g	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Kent State	111	80	4.5	1.0	1	--	--
2015	Kent State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		111	80	4.5	1.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 27–7

vs Monmouth

17 TOT · 13 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

With M. Mitchell — 106 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 77 rush yds (14 car) · D. Adams — 37 AVG · 50 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week