Player Dossier

2014-2016

Fresno State

Chad Olsen

TE • 6'4" • Chico, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Chad Olsen reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

Chad Olsen built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a tight end from Chico, CA wearing No. 46, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Chad Olsen's career was his receiving role: 38 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7633

Pleasant Valley · Chico, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Chad Olsen, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Fresno State. Chad Olsen reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
464
Receptions
38
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Chad Olsen quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
464
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
2-star · Pleasant Valley · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Pleasant Valley · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 46 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
85 receiving yards · TE 134th (top 43%) · Mountain West 80th (top 49%) · National 969th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 PostseasonFresno State617046.7
2014 Regular SeasonFresno State612143446.7
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State919229364.4
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State4685055.7

Related Context

Chad Olsen played TE for Fresno State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chad Olsen recorded 464 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 229 primary output with 59.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 59.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2014 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

25

Efficiency

59.2

Usage

10.2

Consistency

28.3

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 7. Southern Utah: 4. UNLV: 55. San José State: 62. Nevada: 5. Hawai'i: 17

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 1 by 46.7. Southern Utah: 1 by 26.7. UNLV: 4 by 91.7. San José State: 4 by 100. Nevada: 1 by 33.3. Hawai'i: 2 by 56.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins22 · Games = 4 · -9 vs Losses
Losses31 · Games = 2 · +9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

100 vs San José State

Result
Thu 12/25@ RiceL 6-30177707
Sun 11/30vs Hawai'iW 28-212178.58.5009
Sun 11/23@ NevadaW 40-20155505
Sun 11/9vs San José StateW 38-2446215.515.50129
Sat 10/11@ UNLV2+ TDL 27-3045513.813.80229
Sun 9/21vs Southern UtahW 56-16144414

Player Story

Chad Olsen story

Chad Olsen built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a tight end from Chico, CA wearing No. 46, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Chad Olsen's career was his receiving role: 38 catches, 464 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chad Olsen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Fresno State

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 PostseasonFresno State15059.210.2
2014 Regular SeasonFresno State15059.210.20
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State22959.613.579
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State8581.77.5-144

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San José State

Week 11 · W 38-24 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

62

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Hawai'i

Week 11 · W 42-14 · Conference game

76

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ UNLV

Week 7 · L 27-30 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

77.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 91.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Sacramento State

Week 2 · W 31-3

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Receiving Yards

71.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs UNLV

Week 7 · W 31-28 · Conference game

44

Receiving Yards

69.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

229 primary output · 59.6 efficiency · 13.5 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

55.7

85 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Fresno State

46.7

150 primary · 59.2 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games