Date of birth: | May 19, 1963 |
Place of birth: | Jacksonville, Florida |
Career information | |
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Position(s): | Running back |
College: | Puget Sound |
NFL Draft: | 1988 / Round: 3 / Pick: 66 |
Organizations | |
As player: | |
1988 1989, 1991 1993 |
Washington Redskins Cleveland Browns Sacramento Gold Miners (CFL) |
Playing stats at NFL.com |
Michael Nathaniel Oliphant (born May 19, 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns.
He played college football at the NAIA Division I University of Puget Sound, where he was a NAIA All-American in 1986. That year, he also set school records for most points scored in one game and most points scored in a season. Oliphant graduated in 1988. Later that year, he was taken in the third round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Redskins.