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- Position Offensive Line
- Class Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 310
- Hometown Grand Rapids, MI.
- Highschool South Christian HS
Player Profile:
Overall Grade: 58
Strengths:
- Core strength to sustain blows into chest pads
- Ability to recover and anchor vs power
- 4 year college starter
Weaknesses:
- Stiff mover
- Poor pad level
- Limited punch pop
- Erratic, disconnected hands leading to missed punches
- Tendency to overset outside and get beat inside
Scouting Report:
| Formidable short range pass protector due to his ability to absorb initial contact but lacks the physical and athletic tools to move defenders in the run game and stop more athletic/finesse pass rushers. Holstege Is a stiff uncoordinated mover that leads to lack of gap-to-gap range to poor hand placements. Holstege is able to have an impact initially at the point of attack with of a strong core to upper body. In the run game Holstege takes on defenders with poor, high pad level. This leads to lack of leverage, power and drive downfield or laterally once engaged with a defender. Holstege’s best shot at the next level will be as a guard in a power/gap scheme where he can make an impact at the point of attack with his strength along with improved punch pop, placement and timing. |
Scout: Andrew Bohovich
Career Highlights
• 3-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2020-22)
• All-Big Ten honoree (Honorable Mention – 2020)
• 5-time UCLA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Spring 2024)
Career Summary
Started final 56 of 57 career games played for UCLA (2023 and 2024) and Purdue (2020-22).
2024
Started all 12 games played by UCLA at left guard … collected Marcedes Lewis Dependability Award at year-end team banquet … Bruins rushed for season-high 211 yards against Iowa (Nov. 8) … made East-West Shrine Bowl 1000.
2023
Appeared in all 13 games as starter at left guard … helped Bruins lead Pac-12 in rushing yards per game … UCLA had six 200-yard rushing games and four more with at least 150 yards on ground … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 … enrolled at UCLA in January 2023.
2022 (Purdue)
Started all 13 games at left guard for Purdue which advanced to the Big Ten Championship Game for the first time in program history … honorable mention All-Big Ten … named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team.
2021 (Purdue)
Appeared in and started all 13 games on the offensive line and the field goal unit … named Academic All-Big Ten … graduated with bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership in May of 2022.
2020 (Purdue)
Appeared in all six games, making five starts … named Academic All-Big Ten … selected Honorable Mention All-Big Ten … blocked for an offense that averaged 309.0 yards passing and 390.5 yards of total offense per game.
2019 (Purdue)
Did not see game action.
High School
Earned three-stars as an offensive lineman from 247Sports and ESPN … his high school team went 6-5 in his 2018 senior year and advanced to the second round of the Division 4 playoffs … blocked for an offense which averaged 330 yards per game as a senior … named first-team all-state by the Detroit Free Press … two-time All-Grand Rapids selection by MLive.com … named first-team All-Area South as a senior.
Personal
Began work on his MBA after graduating from Purdue in May of 2022 with a degree in organizational leadership … working on his graduate certificate in project management at UCLA … earned a spot on the UCLA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2023.
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