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Darnay Holmes Atlanta Falcons · #30

Cornerback · 5' 9", 198 lbs · Pasadena, CA · Age 28

Darnay Holmes is a Cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons, drafted 110th overall, 2020. In 2025 he recorded 19 tackles.

CornerbackDrafted 110th overall6-yr veteran
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Darnay Holmes
Season avg19 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg164 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
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Scouting report

Darnay Holmes — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Cornerback · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Darnay Holmes is a Cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons, drafted 110th overall, 2020. In 2025 he recorded 19 tackles.
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Coverage
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Ball skills
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Run support
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Coverage
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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Tackling
Average · defense
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Splash plays
Solid · defense
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Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Darnay Holmes stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
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Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
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Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1190 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
93Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Darnay Holmes — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
19 TKL
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Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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Coverage
0 PD
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Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Darnay Holmes

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
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pd
0–3
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int
0–1
22
tackles
17–27
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ff
0–1
15
games
13–16
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 6-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 0 → projected 1 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+1.5 pd
Everything it reads
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6 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 28 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 16 / 16 / 13
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Darnay Holmes career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
202012305100.5
202111292100
202215388010
202316183210
202416303001
202513190000
Career8316421421.5
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Atlanta Falcons built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

13–4proj record
95off index
99def index
+60net
95%playoff odds
62roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A+ (95), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 92, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 13–4 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Darnay Holmes

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1998-06-23

The beginning

Darnay Holmes is a Cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons, in his 7th NFL season.

Atlanta Falcons

Turning pro

Drafted 110th overall, 2020 as a Cornerback.

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Darnay Holmes is an Atlanta Falcons cornerback, drafted 110th overall, 2020.

Chapter

Across 6 seasons (2020–2025) he has recorded 164 tackles, 2 sacks and 4 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 19 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Holmes's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
5' 9"
Weight
198 lbs
Draft
110th overall, 2020
Born
Pasadena, CA
Age
28
Jersey
#30
Background

Darnay Holmes is from Pasadena, CA and is 28 years old. He was drafted 110th overall, 2020 and plays cornerback at 5' 9", 198 lbs.

Over 6 seasons (2020–2025) he has recorded 164 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 4 interceptions. Holmes is currently on the Atlanta Falcons roster.

The person

Darnay Holmes is a rotational starter in the secondary who has recorded 164 tackles with 4 interceptions and 21 passes defensed across 6 seasons (2020–2025).

Coverage production4 career interceptions and 21 passes defensed.
Tackling164 career tackles from the secondary.
Playmaking2 forced fumbles and 1.5 sacks on the blitz.
Draft pedigree110th overall, 2020.
Durability83 career games played.
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FAQ

Darnay Holmes — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Darnay Holmes, answered.

What position does Darnay Holmes play?
Darnay Holmes is a Cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons.
When was Darnay Holmes drafted?
Darnay Holmes was drafted 110th overall, 2020.
How many seasons has Darnay Holmes played?
6 (2020–2025).
What are Darnay Holmes's career stats?
He has recorded 164 tackles, 2 sacks and 4 interceptions.
Darnay Holmes career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
6
since 2020
Games missed
1
listed Out
Lower-body
3
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk13 · Illness (Questionable)2023 Wk18 · Foot2022 Wk14 · Shoulder2022 Wk13 · Shoulder (Questionable)2022 Wk6 · Quadricep2020 Wk17 · Knee

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 4 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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Darnay Holmes head-to-head

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