Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Kentucky
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.
Impact Production
99
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 11 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 12.7 |
Related Context
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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
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30 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: St. Francis (PA)
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
30
Usage
10.4
Consistency
25.9
Best Game by takeover score
St. Francis (PA)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 2. St. Francis (PA): 6.5. Tennessee: 0. Penn State: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Bowling Green: 4. Western Michigan: 2. Ohio: 0.5. Miami (OH): 0. Buffalo: 0
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 4 by 36.7. St. Francis (PA): 6 by 75. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Penn State: 3 by 32.5. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 5 by 60.8. Western Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Ohio: 4 by 21.7. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Buffalo: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half1.8 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
St. Francis (PA)
Best efficiency game
75 vs St. Francis (PA)
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/27 | @ Buffalo | L 7-43 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/14 | @ Miami (OH) | L 7-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/7 | vs Ohio | L 0-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Western MichiganSplash game | L 21-52 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Bowling Green2+ sacks · Splash game | L 6-27 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Ball State | L 35-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 33-52 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Penn StateSplash game | L 0-56 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Tennessee | L 0-71 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs St. Francis (PA)2+ sacks · Splash game | L 17-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ PittsburghSplash game | L 24-55 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
Buffalo
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Kent State
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Kentucky
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 8.8 | 2.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 17 | 30 | 10.4 | 17 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 9.6 | 2.6 | -15 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs St. Francis (PA)
Week 2 · L 17-23
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
6.5
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
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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
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