Caleb Holley

For the first time since 2016, Caleb Holley of Anchorage is catching passes in the Indoor Football League.

Back then he played for the Sioux Falls Storm; now it’s the Vegas Night Hawks. Different uniform, same wide receiver. Even at 32, Holley continues to make plays on the field.

The Vegas veteran wideout hauled in five catches for 49 yards and a pair of touchdowns over the weekend in a 50-26 home win over Duke City, moving him closer to the 30-TD career benchmark in the pro league.

Holley, of East High fame, has furnished 15 receptions for 181 yards and six TDs in four games this season with former Richmond QB Joe Mancuso throwing his way.

In 2016, Holley posted 44-703-23 totals in 13 games and led Sioux Falls to the IFL United Bowl title. His 23 TD catches ranked No. 2 in the league.

The 6-foot-4 Holley is undoubtedly one of the greatest receivers to come out of Alaska.

Caleb Holley has bagged 29 TDs in 17 career games in the IFL. Photo by Vegas Night Hawks

After earning all-state honors at East, he started his college career at San Francisco City College before going on to play at East Central, a NCAA Division II school in Oklahoma, where as a senior in 2013 he set a school record with 970 receiving yards on 55 catches. He hauled in nine TDS in 10 games.

Holley also set the school’s single-game record with 224 yards against Southern Nazarene and earned All-Great American Conference Second Team honors.

He signed with the Buffalo Bills’ practice squad in 2014 and 2015 but never played in the NFL, although he did make appearances in three preseason games and ranked fifth on the team’s depth chart in 2015 before suffering a season-ending leg injury.

The next season he went to the IFL, where his playmaking abilities caught the attention of the Canadian Football League.

Holley played five seasons in the CFL for Saskatchewan, Ottawa and Edmonton between 2016 and 2022, and set all-time Alaska records for games (49), receptions (165), yards (2,064) and TDs (7).

Holley is on a short list of legendary receivers from Alaska, joining Anchorage’s Rocky Klever (former University of Montana tight end out of West High who played in the NFL) and Palmer’s Cole Magner (former Bowling Green State star out Colony High who scored a state record 14 TDs in the Arena Football League).

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