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GREG OLSEN
Tight End, Chicago Bears
No. 82
Age: 24
Height/weight: 6-5, 255 pounds
Born: 3/11/1985 Wayne, NJ
Resides: Long Grove, Ill.
College: Miami
Drafted: First round (31st overall) in 2007 by Chicago Bears
NFL Experience: 2 years
NFL statistics: Two-year career totals of 93 receptions for 965 yards (10.4 yards/catch) and 7 touchdowns. In 2008, caught 54 passes for 574 yards (10.6 yards/catch) with a team-leading 5 TDs. His 54 receptions were the most in a season for a Bears tight end since Mike Ditka in 1964.
NFL accolades: Second alternate to NFC Pro Bowl team, 2008. Named Bears Player of the Year for 2008 by Comcast SportsNet (Chicago). Bears’ 2008 Brian Piccolo Award winner. Selected to NFL All-Rookie team in 2007.
College accolades: First Team All-ACC as a junior at Miami in 2006. Honorable Mention All-ACC as a sophomore. Caught 87 passes for 1,215 yards (14.0 yards/catch) with 6 TDs for college career.
Family: Married Kara Dooley on March 21 in Florida.
PERSONAL FILES
Nickname?
None.
Tattoos?
None.
Best LB I’ve faced:
My workout partner, Jon Beason of the Carolina Panthers.
Best offensive player I’ve played with:
Kellen Winslow Jr., at Miami.
My best play (so far):
The first touchdown catch of my career came against Green Bay at Green Bay my rookie year. It was on Sunday Night Football, we were behind and trying to come back. We just got a big turnover and I caught a 27-yard touchdown pass and we ended up pulling out the win.
Closest friends in football:
Brian Urlacher and Dusty Dvoracek from the Bears and Jon Beason from the Panthers.
Favorite foods:
Sushi and pizza.
Favorite movie:
“A Time to Kill.”
What’s in your iPod?
I’m a big country music guy. Any big country artist is probably in my iPod. Country is big in South Florida and my fiancée loves it.
Superstitions:
None, really. I tend to follow the same daily schedule pretty much my entire life. Football players are creatures of habit and I tend not to deviate much, but that’s not so much superstition.
Best qualities for a person to have:
Honesty, generosity, integrity and morals.
Charitable endeavors:
I do as much as I can to support breast cancer research. My mom had it when I was in high school.
My heroes are:
My parents. They sacrificed a lot for my brother and I when we were growing up. They’re a big reason I’m able to do what I’m able to do.
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