CAREER
Has seen action in 25 career games with five starts on the defensive line … Totaled 81 career tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and two forced fumbles … Four-year letterwinner.
2017
Earned the John J. Cirgliano Ironman Award, given to the one player who overcomes adversity to become a strong contributor to the team on the field … Played in all 10 games with two starts as a senior defensive lineman … Also a contributor on special teams … Concluded year with 25 tackles (10 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss for 12 yards, 1.0 sack and blocked a point after attempt … Registered at least one tackle in all 10 games … Made four tackles with 1.5 TFL, 1.0 sack and blocked a PAT in final game vs. Brown (Nov. 18) … Made three tackles at Yale (Oct. 28) … Registered three tackles vs. Penn (Oct. 14) … Finished with four tackles at Princeton (Sept. 30).
2016
Started three of 10 games on the defensive line and on special teams … Concluded season with 24 tackles (13 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and a pass breakup … Finished with four tackles (one solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss at Brown (Nov. 19) … Made a career-high six tackles (one solo) with one sack at Harvard (Nov. 5) … Made five tackles (five solo) vs. Yale (Oct. 28) … Finished with three tackles vs. Princeton (Oct. 1) … Made two tackles at Georgetown (Sept. 24).
2015
Played in eight games ... Recorded one unassisted tackle against Fordham (Sept. 19) for a loss of two yards.
2014
Played in seven games ... Finished the year with 31 tackles, four tackles for a loss and two forced fumbles ... Recorded five tackles and a forced fumble at Harvard (Nov. 8).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2014 graduate of Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, Calif., where he played two years of varsity football for head coach Hardy Nickerson … First team all-league in football ... Academic all-league in football ... In two-year varsity career for the Dragons, made 202 total tackles (73 solo), 12.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks … In nine games as a senior, finished with 107 total tackles (38 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss, one interception, three sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … Registered seven games of 10 or more tackles as a senior … Made a career-high 19 tackles (six solo) and 2.0 tackles for loss vs. Valley Christian … Made 16 tackles (five solo) vs. Las Lomas … Finished with 13 tackles (eight solo) vs. James Logan … Named team captain of the football squad as a senior … Made 95 total tackles (35 solo), 9.0 tackles for loss as a junior … Made 15 tackles (five solo) vs. Encinal … Led the Dragons to a 7-5 overall record as a junior … Earned six letters in lacrosse and football ... Second team all-league in lacrosse … Captain of lacrosse team as a junior and senior …
PERSONAL
Born Alexander Birge Holme on April 3, 1996 … Son of Margit Birge Holme and John Holme … Attended same high school as former Columbia men's basketball point guard Kendall Jackson … Enrolled at Columbia College in the Earth Institute.
