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6 Jimmy Holiday

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 211
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Flora, Miss.
  • High School Madison Central HS
  • Prev School WKU
  • Twitter Holiday13Jimmy
  • Instagram jimmyholiday10

Biography

CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
  • All-CUSA Honorable Mention (2024)
  • CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025)
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024)
Saw action in all 13 games while starting the final six at wide receiver … Finished the season with 658 all-purpose yards and six total touchdowns … Hauled in 39 receptions for 476 yards and two touchdowns … Carried the ball 48 times for 182 yards and four scores… Ranked second on the team in receptions and receiving yards … Finished tied for the team lead in rushing scores and total touchdowns … Averaged 12.2 yards per catch and 36.6 receiving yards per game … Finished with a season-high 103 receiving yards on a season-high seven catches against Kennesaw (Nov. 30) … Caught six passes for 93 yards versus UTEP (Oct. 22) … Caught receiving touchdowns against MTSU (Oct. 10) and on the road at Arkansas (Nov. 23) …Carried the ball nine times for 41 yards and a touchdown against Jax State (Nov. 9) … Ran the ball four times for 40 yards against Middle Tennessee … Had back-to-back games with rushing scores against Tulsa (Sept. 21) and FIU (Sept. 28) … Averaged 50.06 all-purpose yards per game.

WKU (2023)

Played in 11 games with five starts at receiver during his first season ... Finished the season with 326 yards and two touchdowns on 20 receptions ... Posted season highs of four catches and 93 yards during WKU's 38-35 overtime victory against Old Dominion during the Famous Toastery Bowl on Dec. 18, and also had a four-catch game during the 52-22 win over Houston Christian on Sept. 9 ... Recorded a 38-yard touchdown reception against HCU and had a 39-yard touchdown reception at FIU in the regular-season finale on Nov. 25.

TENNESSEE (2022)
Had a pair of 25-yard kickoff returns at South Carolina (11/19) finishing with 53 kickoff return yards on 3 tries... Recorded one reception for 38 yards and had one kickoff return for 11 yards in win over UT Martin (10/22) ... Registered three kickoff returns for 55 yards in road win at #25 LSU (10/8) ... Returned two kickoffs for a career-high 61 yards, including a career-long return of 34 yards in win over #20 Florida (9/24) ... Hauled in one catch for six yards and had two kickoff returns for 46 yards in win over Akron (9/17) ... Set career highs with four receptions for 62 yards and caught his first-career TD pass on a 53-yard strike from Joe Milton III early in the fourth quarter of season-opening win over Ball State (9/1).

TENNESSEE (2021)
Played in 11 games as a reserve wide receiver and special teams contributor … Returned two kickoffs for 43 yards against Purdue in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl (12/30), both career highs … Had a 23-yard kickoff return and a special teams tackle vs. South Alabama (11/20) ... Returned a kickoff 33 yards to the UK49, setting up a UT TD three plays later in win at No. 18 Kentucky (11/6) ... Had the first kickoff return of his career vs. No. 13 Ole Miss (10/16), returning it 27 yards to help set up a UT touchdown drive in the first quarter ... Made his first-career catch in win against Tennessee Tech (9/18) with a 5-yard reception in the fourth quarter ... Played on special teams against Pitt (9/11), making his second-career tackle, coming on punt coverage ... Saw limited action in the season opener against Bowling Green (9/2).

TENNESSEE (2020)
Saw action in eight games as a reserve wide receiver and special teams contributor ... Recorded his first-career rush for six yards at No. 23 Auburn (11/21) ... Made his Tennessee debut in season-opening win at South Carolina (9/26), recovering a fumble on a muffed punt to seal the win over the Gamecocks.

HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as a three-star recruit in 247 composite rankings … Starred at Madison Central High School in Madison, Mississippi … Led the Jaguars to a 9-3 record and the Class 6A state playoffs as a senior in 2019 ... Guided Madison Central to the Class 6A state semifinals in 2017 and 2018 ... Passed for 3,507 yards and 37 touchdowns while rushing for 3,568 yards and 51 touchdowns in three seasons ... Played in the 2019 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game ... 2018 and 2019 Clarion Ledger Second Team All-State selection ... 2018 Region 2-6A Offensive MVP ... Graduated early and enrolled at Tennessee in the spring of 2020.

PERSONAL
Full name is Jimmy Jadore Holiday … Born Dec. 16, 2001 … Son of Jimmy and April Holiday … Has three brothers, BJ, Jamar and Javeon, and two sisters, Jakayla and Jaylan

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