Oklahoma State University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Christian Holmes
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Leland, MS
- High School:
- McNair
2021 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP)
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Highs
Tackles
Sacks
TFL
Pass Break Ups 2, 7x, last vs. Kansas, 2021
Interceptions 1, twice, last vs. Memphis, 2018
A graduate transfer from Missouri who played his final two seasons at Oklahoma State ... Used an extra year of eligibility in 2021 after the NCAA ruling on COVID-19 and had a breakout year in his first season at OSU as a full-time starter ... Finished his career with 60 total games played, 27 total start, 30 pass breakups and three interceptions between his time at OSU and Missouri.
2021 (Super Senior): A second team All-Big 12 pick by both the coaches and Associate Press ... First team Academic All-Big 12 team ... Started the first 13 games of the season and played in all 14 games ... Finished the year with 39 total tackles to mark the largest single season total of his career ... 33 were solo tackles ... Recorded an interception in the fourth quarter of the win at West Virginia ... Added seven pass breakups with two vs. Kansas and one vs. Missouri State, Tulsa, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Notre Dame ... Served as a game captain vs. Missouri State ... Recorded at least five tackles in four games, with a season-high of six in the Big 12 Championship game ... Included on the Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list.
2020 (Senior): Played in all 11 games, starting the final two ... Had 25 tackles on the year, 18 of which were solo stops ... Ranked third on the team with six passes broken up ... His three tackles for loss led OSU’s cornerbacks ... Had a season-high four tackles against both West Virginia and Miami and had three tackles against Kansas, Kansas State and Texas Tech ... Credited with two tackles for loss against Baylor and one against Tulsa.
2019 (Junior at Missouri): Played in all 12 games and started four ... Ranked ninth on the team with 29 tackles, 24 of which were unassisted ... His 2.5 tackles for loss were the highest single-season total of his career ... Broke up four passes to rank sixth on the team ... Logged a season high five tackles against Florida, then came back to record five more the following week against Tennessee.
2018 (Sophomore at Missouri): Turned in a strong season, and his development midway through the season coincided with the defense’s improvement through the course of the year ... Began the year still in recovery mode from a shoulder injury that forced him out of the entire 2017 season, and as he got healthier, he started to provide a bigger impact for the Tiger defense ... Played in all 13 games and started the last eight ... Led the team with 12 pass break-ups, while registering 36 tackles (ranking seventh on the squad) ... Also grabbed a pair of interceptions - one of which he returned 42 yards for a touchdown in Mizzou’s Homecoming win over Memphis ... Also tallied an interception on the first defensive series of the game against No. 2 Georgia ... Posted a career-high eight tackles at No. 13 Florida.
2017 (Redshirt at Missouri): Was expected to challenge for a starting cornerback position, but those plans were derailed when he sustained a shoulder injury early in August pre-season camp ... The injury knocked him out for the entire season, requiring surgery.
2016 (Freshman at Missouri): Played in 10 games as a true freshman and totaled one tackle and one pass breakup, seeing the majority of his time on special teams … Recorded the first pass breakup of his career in Mizzou’s win over Eastern Michigan … Recorded his first career tackle in Mizzou’s victory over Arkansas.
High School: A playmaker at both corner and wide receiver in high school … A three-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports, he clocked in at 4.53 in the 40-yard dash showing elite speed with a physical frame … Selected to the Georgia High School All-Star Game … As a junior he hauled in 30 catches for 640 yards (21.3 yards per catch) … First team all-area and first team all-district as a senior at McNair under the direction of coach Marcus Salter.
Personal: Christian Holmes was born Sept. 14, 1997 and is the son of Kimmalee Holmes ... Graduated from Missouri with a degree in Sociology ... Studying for a Master’s in Leisure Studies.
