Mike Hollins

Senior running back for Virginia. 2023: 274 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Virginia · Sr. · #7

5′9″ · 204 lb · Baton Rouge, LA

CFB Index 38 · #218 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceVirginia 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 817 nationally · Signed with University Lab

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Virginia. 2023: 274 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to University Lab in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia, 814 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20194 games

Recruited3-star out of University Lab

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#817 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022–2023

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Virginia9-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

2021Virginia6-6HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-heavy

2022Virginia3-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #218 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#46 / 426 · 89th pct

8.9%

EPA / carry#246 / 426 · 42nd pct

0.13

Success rate#277 / 426 · 35th pct

41.8%

Yards / carry#408 / 426 · 4th pct

3.5

Explosive rate#414 / 426 · 3rd pct

1.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#73 / 333 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Receptions#175 / 327 · 45th pct

Carries#212 / 333 · 36th pct

Rec yards#257 / 327 · 22nd pct

Rush yards#263 / 333 · 21st pct

274

Long run#282 / 333 · 15th pct

Yards / carry#315 / 333 · 5th pct

3.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

1st → 42nd percentile

Success rate

34th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 3rd percentile

Yards / carry

19th → 4th percentile

TD rate

15th → 89th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	24.2	2.8	0.4
Road6g	25.5	3.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	14.0	2.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	34.0	3.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #218 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #218 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Virginia	80	274	3.4	7	--
2022	Virginia	53	215	4.1	2	--
2021	Virginia	49	213	4.3	2	--
2019	Virginia	21	112	5.3	3	--
Career		203	814	4.0	14	--

Season	Team
2023	Virginia	10	34	3.4	1	--
2022	Virginia	8	114	14.2	0	--
2021	Virginia	16	83	5.2	0	--
2019	Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		34	231	6.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023

W 30–27

vs Duke

50 rush yds (7 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With A. Colandrea — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.1 · 66 rush yds (9 car) · D. Sparks — 43 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · James Madison · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Mike Hollins run for 9 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 8 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Mike Hollins run for 11 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 9 · Miami · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Mike Hollins run for 10 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 5 · Boston College · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Tony Muskett pass complete to Mike Hollins for 5 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 2 · James Madison · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Mike Hollins run for 4 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 2 · James Madison · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.02Mike Hollins run for 1 yd to the JMU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Miami · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.90Mike Hollins run for 1 yd for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 8 · North Carolina · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.62Mike Hollins run for 2 yds to the UNC 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Duke · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.56Mike Hollins run for 14 yds to the DUKE 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · North Carolina · 1&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.46Mike Hollins run for 3 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-49@ Tennessee	3	-7	-2.3	0	1
Wk 2	L 35-36vs James Madison	12	28	2.3	2	9
Wk 3	L 14-42@ Maryland	3	16	5.3	0	6
Wk 4	L 21-24vs NC State	13	20	1.5	0	8
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Boston College	3	13	4.3	0	13
Wk 8	W 31-27@ North Carolina	15	66	4.4	3	11	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 9	L 26-29@ Miami	13	49	3.8	2	10
Wk 10	L 17-45vs Georgia Tech	5	25	5.0	0	11
Wk 11	L 24-31@ Louisville	5	16	3.2	0	6
Wk 12	W 30-27vs Duke	7	50	7.1	0	22
Wk 13	L 17-55vs Virginia Tech	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Total		80	274	3.0	7	22

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Mike Hollins

20194 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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