Alijah Holder

BIOGRAPHY

Alijah Isaiah Holder was born on January 26th, 1996, in Oceanside, California. He is a cornerback in the NFL. In his early years, Holder attended Oceanside High School where in his senior season, he was part f the 2013 team MVP. He recorded 21 tackles for loss, two interceptions, 20 passes defended, two defensive touchdowns and became the sixth-best cornerback in the West by Scout. He was also the nation’s 20th-best cornerback back 247Sports, 36th by Scout, 45th-best safety by ESPN and was California’s 31st-best recruit by 247Sports, 38th by Scout, 58th by ESPN.

After he finished high school, Holder committed to the University of Stanford where he played college football. After not seeing any action in his freshman season in 2014, Holder entered his sophomore season in 2015, playing in 13 games and recording 37 tackles, 1 interception, and seven pass breakups. In his first collegiate start at Northwestern, Holder recorded his first collegiate tackle and against UCLA, he recorded 3 tackles and his first pick-six. In the Pac-12 Championship Game against USC, he recorded 5 tackles and 2 pass breakups and in the Rose Bowl against Iowa he recorded 3 tackles. As a junior in 2016, Holder played in 4 games, recording 10 tackles and 6 pass breakups. By the end of the season, he was an Athlon All-Pac-12 preseason third team and a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention. As a senior in 2017, Holder played in 8 games, recording 26 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, one interception, and three pass breakups. At the end of the season, he was a Pac-12 All-Academic second team In his fifth year at Stanford, Holder played in 12 games and started 10, recording  59 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble and finishing second on the team with 10 pass breakups. He finished the season as a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention, as an All-Pac-12 honorable mention and being on the Bednarik Award watch list.

After he graduated from college, Holder entered the 2019 NFL Draft where he was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent.