AJ Holmes: Defensive Interior, Texas Tech/2027 NFL Draft Summer Scouting 1
BNDF on YouTube · Jul 27
DT · Texas Tech · 6'3" · 300 lb
Consensus #34 · Possible starter (pre-combine)
From consensus rank and position against 20 years of careers; testing and Burst join after the combine.
DTs ranked 31–40 (he's #34) have usually gone in the middle-half range of picks 29–49, with a median of 38. From 41 drafted players in the 2016-2026 drafts, by CFBD pre-draft rank (±10).
AJ Holmes: Defensive Interior, Texas Tech/2027 NFL Draft Summer Scouting 1
BNDF on YouTube · Jul 27
#34 in the week of Sep 21. The chart starts next week.
After the combine
Burst grades his athletic testing against every player at his position since 2000, on a 0 to 10 scale.
| Tkl | TFL | Sck | Hur | PD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Texas Tech | 30 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 Texas Tech | 40 | 10 | 4.5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 Houston | 35 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 Houston | 20 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 Houston | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tkl | TFL | Sck |
|---|
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AJ Holmes: Defensive Interior, Texas Tech/2027 NFL Draft Summer Scouting 1
BNDF on YouTube · Jul 27
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Burst
After the combineA.J. Holmes Jr. gets a Burst score once he tests at the combine or his pro day. Burst grades each test against every DT at the combine since 2000, where 5.0 is average for the position and 10 is the best ever. Each area is the average of its tests. Size-adjusted weighs speed against body weight. With fewer than 5 combine tests, pro day results fill the tests he skipped; timed pro day drills (40, shuttle, 3-cone) aren't scored yet.
Ryan Glasgow
DT · Michigan · 2017 draft, #138
Similar production and size · 92% match
McTelvin Agim
DT · Arkansas · 2020 draft, #95
Similar production and size · 76% match
Nnamdi Madubuike
DT · Texas A&M · 2020 draft, #71
Similar production and size · 75% match
Built from our own data: size, Burst testing and college production against drafted players since 2006, and how their NFL careers went. A comp isn't a forecast.
When college and NFL outlets mention him, the headline, the source, the time and a link to the original show here.
Example
“A.J. Holmes Jr. leads the way in a road win” · ESPN College Football · 2h
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Example
“Late hands on contested balls, but wins every release.”
| PD |
|---|
| Wk 1 vs Abilene Christian | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Wk 2 at Oregon State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs Houston | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs Sam Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 at Colorado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs Arizona State | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Wk 8 at Cincinnati | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Wk 9 vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wk 10 vs West Virginia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
College stats courtesy of CollegeFootballData.com.