Quarterback for Kent State. 2017: 106 passing yards, 2 TD, 0 INT.
5′10″ · 200 lb · Toledo, OH
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 3061 nationally · Signed with Kent State
Statement game24 car · 224 yds · 4 TDat Buffalo (FBS) · W 44-20
Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 quarterback for Kent State. 2017: 106 passing yards, 2 TD, 0 INT.
Nick Holley
A 2-star signing who has since put four seasons on the field at Kent State. One game to point at: 119 rush yds, 105 pass yds against Howard — Week 2, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kent State, 974 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Paul Haynes.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Paul Haynes — 10-37 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 105 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 35.3 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kent State | 9 | 20 | 45.0% | 106 | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 122.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Kent State | 72 | 146 | 49.3% | 868 | 5.9 | 4 | 3 | 104.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Kent State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Kent State | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 81 | 167 | 48.5% | 974 | 5.8 | 6 | 3 | 105.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kent State | 35 | 207 | 5.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Kent State | 195 | 920 | 4.7 | 10 | -- |
| 2015 | Kent State | 34 | 133 | 3.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2014 | Kent State | 125 | 516 | 4.1 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 389 | 1,776 | 4.6 | 14 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017
W 38–31
vs Howard
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ Clemson | 1/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 21.6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-31vs Howard | 8/16 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 | 70.0 | Season-high 105 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 0-21@ Marshall | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 9/20 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 45.8 |