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Ben Holt Season 2019

#44
PositionLB
Weight225 lbs
Height5-11
YearFifth Year
HometownBowling Green, Ky.
Previous SchoolWestern Kentucky
2019
• Finished with 17 tackles against TCU on Sept. 14, the most for a Boilermaker in one game since 1997

WESTERN KENTUCKY
2018
• Honorable mention All-Conference USA. 
• Led WKU with 116 tackles.
• Had a team-high 11.5 tackles for loss with 2.5 sacks.
• Forced and recovered one fumble.
 
2017
• Played in all but one contest for the Hilltoppers, earning a start in the regular-season finale at FIU.
• Had 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks on the season
• Had 34 tackles for the year, 24 of which came in the final five games.
• Tied his career-best with seven takedowns on Nov. 4 at Vanderbilt.
 
2016
• Saw action in all 14 games as a redshirt freshman, picking up two starts at Miami (Ohio) as a fullback and in the Boca Raton Bowl as a linebacker.
• Served as WKU’s only consistent two-way player in 2016 as the team’s No. 1 fullback and a reserve outside linebacker.
• Tallied 39 tackles (18 solo) on the year with a career-best seven tackles (three solo) against Houston Baptist.
• Added a pair of half-tackles for loss against HBU and at Marshall and recovered a fumble against FIU to setup a score.
• Intercepted one pass against Old Dominion and had three pass breakups (Rice, HBU and Memphis).
• Offensively, had one carry for a yard against HBU.
• Of the 11 main defensive categories was one of only three players, and the only non-senior, to record a statistic in seven categories.
 
2015
• Redshirted
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• Prepped at Bowling Green High School.
• Tallied 95 tackles, 35 tackles for loss and 18 sacks.
• Garnered First Team All-State honors from the Associated Press as a defensive lineman.
• Class 5-A District Two Player of the Year by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association.
 
PERSONAL
• Given name is Benjamin Edward Holt.
• Born Feb. 23, 1997.
• Graduated from Western Kentucky in 2019 with bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on business; pursuing master's degree in leadership.
• Father, Nick, is Purdue’s co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.