Shane Olivea
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| Free Agent — No. -- | |
| Offensive tackle | |
| Date of birth: October 7, 1981 | |
| Place of birth: Bronx, New York | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 312 lb (142 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2004 for the San Diego Chargers | |
| Career history | |
| College: Ohio State | |
| NFL Draft: 2004 / Round: 7 / Pick: 209 | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
Shane Olivea (born October 7, 1981 in Bronx, New York) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.
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[edit] College career
After growing up in Long Beach, NY and attending Lawrence High School his senior year, Olivea played for Ohio State University from 2000-2003. He was a three-year starter and a two-time member of the All-Big Ten second team.
[edit] NFL career
[edit] 2004 NFL Draft
Olivea was drafted by the Chargers (209th overall) in the last round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Originally valued as a third rounder, Olivea strained his pectoral muscle lifting weights about a week before the draft and this scared away a lot of teams. One of which was the Miami Dolphins, who wanted to take Olivea in the first day, but called just before their 3rd round pick to tell Olivea that they took him off their draft board because they thought he would need surgery. A. J. Smith, excited at the fact Olivea was off many draft boards, took him with one of their final picks. Concerning Olivea's injury status, AJ said, “We checked him out, like a lot of clubs, but medical staffs vary. We rely heavily on our medical staff, and he checked out perfectly. We’re not going to take a chance if we think a player is damaged goods. We were doing other things (in earlier rounds), so selfishly we were kind of glad he took a ride (dropped in draft status) and he was still there. We kind of stole one in the seventh round.”[1]
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| Weight | 40 yd | 20 ss | 3-cone | Vert | BP | Wonderlic | |||
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| 302 lb (137 kg) | 5.00s | X | X | 33.5 in (85.1 cm)[2] | X | X | |||
(* represents NFL Combine)
[edit] San Diego Chargers
Since being drafted in 2004, Olivea started 31 of 32 games in 2 seasons for the Bolts. In August of 2006, The Chargers rewarded Olivea with a 6-year, $20 million extension. The deal made him the sixth highest-paid right tackle in the NFL at the time. Due to his performance and his low draft position, Olivea is now considered to be one of the biggest draft steals in recent years.[3]
On February 28, 2008, Olivea was released by the Chargers.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Shane Olivea profile at San Diego Chargers
