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4 - Brendan Holmes
Height: | 5-11 |
Weight: | 195 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Atlantic, Iowa |
High School: | Atlantic |
Position: | S |
Experience: | 2L |
Honors & Awards
- Fourth highest single game tackles: 22 (vs. Lutehr, 10/8/2016)
- Two-time All-Conference 1st team S (2017-18)
- Two-time D3football.com All-West Region 3rd team S (2017-18)
- Three-year letterwinner (2016-2018)
2018 | junior
- Selelected All-A-R-C 1st team S
- Named D3football.com All-West Region 3rd team S
- Started all ten games at free safety
- Finished second in total tackles with 89 with 1.5 sacks
- Tied for second in conference with most interceptions at five
- Reached double-figure tackles in five games, with a high of 14 against Dubuque (Nov. 3)
2017 | sophomore
- Selelected All-IIAC 1st team S
- Named D3football.com All-West Region 3rd team S
- Started all ten games at free safety
- Finished second in total tackles with 89 with 3.0 tackles for a loss
- Tied for second in conference with most interceptions at six
- Recorded a forced fumble and fumble recover, as well as 3 pass breakups
2016 | freshman
- Started nine of 10 games at free safety as a rookie
- Had a team-high 98 tackles (51-47) with 4.0 tackles for loss
- Tied for the team lead with two INTs
- Also broke up two passes
- Made 10-or-more tackles four times, all coming in cosecutive games
- Intercepted a pass in consecutive games, against Nebraska Wesleyan (10/29) and at Central (11/5)
- Made a season-high 22 tackles against Luther (10/22), tied for the fourth-most tackles in school history
High School
- A 2016 graduate of Atlantic High School
- Coached by Eric Waldstein
- Named first team all-district as a senior and second team all-district as a junior
- First team all-conference as a senior and junior in baseball
- Placed third at state track in the 400 hurdles, 10th in the 4x800, and 16th in the 4x400
- Also lettered in basketball
- All-conference academic selection
Personal
- Parents are Kelly and Julie Holmes
- Has one brother, Jordan and one sister, Mackenzie
- Majoring in management information systems with a minor in business management