 Holiday with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2025 | |||||
| No. 82 – Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||
| Roster status | Futures | ||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | (2001-12-16)December 16, 2001 (age 24) | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school | Madison Central (Madison, Mississippi) | ||||
| College | Tennessee (2020–2022) Western Kentucky (2023) Louisiana Tech (2024) | ||||
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted | ||||
| Career history | |||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||
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Jimmy Jadore Holiday (born December 16, 2001) is an American professionalfootballwide receiver for theKansas City Chiefs of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theTennessee Volunteers, theWestern Kentucky Hilltoppers and theLouisiana Tech Bulldogs.
Holiday was born in 2001 as one of six children to April and Jimmy Holiday. In high school, he played wide receiver andquarterback with the Madison Central Jaguars.[1]Holiday was named to the 2018 and 2019 Clarion Ledger Second Team All-State selections and won the 2018 Region 2-6A Offensive MVP award. Rated a three-star collegiate recruit, he earned a Gene Felty Men's Athletic Endowed Scholarship and graduated early.[2]Holiday initially committed toTexas Christian University.[3]
Holiday enrolled at theUniversity of Tennessee. Initially recruited as a quarterback, he joined the Volunteers in the 2020 season as a wide receiver reservist and member of special teams. Holiday played in eight games during his freshman season.[4] He continued in this role during his sophomore season in 2021, playing in 11 games.[5] In his junior season in 2022, Holiday caught his first touchdown pass fromJoe Milton during the winning season-opening game againstBall State.[6] In the 2022 season, he had six receptions for 106 yards and one touchdown to go with 14 kickoff returns for 281 yards.[7] While he played for Tennessee, Holiday majored in sport management.[2]
In 2023, Holiday transferred toWestern Kentucky University. He started five of 11 games with the Hilltoppers team and finished his only season with 326 yards and two touchdowns on 20 receptions.[8][9]
Holiday transferred toLouisiana Tech University. In his first and only season with the Bulldogs in 2024, Holiday started the final six of the total 13 games. His career finished placing second on the team in receptions and receiving yards. He also tied for the team lead in rushing scores and total touchdowns.[10][11]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft11+7⁄8 in (1.83 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 32+7⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.40 s | 1.53 s | 2.57 s | 4.41 s | 6.94 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | ||
| All values fromPro Day[12] | ||||||||||||
On May 6, 2025, Holiday signed with theKansas City Chiefs as an undraftedfree agent following the2025 NFL draft.[13] He was assigned to the practice squad after the first phase of active roster cuts were announced on August 27.[14] Holliday was released by Kansas City on November 24.[15]
On November 26, 2025, Holiday was signed to theSeattle Seahawks' practice squad.[16] He was released by the Seahawks on December 13.[17]
On December 17, 2025, Holiday was signed to the Kansas City Chiefs' practice squad.[18] He signed a reserve/future contract with Kansas City on January 5, 2026.[19]
Holiday's five siblings include three brothers named BJ, Jamar and Javeon, and two sisters named Jakayla and Jaylan. His hobbies include fishing, hunting and riding horses. Holiday named professionalbasketball playerLeBron James as the professional athlete he models himself after, citing James' work ethic.[2] He also named professional football playersDeebo Samuel,Amon-Ra St. Brown, andJa'Marr Chase as athletes he patterns his game after. He has publicly shared that he doesn't eat green vegetables despite being a professional athlete. Holiday credits his father as his role model. His favorite NFL team is theNew Orleans Saints.[20]