Usage / Role
15%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2020-2025Arizona
Sam Olson
TE • 6'3" • 231 lbs • Visalia, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Sam Olson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a tight end
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · San José State
2021222323242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- San José State • Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Player Story
Sam Olson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Visalia, CA wearing No. 84, spending time with Arizona and San José State. The clearest part of Sam Olson's career was his receiving role:...
Read the story2★
- Committed To
- San José State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Sam Olson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · San José State. Sam Olson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 924
- Receptions
- 75
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Sam Olson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 924
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · San José State
- Top game
- Coastal Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Redwood · San José State
- High school pipeline
- Redwood · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 84 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 135 receiving yards · TE 161st (top 34%) · Big 12 92nd (top 36%) · National 829th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | San José State | 4 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 38 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San José State | 2 | 4 | 102 | 1 | 54.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San José State | 5 | 14 | 114 | 1 | 47.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | San José State | 8 | 4 | 96 | 1 | 64.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San José State | 8 | 18 | 214 | 3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona | 8 | 13 | 196 | 2 | 55.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Arizona | 8 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 50.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona | 8 | 14 | 103 | 2 | 50.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Sam Olson
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San José State to Arizona | G5/FCS to P4 | 78.9 | Apr 16, 2024 |
Sam Olson played TE for San José State and Arizona. Across 6 tracked seasons, Sam Olson recorded 924 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with San José State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
San José State paired 310 primary output with 68.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 56.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San José State, Arizona.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Postseason · Arizona
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
16.9
Efficiency
56.5
Usage
9.2
Consistency
70.2
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 32. Hawai'i: 5. Kansas State: 22. Iowa State: 24. Oklahoma State: 8. BYU: 11. Houston: 17. Kansas: 16
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 3 by 71.1. Hawai'i: 1 by 33.3. Kansas State: 2 by 73.3. Iowa State: 4 by 40. Oklahoma State: 1 by 53.3. BYU: 3 by 24.4. Houston: 2 by 56.7. Kansas: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.8 · Games = 4 · -8.3 vs Losses
Losses21 · Games = 4 · +8.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas
Player Story
Sam Olson story
Sam Olson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Visalia, CA wearing No. 84, spending time with Arizona and San José State. The clearest part of Sam Olson's career was his receiving role: 75 catches, 924 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sam Olson'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.
- 1
San José State
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | San José State | 67 | 58.4 | 5.6 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | San José State | 102 | 85.6 | 9.1 | 35 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San José State | 114 | 48.9 | 12.7 | 12 |
| 2023 Postseason | San José State | 310 | 68.3 | 14.2 | 196 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San José State | 310 | 68.3 | 14.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona | 196 | 72.1 | 7 | -114 |
| 2025 Postseason | Arizona | 135 | 56.5 | 9.2 | -61 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona | 135 | 56.5 | 9.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 1 · L 14-24 · Postseason
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
96
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ UNLV
Week 13 · W 37-31 · Conference game
81
Receiving Yards
91.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.
#3
vs Western Michigan
Week 4 · W 34-6
42
Receiving Yards
82.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
42 receiving yards with a 56 efficiency score.
#4
@ TCU
Week 13 · L 28-49 · Conference game
58
Receiving Yards
74.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
58 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Boise State
Week 16 · W 34-20 · Conference game
34
Receiving Yards
73.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · San José State
310 primary output · 68.3 efficiency · 14.2 usage
64.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · San José State
64.2
310 primary · 68.3 efficiency · 14.2 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Arizona
55.6
196 primary · 72.1 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Sam Olson
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.