Player Profile: JJ Holmes
#88 J.J. Holmes
Position: Defensive tackle
Height: 6-3
Weight: 335
Class: Senior
Hometown: Chipley, Fla.
High School: Transfer Hutchinson C.C.
2017 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games, starting 11 at defensive tackle … Picked up starts against SEMO, Ohio, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Iowa State, TCU, Kansas State, Baylor, Texas and Oklahoma … Ended the season with a total of 24 tackles, including 14 solo tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, one QBH and one pass breakup … SEMO: Tallied two tackles and one pass breakup … Central Michigan: Had a career-high five tackles, including two solos, and had 1.0 TFL … at Ohio: Had one solo tackle and recorded 1.0 TFL … Also had 1.0 sack for five yards and a QBH … West Virginia: Had three tackles against the Mountaineers … Texas Tech: Had a total of two tackles … at Iowa State: Recorded one tackle … at TCU: Had two tackles … K-State: Tallied three solo tackles … Baylor: Turned in two solo tackles … at Texas: Had one tackle against the Longhorns … at Oklahoma State: Recorded two solo tackles.
Hutchinson Community College (2015-16): Touted as a three-star defensive tackle by Rivals.com… Produced 44 tackles on the year from the interior of the defensive line… Also got to the quarterback 8.5 times playing under head coach Rion Rhoades… Ranked fifth in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) with 8.5 sacks… Named to the KJCCC First Team in 2016.
High School: Attended Chipley High School… Contributed 30 tackles in nine games as a senior… Earned First Team Class 1A honors as an offensive lineman… Also lettered in basketball.
Personal: Son of Pamela and John Holmes Sr.... Chose Kansas over offers from Colorado State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kentucky, Missouri, Southern Miss, South Florida, UCF and Western Kentucky.