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2024 Football Roster

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3 Pierce Holley

  • Position Quarterback
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 225
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major MBA: Applied Management
  • Hometown Arvada, Colo.
  • Highschool Lakewood

Biography

2024 - Academic All-Big South/OVC Football 
2023 - 2nd Team All-Big South/OVC Football (Quarterback)

EASTERN ILLINOIS
2024 (GRADUATE):
Started all 12 games at quarterback during the 2024 season... became just fourth quarterback in school history to pass for 3,000 or more yards in a season joining Sean Payton (3 times), Tony Romo (1 time) and Jimmy Garoppolo (2 times) on the list... joined 3,000 yard club in final game at Tennessee Tech passing for 129 yards after missing a large portion of the game due to a hand injury... ended season with 3,125 yards to rank seventh on EIU single passing yards list... passed the 10,000 yard career passing mark for collegiate career in final game ending five year career between EIU and Georgetown with 10,043 yards and 57 touchdowns... had six straight 300-yard passing games starting with 326 against Lindenwood and ending with 458 against Gardner-Webb... ended career fourth at EIU with eight career 300-yard passing games... ended career fifth in EIU pass completions, sixth in pass attempts, sixth in passing yards (5,866), sixth in touchdown passes (36) and seventh in completion percentage... had season high five touchdown passes against Western Illinois which is tied for sixth most in a game in school history... passed for the sixth most yards in school history with 458 at Gardner-Webb with four touchdowns... averaged 260.4 passing yards per game going 249-of-408 with 19 touchdowns and 13 interceptions... rushed for one touchdown against Lindenwood... Academic All-Big South/OVC Football Association... 

2023 (GRADUATE): Transferred as a graduate student to EIU making 11 starts at quarterback... named second team All-Big South/OVC Football Association at quarterback... passed for 2,741 yards which ranks seventh on the EIU single list (trails only Jimmy Garoppolo, Sean Payton and Tony Romo on the list)... was 240-of-394 with 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions... 240 completions ranked sixth on the EIU single season list while 394 pass attempts were eighth on EIU single season list... ranked 15th in the FCS in passing yards for the regular season and 38th in touchdown passes... passed for more than 300 yards in back-to-back games against UT Martin and Southeast Missouri with season high 359 yards against UT Martin... had a season high four touchdowns passes against UT Martin... had six games with multiple touchdown passes including closing out regular season with three touchdown tosses in road win at Robert Morris... added four rushing touchdowns during the season with three coming in overtime win against Bryant where he scored the game winning two-point conversion on a run (the first rushing 2-point conversion for EIU since the 2002 season)... other rushing touchdown was in win over McNeese... named Big South-OVC Football Offensive Player of the Week one time during the season... 

GEORGETOWN UNIV.: Was a four-year member of the Georgetown University football team… started 11 games during the 2022 season passing for 2,882 yards and 18 touchdowns earning second team All-Patriot League honors… was 292-for-442 for a 66 completion percentage… set school single season record for pass attempts and passing yards… had three 300-yard passing games during the season with a 358 yard game against Colgate… added 300-yard games against Fordham (322) and Columbia (317)… had six games with multiple touchdown passes with a high of four against Fordham… played in six games during the 2021 season passing for 1,260 yards with three touchdowns… added two rushing touchdowns… played in one game during the 2019 season before Georgetown did not participate during the 2020 COVID season…

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year team captain at Lakewood HS starting as a senior… set school single season record for passing yards with 3,186 yards and touchdown passes with 28 as a senior… also ran for nine rushing touchdowns as a senior… finished career with 5,027 passing yards and 44 passing touchdowns… was an All-Conference performer in basketball and starter on lacrosse team…

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Quarterback
    6'2" 215 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Graduate Student

    Quarterback
    6'3" 225 lbs
    3
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