Temple University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Kajiya Hollawayne
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hemet, Calif.
- High School:
- San Jacinto
2025 (Redshirt Senior, Temple): Started all 12 games at wide receiver ... caught a touchdown in each of the teams first 2 games ... had the best game of his career vs Navy recording a career high 9 receptions and 146 receiving yards including a 46 yard reception ... followed up that performance with 5 more receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown at Charlotte ... served as game captain (Charlotte) ... recorded a career high 10 receptions and three touchdowns at Tulsa becoming the first Temple player to record 3 touchdown receptions in a single-game since Jaden Blue in 2020 at Memphis ... Temple was 4-0 when he scored a TD ... lettered.
2024 (Redshirt Junior): Reunites with wide receivers coach Tyron Carrier, who coached Hollawayne at Grambling State ('21) ... grabbed his first catch as an Owl against Navy for an 18-yard reception ... added a career-long 16-yard run against Utah State ... made first start as an Owl at UConn ... after receiving a pass in the flat, completed a 19-yard pass to TE Daniel Evert for an early first down in Homecoming win vs. Tulsa ... had a season-long 59-yard reception late in the game at UTSA ... lettered.
College: Originally recruited as a quarterback by UCLA in 2021 but switched to wide receiver upon his transfer … played one season at Grambling State and then one at Riverside Community College.2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 13 games at Riverside where he hauled in 22 passes for 425 yards and three touchdowns … was 3-56 and one touchdown in his debut at Long Beach … had a season-best five catches at Palomar … exploded for a 74-yard touchdown at Mt. San Antonio.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in six games for Grambling State and had five receptions for 32 yards … made his college debut and recorded first career catch against Prariie View A&M … had a season-best two grabs vs. Florida A&M.
2021 (Freshman): Enrolled at UCLA in the spring … did not see game action … redshirted.
High School: Played quarterback at San Jacinto (Calif.) High … No. 11 dual-threat quarterback by ESPN ... No. 34 prospect in state of California by ESPN … completed 483 of 860 passes for 6,780 yards, 64 touchdowns and 33 interceptions in prep career (2017-19) ... also rushed 348 times for 1,871 yards and 28 touchdowns ... as a senior, completed 166 of 287 passes for 2,330 yards, 22 touchdowns and 10 interceptions … SJHS went 12-1 and advanced to CIF-SS Div. 7 championship game in 2018 ... averaged 9.6 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 2.6 assists for San Jacinto basketball team in 2019-20 ... also played baseball.
Personal: Born Kajiya Hollawayne.
