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2017 Football Roster

33 Sam Olsson

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Milford, Conn.
  • Highschool Foran

Biography

2017 (Senior Year): Named to New England Football Writers DII/DIII All-Star Team...All-CCC First Team Defense...CCC Defensive Player of the Week (9/24)...featured in “In The Huddle” Playoff Preview (11/18)...appeared in 9 games...recorded 34 solo tackles and 39 assists and three interceptions and 7 pass breakups...caused one forced fumble...WNE Student-Athlete of the Week (9/25)....Academic All-CCC.

2016 (Junior Year): All-NEFC First Team Defense...appeared in all 12 games...recorded 41 solo tackles and 36 assists...had one interception.

2015 (Sophomore Year): Earned All-NEFC second team honors after starting all 11 games and totaling 70 tackles (2nd on team), four tackles for loss, five pass breakups and three interceptions…finished with six tackles, two interceptions (including one returned 34 yards for a touchdown), and two pass breakups in a 41-14 win over Union (9/19)…recorded a season-high 13 tackles on two occasions, making 12 solo stops in Western New England’s 58-35 win at Maine Maritime (10/17).

2014 (Freshman Year): Appeared in nine of ten games, totaling 51 tackles, three interceptions and three pass breakups…had two picks in Western New England’s 22-7 win over Coast Guard (10/4)…recorded his third interception of the season at Curry (11/1).

High School: 2014 graduate of Joseph A. Foran High School in Milford, Conn., where he was a four-year letterwinner in football, three-year letterwinner in swimming, and two-year letterwinner in baseball…served as captain of all three teams, earning All-SCC honors in football and baseball.

Personal: Born November 26, 1996 in Milford, Conn. to Michele and Thomas Olsson…has two brothers, Stan and T.J…majoring in health science…wants to become a physical therapist after graduation…Favorites: Movie – Animal House; Food – Oreos.

What I like best about WNE: “The campus.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2014Redshirt

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2015Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2016Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2017Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 175 lbs
    33