Memphis continues to build its roster for the 2026-27 season, and one of the players it’s looking to bring in is point guard Josh Holloway. The 6-foot-1 Memphis native has spent time at both Samford and Texas A&M but is back in the transfer portal ahead of his senior season.
Holloway played high school basketball at St. George’s before transferring to Oak Hill Academy for his final prep season. After high school, he signed with Bucky McMillan at Samford, and he followed him to Texas A&M ahead of his junior season.
Holloway’s playing time was cut nearly in half after making the move to College Station, and he averaged 4.6 points, 1.8 assists and 1.7 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game.
Shooting
Holloway has averaged 5.5 points throughout his collegiate career, and his best season came in his 2024-25 campaign, where he averaged 7.9 points per game and averaged 23 points per game. While he averaged only 4.6 points last year for the Aggies, he shot 50.5 percent from the field, but it was only on 3.1 attempts per game.
During his final season at Samford, he shot 44.1 percent from the field on nearly seven attempts per game.
The guard likes to get downhill and finish at the rim, and more than 50 percent of his shot attempts last season came around the rim. At 6-foot-1 and 178 pounds, Holloway doesn’t have a lot of size, but he’s a crafty finisher, and he can hurt opposing teams with his pace and floaters.
Playmaking
The guard averaged more than two assists per game through two seasons with the Bulldogs, but he finished with only 1.8 assists per game at Texas A&M. Holloway has shown the potential to be a decent playmaker, and he recorded 11 games with four or more assists during his final season at Samford.
Rebounding
As a guard, rebounding isn’t Holloway’s strength, but his athleticism gives him a better opportunity to grab rebounds. Holloway has averaged nearly two rebounds per game over his three-year career, and he has recorded four or more rebounds in 14 games over the last two seasons.
The coaching staff won’t ask Holloway to be one of the best rebounders on the team, but it’s a positive to see that he’ll work hard to make an impact on the boards.
Defense
Similar to rebounding, Holloway plays hard on the defensive end of the court, and he has averaged one steal per game over the last three years. The guard posted a steal percentage of 3.3 percent in limited playing time last year, and he averaged 1.5 steals per game as a sophomore.
Holloway finished with a positive defensive win shares per 40 number, and a 2.6 defensive regularized adjusted plus-minus, which are both positive statistics of a player who can be impactful defensively.