#79 Adam Holtorf

Redshirt Junior | 6-4 | 295 lbs. | Seward, Nebraska

Courtesy Kansas State Athletics

• Position: Offensive Line
• Previous College: None
• Projection: Starter
• Status: On Scholarship

Adam Christian Holtorf (b. May 10, 1997) is a talented young offensive lineman who was successful in his first year as a full-time starter in 2017 after the unexpected early departure of Reid Najvar. He now will look to retain his starting spot at center as a junior.

Holtorf has earned a spot on the Rimington Trophy spring watch list. He is one of 57 centers in the nation and one of just five from the Big 12 Conference on the list.

Holtorf redshirted in 2015 and saw his first action in 2016 as a backup center against Florida Atlantic and TCU. He also started for Purple in the 2017 spring game in Najvar’s absence.

Holtorf then started every game at center in 2017. He helped to lead the Wildcat offensive line that blocked for the third most rushing yards per carry (4.98) in school history, while the Wildcats finished seventh in school history in total rushing yards (2,584).

Holtorf also blocked for a K-State bowl-record 344-yard rushing output in the Cactus Bowl victory over UCLA.

A second-team Academic All-American who also earned CoSIDA first-team Academic All-District 7 honors, Holtorf was one of just 10 Big 12 players in 2017 to earn first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors with a 4.0 grade-point average.

A four-year letter-winner for Seward High School in Nebraska, including the last two years under head coach Jamie Opfer, Holtorf helped the Bluejays to earn an 8-3 record and a trip to the quarterfinals of the Nebraska Class B state playoffs.

He was named to the American Family Insurance All-USA Nebraska Team as a defensive lineman, and also was named a two-year first-team Class B all-state offensive lineman by The Lincoln Journal-Star and The Omaha World-Herald.

Named first team Super State as a defensive lineman as a senior, and a Class B honorary captain by both the Journal-Star and World-Herald, Holtorf also earned first-team All-Nebraska honors as a defensive lineman and was honored as a first-team Class B all-state offensive lineman by the World-Herald.

He also earned second-team all-state honors as a junior and was an all-district performer as a sophomore.

Holtorf tied the school career record with 37 games started; registered 81 tackles, including 18.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks as a senior; and anchored an offensive line that helped the Bluejays to accumulate 3,822 yards.

He also came away with 69 tackles, including 14 for loss, and five sacks as a junior in 2013. Rivals rated him the No. 5 player in the state of Nebraska.

Holtorf earned academic all-state honors, played basketball and qualified for state in the shot put. He chose the Wildcats over offers from North Dakota State, South Dakota State and Wyoming.