Player Dossier

2023-2025

Illinois

David Olano

PK • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Naperville, IL, USA

Impact contributor

David Olano shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Player Story

David Olano built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a placekicker from Naperville, IL wearing No. 24, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of David Olano's career was his special-teams scoring:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8244

Naperville North · Naperville, IL

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

David Olano, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois. David Olano shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

David Olano quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Illinois
Top game
South Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Naperville North · Illinois
High school pipeline
Naperville North · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 24 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois000-
2024 PostseasonIllinois1300100
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois1300100
2025 PostseasonIllinois1300100
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois1300100

Related Context

David Olano is listed as a PK for Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Illinois

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 0. Eastern Illinois: 0. Kansas: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Nebraska: 0. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 0. Michigan: 0. Oregon: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan State: 0. Rutgers: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 10 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

— vs South Carolina

Result
Tue 12/31vs South CarolinaW 21-17
Sat 11/30@ NorthwesternW 38-28
Sat 11/23@ RutgersW 38-31
Sat 11/16vs Michigan StateW 38-16
Sat 11/2vs MinnesotaL 17-25
Sat 10/26@ OregonL 9-38
Sat 10/19vs MichiganW 21-7
Sat 10/12vs PurdueW 50-49
Sat 9/28@ Penn StateL 7-21
Sat 9/21@ NebraskaW 31-24
Sat 9/14vs Central MichiganW 30-9
Sat 9/7vs KansasW 23-17
Fri 8/30vs Eastern IllinoisW 45-0

Player Story

David Olano story

David Olano built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a placekicker from Naperville, IL wearing No. 24, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of David Olano's career was his special-teams scoring: 193 kicking points, 37 made field goals on 43 attempts, and 82 extra points across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: David Olano 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

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    Illinois

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2024 PostseasonIllinois00
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2025 PostseasonIllinois00
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Carolina

Week 1 · W 21-17 · Postseason

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 14 · W 38-28 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Rutgers

Week 13 · W 38-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 12 · W 38-16 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Minnesota

Week 10 · L 17-25 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games