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Jersey Number 43
Perry Olsen
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Yukon, Okla.
- High School:
- Yukon HS
- Prev School:
- Northeastern Oklahoma A&M / Navy
Student-Athlete Features
Capital Gazette – Former Navy quarterback helps Houston beat his former team
As a Junior (2022)
Prior to Houston
High School
Capital Gazette – Former Navy quarterback helps Houston beat his former team
As a Junior (2022)
- Redshirted
- Appeared in five games
- All 37 snaps came on special teams
- 21 kick coverage snaps
- 10 punt return snaps
- Six kick return snaps
- Used one-time NCAA waver to compete in Independence Bowl, retain redshirt
- Lone tackle came at Navy (Oct. 22)
- UH’s Scout Team Offensive Player of Week at Navy (Oct. 22)
Prior to Houston
- Made transition from quarterback to linebacker at Houston
- Spent 2021 season at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
- 17 of 46 passes for 175 yards in 2021
- Rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns on 44 attempts
- Spent 2019-20 seasons at Navy
- Appeared in eight contests with Midshipmen
- One appearance during 2020 came vs. BYU in season opener (Sept. 7)
- 2 of 4 passing for 14 yards and 10 rushes for 25 yards vs. BYU
- Collegiate debut in 2019 season-opening win over Holy Cross (Aug. 31)
- Rushed twice in the opener against Holy Cross
- 80 yards rushing on 34 carries and scored two touchdowns on season
- Took over quarterback duties midway through third quarter at Notre Dame (Nov. 16)
- 10 carries for 17 yards and a 2-yard TD vs. Irish
- Completed 43-yard touchdown strike for first collegiate passing TD vs. Irish
- Entered early in fourth quarter at UConn (Nov. 1)
- Rushed five times for 34 yards and scored his first collegiate TD on a 1-yard run
- Played final 20 minutes vs. East Carolina (Sept. 14)
- Rushed for 30 yards on 10 carries
High School
- 2018 graduate of Yukon High School
- Attended Naval Academy Prep School during 2018-19
- Four-year football letterwinner
- Three letters at Southmoore High School in Moore, Okla.
- One letter at Yukon
- All-State (Okla.) selection as a senior
- All-City honors at linebacker as a junior
- Led Southmoore to 2016 City Championship and 9-2 record
- Team captain as a senior
- National Honor Society member
- Offers from Army and Navy
- Grandfather, Ray Olsen, played football at Tulane
- Uncle, Dorsey Gibson, played football at Oklahoma State
- Uncle, Lee Hensley, played football at Texas
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