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84 Sam Olson

  • Position Tight End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 229
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Visalia, Calif.
  • High School Redwood HS
  • Prev School San Jose State
  • Instagram samolson.84

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2024: CSC Academic All-District 
  • 2023: Mountain West Scholar Athlete
  • 2022: CSC Academic All-District Team
  • 2021: Dean's Scholar
  • 2021: Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
  • 2020-23: Mountain West All-Academic Team Honoree 

2024: Appeared in 11 games with 10 starts during the 2024 season... Made 13 receptions for 196 yards and two touchdowns... Posted a long reception of 51 yards... Averaged 1.2 receptions per game, 15.1 yards per catch, and 17.8 yards per game... Made first reception with the Wildcats (1 rec., 5 yards) at Kansas State (9/13)... Pulled in two receptions for season-high 58 yards at TCU (11/23)... Caught first touchdown with Wildcats on Oct. 26 against West Virginia... Caught second touchdown with Wildcats on Nov. 2 at UCF. 

Before Arizona: In 2023, played in 10 games with career-highs with 310 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions... Had four catches for 96 yards and a touchdown in EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl against Coastal Carolina (12/23)... Had season long 56 yard touchdown catch with career best 6 receptions and 81 yards at UNLV (11/25)... Caught a 27-yard touchdown vs. Cal Poly (9/9)... Career-high six catches, plus recovered a fumble for a touchdown vs. No. 18 Oregon State (9/3)... In 2022, four catches for 33 yards vs. CSU (11/05)... Two catches for 21 yards vs. Nevada (10/29)... Grabbed career-high five passes for 42 yards vs. WMU (9/24)... Caught two passes for 17 yards at Auburn (9/10)... Had his third career touchdown with a one yard catch vs. Portland St. (9/1)... In 2021, played in two games... Caught a career-high 70 yard touchdown pass against Southern Utah (8/28)... Had three receptions for 32 yards at USC (9/4)... Finished with four receptions, 102 yards, and one touchdown... In 2020, appeared in six games in his freshman campaign... Playing time increased as the season progressed... Caught five passes for 67 yards... Scored his first collegiate touchdown on a one yard reception vs. New Mexico (10/31)... Season-high two receptions for 34 yards in Mountain West championship vs. Boise State (12/19)... Season-long 28-yard reception at Hawai'i (12/5)

High School: Named to the school's Spanish National Honor Society as a junior... Caught 33 passes for 586 yards and a team-best 11 touchdowns his senior season... Also served as a punter and a long snapper... Also lettered in basketball at the high school level... Visalia Times Delta County's best tight end in 2019 by the Tulare and Shaun Ball)... Named SchartonA two-time first-team All-West Yosemite League honoree for Redwood High in Visalia, Calif. (Coaches Kevin)

Personal: An environmental science major ... Wants to be a firefighter ... Lists Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X as his heroes ... San Francisco 49ers' All-Pro 49ers tight end George Kittle and Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry are his favorite athletes ... He is a native of Visalia, Calif.

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Historical Player Information

  • 84

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Tight End
    6'3" 241 lbs
    84
  • 84

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Tight End
    6'3" 229 lbs
    84
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