Alijah Holder Season 2018

Career Accolades
• 2018 All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
     • second team (2017), honorable mention (2016, 2018)
• 132 tackles (86 solo) and 6.5 tackles for loss in 37 career games
• Two interceptions, 28 passes defended, five forced fumbles and one touchdown

As a Fifth-Year (2018)
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Bednarik Award watch list
• Played in 12 games and started 10
• 59 tackles (35 solo), 2.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble
• Second on the team with 10 pass breakups
• Four tackles (two solo), 0.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup vs. USC
• Led team with seven tackles (five solo) and three pass breakups vs. UC Davis
• Four tackles (one solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss at Oregon
• Team-high 10 tackles (eight solo), one forced fumble and one pass breakup at Notre Dame
• Led team with 10 tackles (two solo) vs. Washington State
• Seven tackles (five solo), 1.0 tackle for loss and three pass breakups at Washington
• Three tackles (two solo) at UCLA
• Three tackles (two solo) at Cal
• Six tackles (four solo) and one pass breakup in win over Pitt (Sun Bowl)

As a Senior (2017)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Eight games played
• 26 tackles (17 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, one interception, three pass breakups
• One tackle vs. Rice
• Three tackles (one solo) and one interception (32-yard return) at USC
• Four tackles (three solo), one tackle for loss, forced fumble and two pass breakups at San Diego State
• Seven tackles (five solo), forced fumble vs. UCLA 
• Three tackles (one solo) vs. Arizona State
• Five tackles (four solo), one tackle for loss, forced fumble, one pass breakup at Utah
• Two solo tackles vs. Oregon
• Solo tackle at Oregon State

As a Junior (2016)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Athlon All-Pac-12 preseason third team
• Four games played
• 10 tackles, six pass breakups
• One tackle, team-high four pass breakups vs. Kansas State
• Team-high seven tackles (five solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, one forced fumble, one pass breakup vs. USC
• One tackle and one pass breakup vs. Colorado
• Missed nine games due to injury

As a Sophomore (2015) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• 13 games played
• 37 tackles
• One interception
• Seven pass breakups
• Solo tackle at Northwestern in first career start
• One pass breakup vs. UCF
• Two tackles at USC
• Five solo tackles at Oregon State
• Four tackles vs. Arizona
• Three tackles, 31-yard interception return for a touchdown vs. UCLA
• Five tackles, two pass breakups vs. Washington
• Four tackles at Washington State
• Three tackles vs. Oregon
• Five tackles (four solo), two pass breakups vs. USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)
• Three solo tackles vs. Iowa (Rose Bowl)

As a Freshman (2014)
• Did not see action

The Holder File
• Prepped at Oceanside (Calif.) under head coach John Carroll
• Three-year varsity starter
• Four-star recruit by 247Sports
• California’s 31st-best recruit by 247Sports, 38th by Scout, 58th by ESPN
• Nation’s 20th-best cornerback back 247Sports, 36th by Scout, 45th-best safety by ESPN
• Sixth-best cornerback in the West by Scout
• 2013 All-Avocado League first team
• All-CIF first team
• 2013 team MVP
• 21 tackles for loss, two interceptions, 20 passes defended, two defensive touchdowns as a senior
     • 105-yard interception returned for touchdown
• Led team to 2013 league title
• Forward on prep basketball team
• One varsity letter in track and field
     • All-league second team in long jump
     • 2013 team MVP
• San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team
• Born in Oceanside, Calif.
• Full name is Alijah Isaiah Holder
• Son of Will and Angela Holder
• Two brothers, King and Mikah, and one sister, Kiana
     • Twin brother, Mikah, plays football at San Diego State
     • Brother, King, played football at San Diego State
• Majoring in science, technology and society
• Earning master's degree in media studies