Jacob Holt

Jacob Holt (born June 21, 2003) is a Canadian-Australian professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Santa Clara Broncos and Sacramento State Hornets.

Early life Holt grew up in the small farming town of Ladner, in British Columbia, Canada, just south of Vancouver. For high school, he attended Vancouver College. During the 2020 4A Provincial Tournament, he earned first team all-star accolades after averaging 27.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game in the event.

College career As a freshman at Santa Clara in 2021–22, Holt played sparingly in 21 games with an average of 5.5 minutes per contest, finishing the season with 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game while shooting 48.3 percent from the floor. He sat out the first nine games due to injury. He scored a season-high seven points with six rebounds in the 2022 WCC Tournament against Saint Mary's on March 7.

As a junior in 2023–24, Holt was one of five Hornets to play in all 34 games, including six starts, averaging 6.7 points and 4.6 rebounds in 16.3 minutes per game. He scored in double figures 10 times, including a season-high 15 points against Portland State. He was subsequently named second-team All-Big Sky. He joined the Bullets as a local player after obtaining Australian citizenship. Following off-season hip surgery, Holt missed the first 11 games of the 2025–26 season, making his debut for the Bullets against the Tasmania JackJumpers on November 8. After serving as a back-up to Tyrell Harrison initially, Holt's role, minutes and production expanded. On January 21, 2026, while continuing to start in the absence of Harrison, Holt scored a game-high 23 points in a 98–66 loss to Melbourne United. On January 28, he scored a game-high 24 points in a 107–74 loss to the Adelaide 36ers. In 22 games for the Bullets, he averaged 9.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

On March 3, 2026, Holt signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) for the rest of the 2025–26 BBL season. In August 2026, he was named in the squad for two more Asian qualifiers.

Personal life Holt's mother is of Australian and Croatian heritage and his father is of Canadian and Dutch heritage. His mother's parents immigrated from Croatia to Australia and she was subsequently born in Sydney. At the time of signing with the Brisbane Bullets in May 2025, his Australian citizenship status was pending. By July 2025, he had obtained his citizenship. As of January 2026, he was in the process of also trying to get his Croatian passport.