2023: Served as a team captain for the second straight campaign….named to the All-Patriot League First-Team for the third time in has career…garnered Academic All-Patriot League status for the third straight season…named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team…selected to the CSC Academic All-District II Team…named the team MVP following the season...started all 12 games at linebacker…finished third on the team in tackles, making 74 stops for 7.5 TFL…had eight games in which he made six or more tackles and five games in which he made nine or more tackles…collected 2.5 sacks, setting the opposition back 21 yards…tallied eight quarterback hurries…made a season-high 10 tackles at Princeton (10/7)…selected as one of 51 Leopard players who earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll distinction after achieving a 3.35 GPA.
2022: Selected as a team co-captain, joining Malik Hamm...named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team...earned All-Patriot League First-Team honors following the season...garnered Academic All-Patriot League status for a second straight season while also achieving Academic All-District II recognition from the College Sports Communicators and a spot on the FCS ADA All-Star Team...started all 11 games and led the team with 92 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks...forced a pair of fumbles and recovered two more (tied for 14th in the nation)...managed five or more tackles in every game while reaching double figures in four games...guided a defense that ranked eighth in the nation and first in the Patriot League for rushing defense (106.7)...made 12 stops and forced a fumble at Temple (9/10)...added 10 tackles vs. William and Mary (9/17)...made a season-high 13 stops vs. No. 6 Holy Cross (10/22) while adding in a pair of QB hurries...one of 46 Lafayette selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after securing a 3.57 semester GPA.
2021 Fall: Named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team and validated that selection with an All-Patriot League First-Team honoring following the season...selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team...led the team and finished seventh in the nation in total tackles, making 117 while starting all 11 games...ranked 16th in the nation with 59 solo tackles...racked up a team-best 9.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 of which were sacks...reached double figures in tackles in six games and managed at least seven tackles in every game...made a season-high 16 tackles in the 27-0 win over Bucknell (10/9) that garnered him Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors...one of 42 Leopard selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after achieving a 3.50 semester GPA.
2021 Spring: Started all three games at linebacker, earning All-Patriot League Second-Team honors...significant special teams performer...finished second on the team in tackles (20) and tackles for loss (3.5) while leading the team in pass breakups (2) and quarterback hurries (3)...made a season-high 12 stops vs. Lehigh (4/10) while adding two QB hurries...one of 38 Leopard selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after achieving a 3.68 semester GPA.
2019: Played in 12 games with four starts, including three of the last four games...earned honorable mention freshman All-America status from Hero Sports...figured in the linebacker rotation and was a key contributor on special teams...finished second on the team in tackles (81) and sacks (6)...added nine tackles for loss, an interception, a team-best three forced fumbles (tied for first in the Patriot League with teammate Billy Shaeffer) and a fumble recovery...had five or more tackles in seven games...made 12 tackles at Albany (9/21)...accumulated a career-high 17 tackles vs. Penn (9/28), the sixth most in a game in the nation in 2019, on his way to Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors...also tagged with honorable mention for the STATS FCS National Freshman Player of the Week award...added to a two-sack performance with forced a fumble that led to the game-winning score against Bucknell (10/26)...one of 31 Leopards named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, holding a 3.5 semester GPA.
AT FOSSIL RIDGE: Two-time All-District First-Team unanimous selection at linebacker…led the district in tackles in his senior season of 2018…earned Star-Telegram All-Region First Team honors…helped guide team to a district title in 2017 with a 10-0 mark…secured Academic All-State First-Team honors…member of the National Honor Society and French Club...plays the guitar.
Personal: Son of Rick and Sylvia Olivas…has an older brother, Esai, and a younger sister, Isla…mother played volleyball at Sul Ross State University…born 12/16/00.
