Class of 2027 · tight end
Holden Niemi
TE
6-5, 210 lb · Dexter, MI
Committed to Texas A&M since May 2296Model gradeiBetter offers than 98% of his classTop 100 board. Past boards here: 100% signed at a Power 4 school, 29% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
21 offers
Strongest program firstCommitted
Texas A&MCommittedoffered Jan 12Notre Damecoldoffered Jun 9, 2024Ohio Statecoldoffered Jun 13, 2024Georgiacoldoffered Jun 21, 2024Alabamacoldoffered Jun 22, 2024Miamicoldoffered Sep 15, 2025Washingtoncoldoffered Jan 22Floridacoldoffered Jun 19, 2024Tennesseecoldoffered Jan 22Michigancoldoffered Jun 5, 2024Indianacoldoffered May 13Wisconsincoldoffered May 16, 2024Kansas Statecoldoffered Jun 7, 2024Dukecoldoffered May 3, 2024Kansascoldoffered Jan 22Michigan Statecoldoffered Sep 14, 2024Toledocoldoffered Jun 5, 2024Central Michigancoldoffered Dec 7, 2023San Diego Statecoldoffered Mar 25, 2025Bowling Greencoldoffered Dec 1, 2023Kent Statecoldoffered May 30, 2024Strongest programs first (how strength is made). Warm: an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days, or an official visit in the last 120. Cool: contact in the last 180. Cold: older, or a decommit. These are the offers on record, not every offer made.
His board on any day
Dec 2023 to todayDec 2023JunDecJunDecJunNov 2026
Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline and the grade become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
22 dated moves since Dec 1, 2023Committed Texas A&MMay 22Offered IndianaMay 13Offered KansasJan 22Offered TennesseeJan 22Offered WashingtonJan 22Offered Texas A&MJan 12Offered MiamiSep 15, 2025Offered San Diego StateMar 25, 2025Offered Michigan StateSep 14, 2024Offered AlabamaJun 22, 2024Offered GeorgiaJun 21, 2024Offered FloridaJun 19, 2024Offered Ohio StateJun 13, 2024Offered Notre DameJun 9, 2024Offered Kansas StateJun 7, 2024Offered MichiganJun 5, 2024Offered ToledoJun 5, 2024Offered Kent StateMay 30, 2024Offered WisconsinMay 16, 2024Offered DukeMay 3, 2024Offered Central MichiganDec 7, 2023Offered Bowling GreenDec 1, 2023Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
His testing numbers
Testing numbers
none yetNo testing numbers for Holden yet. His family can add his 40, shuttle, jumps, bench and track times below, with proof.
How we know each number. Verified: a testing company or state meet result we matched to his name, class and date. Coach-confirmed: his coach said yes from a school email. Video-evidenced: a clip of the timer or tape that we watched. Self-reported, in grey: his family's word. Testing numbers here come only through this form.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 21 offersMiamiA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size5 at tight end with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 2 starters his size since 20222DukeA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size3 at tight end with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 3 starters his size since 20223Kansas StateA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size5 at tight end with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 3 starters his size since 2022Ranked by how thin each program is at his spot, whether it starts players his size, who leaves after this season and, while he is uncommitted, our odds. How it is made.
His role
Flex tight end6-5, 210 lb: built to split out. Built like Lake McRee (6-4, 217), a starter at USC in 2025.
- Fitsan offense that throws more than most
- His offers that doOhio StateAlabamaMiamiWashingtonKent State
- The rest16 of his offers play it another way
Read off his size at his position; schemes from each program's season article on Wikipedia (base defense) and our play-by-play (how much it throws). A guide to where he would line up, not a scouting report. How it is made.
Compare his offers
any 4 of 21Fit for him
No. 4of 21 offers
No. 1of 21 offers
No. 2of 21 offers
Program strength
84of 100
85of 100
52of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
0 of 1closest: Dobard, 2013
-none with his board signed there
Players like him there: a real season by year two
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-the box score does not cover them
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Room at tight end
Average4 with 2+ years left
Average5 with 2+ years left
Average3 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
2
1
3
2027 commits at tight end
0
0
2Parker Newman, Luke Karby
Starts players his size
0starters his size since 2022
2starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
Offense
Pro spreadthrows 48%, 83rd most
Air raidthrows 50%, 67th most
Spreadthrows 47%, 91st most
Coaches tight end
Derek Shay
Mike Viti
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From home
1,063 miTX
1,151 miFL
512 miNC
Where it stands
Committed
Coldoffered Sep 15, 2025
Coldoffered May 3, 2024
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Holden's 21 to compare. Green is the best in each row. Room counts the players at his spot with two or more years left. Players like him: up to five past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his and who signed at that school, from classes whose careers are over; a real season means 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. Offensive linemen and defenders from classes before 2016 are not in that row: the box score does not count linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
7 that have not offered
Auburn Even at tight endOffered 9 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year2
Missouri Even at tight endOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year3
Kentucky Even at tight endOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by November of junior year · tight ends coach Justin Burke4
Louisville Even at tight endOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year · tight ends coach Paul Petrino5
Ole Miss Even at tight endOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year6
Illinois Stocked at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Jared Elliott7
Penn State Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by February of sophomore year · tight ends coach Sean Seonbuchner
Illinois Stocked at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Jared Elliott7Penn State Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by February of sophomore year · tight ends coach Sean SeonbuchnerPrograms that offered the recruits most like him (same position, size, home state and offers), have not offered him, and sit near the level of the offers he holds. How it is made.
Where his size starts
143of 496 FBS starters at tight end since 2022 were his size6-4 to 6-6, 195 to 225 lb
- Most in
ACC21
SEC19Mid-American17 - Start his size most
Akron4
Arizona State4
Boise State4 - His offers that doKansas State3Duke3Alabama2Miami2
Who needs him
Michigan State is thinnest at tight end of his 21 offersEven- 4 with 2+ years left of 8
- 6 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 0 commits this cycle
A starter is six or more games in one of the position's starting slots, 2022-2026 (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is players with 2+ years left plus 2027 commits, against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame). How it is made.
Players like him, and how they turned out
How 50 boards like his turned out
classes 2010-202217%Produced by year two5 of 30 had a real season by his second year
24%Transferred8 of 33 played for a second school
18%Drafted9 of 50, 2 in rounds 1-3
12%NFL starter6 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2022, whose careers are over. A real season: 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 33 of 50. The stats can judge a real season for 30 of those, because the box score does not count offensive linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
2 of 10 drafted
Damon Hall Jr. TEIn college nowmatch
Jackson Bowers TENot drafted yetmatch
Hale Hentges TENot draftedmatchJeb Blazevich TENot draftedmatch
Garrett Williams TENot draftedmatchAlize Jones TENot draftedmatchAdam Breneman TENot draftedmatch
Past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 7 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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