Colin Holba


Colin Holba is an American football long snapper who is a free agent. He played college football at Louisville. Holba was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Early life

While in high school, Holba played two years of football and three years of baseball. He also made honor roll for all four years of high school and graduated as valedictorian at Eastern High School.

College career

Holba played college football at the University of Louisville. While in college he met his wife Lauren Dale Holba, former Ladybird. They married June 23, 2018.

Professional career

Holba was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round, 213th overall, in the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the first Louisville Cardinal to be drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft. On May 11, 2017, the Steelers signed Holba to a four-year, $2.52 million contract with a signing bonus of $129,314.
He was selected in the draft to be the replacement for long time veteran Greg Warren. Throughout training camp he competed with Kameron Canaday. On September 2, 2017, Holba was waived after losing the competition for the vacant long snapper position to Canaday.

Jacksonville Jaguars

On November 14, 2017, Holba was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars after long snapper Matt Overton sustained a shoulder injury and was placed on injured reserve.
On June 14, 2018, Holba was waived by the Jaguars.

San Francisco 49ers

On December 5, 2018, Holba signed a two-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers as a replacement for suspended long-snapper Kyle Nelson.
On September 17, 2019, Holba was released by the 49ers.
In October 2019, Holba was selected by the Dallas Renegades in the 2020 XFL Draft.

New York Giants

On November 12, 2019, Holba was signed to the New York Giants practice squad. On November 30, he was signed to the active roster after Zak DeOssie was placed on injured reserve playing 5 games with the New York Giants. On April 28, 2020, the Giants waived Holba.