Oliver Named to Lott Impact Trophy Watch List
5/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | Football
HOUSTON â€" Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver has been named to the Watch List for the 2018 Lott IMPACT Trophy, the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation announced. Named after Pro Football Hall of Fame member Ronnie Lott, The Lott IMPACT Trophy is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.
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The reigning Outland Trophy winner, Oliver was a consensus All-American in his sophomore season and has totaled 39.5 tackles for loss through his freshman and sophomore seasons, a number that leads all defensive tackles in NCAA history and ranks second among all positions in that time frame.
He leads all active players nationally with a career average of 1.56 tackles for loss per game and is Houston's leading returning tackler after totaling 73 stops in 2017. The Houston native has 139 tackles through two years while playing the nose spot in a three-man front. His 73 tackles last season came in 12 games despite missing three quarters of one game and being limited in the next four with a knee injury.
This marks the second straight year for Oliver to be named to the Watch List and the third straight year for a Houston student-athlete to be named to the watch list as Cameron Malveaux, now a member of the Miami Dolphins, earned the distinction in 2016.
Ed Oliver | Jr. | DT
2017 Outland Trophy Winner … 2017 consensus All-American … has 39.5 tackles for loss in his first two years, second best in NCAA history among all players and best among all defensive tackles … leads all active players nationally with 1.56 tackles for loss per game … Houston's leading returning tackler after totaling 73 stops in 2017 … has 139 tackles through two years … while playing the nose spot in a three-man front, totaled 73 tackles in 12 games, despite missing three quarters of one game and being limited in the next four with a knee injury ... recorded an average of 6.1 tackles per game which ranked third nationally among all defensive linemen ... his 73 total tackles ranked eighth nationally among all defensive linemen, second nationally among defensive tackles and 16.5 tackles for loss were second among defensive tackles while his average of 1.38 tackles for loss per game led all defensive linemen in The American ... led UH in tackles for loss (16.5), sacks (5.5), quarterback hurries (7), forced fumbles (2) and blocked kicks (1) ... also had three pass breakups and one fumble recovery ... recorded two double-digit tackle games, part of seven games with at least five tackles ... also tallied five games with multiple tackles for loss and now has 13 career games with the distinction.
