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2015 Football Roster

46 Eric Olson

  • Position Defensive End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 240
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wichita Falls, Texas
  • Prev School Rider HS
  • Major Sports Administration (Graduate School)

Biography

The Olson File
Parents: Robert and Angela Olson
Birthday: March 19, 1992
Major: Sports Administration (Graduate School)
Honors
NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Scholar-Athlete
2013
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2015 (S), 2015 (F)
Statistics
2013
2014
2015

At Midwestern State

Senior (2015)
- played in 11 games making one start at defensive end.
- accounted for 21 tackes including five for loss with two sacks, two forced fumbles and a quarterback hurry.
- made three tackles with one for a loss and forced a fumble in lone collegiate start -- a 26-21 win over Eastern New Mexico in the opening round of the LSC playoffs (11/7).
- had a season-high five tackles with one for loss at No. 11-ranked Texas A&M-Commerce (10/24).
- notched sacks against Tarleton State (9/26) and Humboldt State (10/17).


Junior (2014)
- competed in nine games as a reserve defensive end.
- finished campaign with 12 tackles including five solo stops, 2.5 sacks and three quarterback hurries.
- made season-high five tackles with one sack and a quarterback hurry in a 48-7 win at Texas A&M-Kingsville on Nov. 1.
- made three tackles against Tarleton State on Nov. 15.
- was in on quarterback sacks against Missouri S&T on Sept. 13 and Texas A&M-Commerce on Oct. 25.


Sophomore (2013)
- played in three games at defensive end for the Mustangs.
- tallied three tackles on the season, with a half a quarterback sack.
- saw his first collegiate action against McMurry at Memorial Stadium, recording two tackles that including being part of a quarterback sack for a loss of three yards.
- named a Collegiate Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation's Gridiron Club of Dallas in April 2014.


Redshirt Freshman (2012)
- served as a squad member

Freshman (2011)
- served redshirt season.

At Rider High School
-a two-year letterwinner at defensive end and on the offensive line for coach Scott Ponder at Rider High School in Wichita Falls,Texas.
-named to Times Record News Red River 22 squad and a first-team All-District 5-4A performer as a senior in 2009.
-blocked a field goal late in the fourth quarter to preserve a 13-12 Texas win over Oklahoma in the 2010 Oil Bowl Classic.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 58

    2011Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'0" 215 lbs
    58
  • 2012Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'0" 215 lbs
  • 46

    2013Junior

    Defensive End
    6'0" 230 lbs
    46
  • 46

    2014Senior

    Defensive End
    6'1" 240 lbs
    46
  • 46

    2015Senior

    Defensive End
    6'1" 240 lbs
    46