Player Dossier

2022-2025

Kentucky

Kam Olds

LB • 6'4" • 252 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kam Olds shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Buffalo • Kent State • Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: St. Francis (PA)

Player Story

Kam Olds built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Richmond, VA wearing No. 1, spending time with Buffalo, Kent State, and Kentucky. The clearest part of Kam Olds' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8219

Fork Union Military (HS) · Midlothian, VA

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Kam Olds, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kent State. Kam Olds shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
9.5
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kam Olds quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · LB
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
St. Francis (PA)
Recruit profile
3-star · Fork Union Military (HS) · Buffalo
High school pipeline
Fork Union Military (HS) · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
16 tackles · LB 640th (top 51%) · SEC 281st (top 38%) · National 2,360th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo4610--021.8
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo22-0--037.1
2024 Regular SeasonKent State11427621060.6
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky9161.50.5--012.7

Related Context

Kam Olds played LB for Buffalo, Kent State, and Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kam Olds recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Kent State paired 17 primary output with 30 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Buffalo, Kent State, Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.6

Usage

2.6

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Ole Miss: 1. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 0. Texas: 1. Tennessee: 0. Florida: 0. Tennessee Tech: 0. Vanderbilt: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 2 by 18.3. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 1 by 14.2. Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee Tech: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Ole Miss

Result
Sat 11/22@ VanderbiltL 17-4521000
Sat 11/15vs Tennessee TechW 42-1010000
Sun 11/9vs FloridaW 38-710000
Sat 10/25vs TennesseeL 34-5621000
Sat 10/18vs TexasL 13-16100.500.500
Sat 10/4@ GeorgiaL 14-3521000
Sat 9/27@ South CarolinaL 13-3521000
Sat 9/6vs Ole MissL 23-3021100
Sat 8/30vs ToledoW 24-1631000

Player Story

Kam Olds story

Kam Olds built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Richmond, VA wearing No. 1, spending time with Buffalo, Kent State, and Kentucky. The clearest part of Kam Olds' career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kam Olds' production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo, Kent State, and Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: Kam Olds moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Buffalo

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kent State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Kentucky

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo18.82.7
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo04.20.9-1
2024 Regular SeasonKent State173010.417
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky29.62.6-15

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs St. Francis (PA)

Week 2 · L 17-23

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Bowling Green

Week 8 · L 6-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

74.1 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 74.1 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 7 Ole Miss

Week 2 · L 23-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Pittsburgh

Week 1 · L 24-55

2

Havoc Plays

55.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Penn State

Week 4 · L 0-56

2

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Kent State

17 primary output · 30 efficiency · 10.4 usage

60.6

#2

2023 Regular Season · Buffalo

37.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Buffalo

21.8

1 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games