T.J. Holl

Height:
6-1
Weight:
230
Position:
ILB
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Cranberry Township, Pa.
Prev School:
Colgate

Before Louisville: Appeared in 38 career games at linebacker … finished his Colgate career with 202 total tackles and 25 tackles for loss … led Colgate to NCAA Division I Football Championship Quarterfinals … was named a first team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association and the 2018 Patriot League’s Defensive Player of the Year … finished 15th nationally and second in the league with an average of 10.1 tackles per game … led the Raiders with 121 tackles, recorded six double-digit tackle games, equaling a career high with 18 stops versus Cornell and Army, and ending the year with 16 tackles in the playoff loss to North Dakota State. He also tied for the team lead with 17.0 tackles for loss … defense led the nation in scoring defense at 9.3 points per game and topped the country in total defense after allowing 237.7 yards per game … team finished 10-2 and won their third Patriot League championship in the last four years and 10th overall with a perfect 6-0 league mark ... NCAA tackle leader through four games of the 2017 season but missed remainder of season with injury ... Still finished fourth on team with 52 tackles, including 28 solo ... 2½ tackles-for-loss, accounting for minus-2 yards ... Part of Colgate defense that held opponents to 17.5 points per game — lowest program average since 1981 ... Raider defense did not allow touchdown over season’s final 15 quarters ... Raiders led Patriot League in rushing defense (115.0, 20th nationally) and scoring defense … opened season with 16 tackles in 20-17 win over No. 23 Cal Poly to earn national and Patriot League recognition ... recorded a career-high 18 tackles, including 11 solo, at FBS Buffalo ... registered nine tackles against both No. 9 Richmond and Furman ... posted 1½ TFLs against Richmond and another one at Buffalo ... recorded 19 tackles in 2016, including five solo; assisted on one tackle-for-loss for minus-3 yards; one interception with 16-yard return; one fumble recovery; one blocked kick; one quarterback hurry ... led squad in special teams tackles, with more than double next closest teammate … totaled five tackles against Cornell ... credited with four tackles at No. 7 Richmond ... Holy Cross game was first collegiate start ... tallied his first interception came on highlight-reel play at Yale ... turned it into 16-yard return in Colgate’s 55-13 victory ... added fumble recovery and blocked punt that was returned for Colgate touchdown in season-ending 38-10 triumph over Georgetown ... appeared in 12 games in 2015 … contributed 10 tackles, including eight (six solo) on special teams … earned playing time in third game against Yale and played in every game thereafter ... best tackle game was two in 49-42 victory over Lehigh that clinched Patriot League championship ... registered single tackles in eight other games, including all three NCAA playoff appearances ... lettered three years under his father, head coach Don Holl at Seneca Valley High School … named senior season team captain … played quarterback and outside linebacker … passed for 3,822 yards and 25 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,166 yards and 19 TDs ... added four touchdown receptions and six interceptions ... accounted for more than 5,000 total yards and 50 touchdowns ... passed for 1,440 yards and 11 TDs, and rushed for 315 yards and four touchdowns in season cut short by injury … Added 38 tackles … nominated for Big 33 and PSFCA East-West Game … All-State by Pennsylvania Football News, Pennsylvania Football Writers Association and Western PA Football.net ... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab 22,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Terrific 25, Butler Eagle Sweet 16 and WPIAL AAAA All-Conference … also played basketball ... Varsity Club … son of Don and Geri Holl ... has two brothers and two sisters ... His father was a running back at Navy; his older brother, Donny, played football at Mercyhurst; and his younger brother, Jacob, is a current Mercyhurst football player.