Last confirmed: Alabama, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 236 lb · Tuscaloosa, AL · Hillcrest
Keith Holcombe: LB · Alabama · #42.
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Keith Holcombe
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at Alabama. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Colorado State — Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15
WBMA Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs No. 3 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Fresno State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-23vs Colorado State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 59-0@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 66-3vs Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-19@ Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-7vs Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs No. 19 LSU | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ No. 18 Mississippi State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-0vs Mercer | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
8%3 pass breakups38 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Nick Saban — 41-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
35.7%
332 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 62 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Saban.
