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| Position | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born | (1975-06-05)June 5, 1975 (age 50) Bremerton, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 320 lb (145 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | South Kitsap(Port Orchard, Washington) | ||||||||
| College | Washington | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1998: 5th round, 139th overall pick | ||||||||
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Benjamin Dempsey Olson (born June 5, 1975) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aguard for 10 seasons in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theWashington Huskies, earning consensusAll-American honors in 1996. He was selected by theTennessee Oilers in the fifth round of the1998 NFL draft and played his entire career with the Tennessee organization.
Olson was born inBremerton, Washington. He attendedSouth Kitsap High School inPort Orchard, Washington, and was a letterman inhigh school football,wrestling andtrack and field for the South Kitsap Wolves. In football, as a senior, he was named as second-team All-USA selection byUSA Today. In track and field, he was third at the state championship meet as a junior and fourth as a senior.
Olson attended the University of Washington and played for theWashington Huskies football team from 1994 to 1997. As a junior in 1996, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at guard. As a senior in 1997, he was a first-team All-America selection by the Associated Press and the Walter Camp Foundation.
The Tennessee Oilers selected Olson in the fifth round (139th pick overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft.[1] He played for the Oilers (later called the Tennessee Titans) from1998 to2007. After his rookie season, he started every game in which he played, including a total of 140 of the 152 regular season games in which he appeared. In 1999, the Titans made it toSuper Bowl XXXIV in which Olson started. They lost to theKurt Warner-ledSt. Louis Rams.