2019 Football Roster
Jersey Number 33
Dante Olson
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Medford, Ore.
- High School:
- Cascade Christian HS
Bio
Individual Football Honors and Records:
2019 Season (senior – as of 4/15/20):
2018 Season (junior):
2017 Season (sophomore):
2016 Season (freshman):
2015 Season (redshirt):
Scholastic Honors and Accomplishments:
• 2019 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete & William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist
• 2019 STATS FCS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award Finalist
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2018 FCS Athletic Director’s Association Academic All-Star
• Four-time selection to Montana’s President’s Honor Roll for 4.0 GPA (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
• Four-time selection to Dean’s List: Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018,
• Three-time Academic All-Big Sky (2016, ’17, & ’18)
• Two-time recipient of Montana’s William (Robi) Robertson Memorial Athletic Scholarship
PERSONAL:Olson carries a 3.91 GPA .... A Management major with minor in Entertainment Management … His parents are Linda and Jeff Olson of Medford … His dad Jeff is a Hall of Fame head football coach at Southern Oregon University … Serves as a pen-pal mentor to a class of underprivileged kids in Northern California
Community Service
Campus Activities / Leadership / Citizenship:
2019 Season (senior – as of 4/15/20):
- Buck Buchanan Award Winner (FCS Defensive Player of the Year)
- FCS ADA Defensive Player of the Year
- Walter Camp All-American
- AFCA First-Team All-American
- STATS FCS First-Team All-American
- FCS ADA All-American
- Associated Press First-Team All-American
- HERO Sports First-Team All-American
- Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- First-Team All-Big Sky Defense
- Phil Steele Magazine Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year
- Phil Steele Magazine First-Team All-Big Sky Defense
- Montana's Steve Carlson Award for Team MVP
- Montana Defensive Team MVP
- Golden Helmet Award Winner (Team’s Hardest Hitter)
- 179 total tackles in 2019 (76 solo):
- The most total tackles in FCS football for a second-straight season.
- Also the most tackles in all levels of college football (FBS, FCS, D-II, D-III) as of 12/20/19
- A new Big Sky Conference record for most single-season tackles
- Broke the Montana school record he set as a junior (151)
- The most total tackles in FCS football for a second-straight season.
- Became Montana's all-time leading tackler with 397 career stops, breaking Vince Huntsberger's 2001 record of 393.
- Posted double-digit tackle totals in 10 of Montana’s 14 games
- Had a season-high 18 tackles in two games, Posted game-high 14 tackles (10 solo) against Oregon Ducks
- National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete & William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist
- CoSIDA Academic All-American
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Member
- Butkus Award Preseason Watch List (Only FCS Player on the list)
- Phil Steele Magazine Preseason All-America First Team
- Phil Steele Magazine Preseason All-Big Sky First Team
- Big Sky Conference Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
- STATS FCS Preseason All-American
- Athlon Sports Preseason All-American
- HERO Sports Preseason All-American
- College Football America Yearbook Preseason Starting Lineup
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2018 Season (junior):
- Set Montana school record for single season tackles (151- Previous 130, K. Van Ackeren, 2015)
- NCAA Statistical Champion for Tackles Per Game (13.7 – the most in FCS or FBS football)
- Top-three finalist for the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award (Defensive Player of the Year)
- Phil Steele 2018 FCS Defensive Player of the Year
- Phil Steele Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year
- Phil Steele First-Team All-American
- Athlon Sports All-American
- STATS FCS First-Team All-American
- Walter Camp Foundation All-American
- Associated Press First-Team All-American
- American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) First-Team All-American
- HERO Sports First-Team All-American
- First-Team All-Big Sky Defense
- Steve Carlson Team MVP
- Grizzly Team Defensive MVP
- 2018 GoGriz.com Person of the Year
- Three-time ROOT Sports Big Sky Player of the Week
- Two-time College Sports Madness Big Sky Player of the Week
- STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week (9/8)
- Academic All-Big Sky
2017 Season (sophomore):
- Second Team All-Big Sky on Special Teams
- UM’s Hauck Family Special Teams Player of the Year
- Academic All-Big Sky
2016 Season (freshman):
- UM’s Hauck Family Special Teams Player of the Year
- Academic All-Big Sky
2015 Season (redshirt):
- UM’s Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year
Scholastic Honors and Accomplishments:
• 2019 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete & William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist
• 2019 STATS FCS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award Finalist
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2018 FCS Athletic Director’s Association Academic All-Star
• Four-time selection to Montana’s President’s Honor Roll for 4.0 GPA (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
• Four-time selection to Dean’s List: Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018,
• Three-time Academic All-Big Sky (2016, ’17, & ’18)
• Two-time recipient of Montana’s William (Robi) Robertson Memorial Athletic Scholarship
PERSONAL:Olson carries a 3.91 GPA .... A Management major with minor in Entertainment Management … His parents are Linda and Jeff Olson of Medford … His dad Jeff is a Hall of Fame head football coach at Southern Oregon University … Serves as a pen-pal mentor to a class of underprivileged kids in Northern California
Community Service
Campus Activities / Leadership / Citizenship: