Greg Olsen

Greg Walter Olsen (twitter: @gregolsen88)

Position: TE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 254 lbs.

Born: March 11, 1985 in Paterson, NJ
High School: Wayne
College: Miami (FL) (school history) (Olsen college stats)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (31st overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 39 (2327th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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2015 Games

						Receiving
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	TD
2015-09-13	1	CAR	@	JAX	W 20-9	3	1	11	11.00	0	0
2015-09-20	2	CAR		HOU	W 24-17	14	6	70	11.67	0	0
2015-09-27	3	CAR		NOR	W 27-22	11	8	134	16.75	2	2
2015-10-04	4	CAR	@	TAM	W 37-23	6	2	28	14.00	0	0
Upcoming Games · Bye in Week 5
2015-10-18	6	CAR	@	SEA	Preview · Stats for 6 games vs. Seahawks · Avg. 5.7 tgt, 3.3 rec, 32.7 yds, 0.2 TD (Last in 2014)
2015-10-25	7	CAR		PHI	Preview · Stats for 6 games vs. Eagles · Avg. 6.5 tgt, 4.2 rec, 50.5 yds, 0.3 TD (Last in 2014)
2015-11-02	8	CAR		IND	Preview · Stats for 2 games vs. Colts · Avg. 2.5 tgt, 2.5 rec, 30.0 yds, 0.0 TD (Last in 2011)
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Receiving & Rushing

					Games		Receiving								Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2007	22	CHI		82	14	4	66	39	391	10.0	2	31	2.8	27.9								391	2	0	3
2008	23	CHI	te	82	16	7	82	54	574	10.6	5	52	3.4	35.9								574	5	2	5
2009	24	CHI	TE	82	16	15	108	60	612	10.2	8	41	3.8	38.3								612	8	0	5
2010	25	CHI	TE	82	16	13	70	41	404	9.9	5	39	2.6	25.3								404	5	2	4
2011	26	CAR	TE	88	16	13	89	45	540	12.0	5	44	2.8	33.8								540	5	1	5
2012	27	CAR	TE	88	16	16	104	69	843	12.2	5	47	4.3	52.7								843	5	0	7
2013	28	CAR	TE	88	16	16	111	73	816	11.2	6	31	4.6	51.0								816	6	0	8
2014*	29	CAR	TE	88	16	16	123	84	1008	12.0	6	38	5.3	63.0								1008	6	1	8
2015	30	CAR	te	88	4	4	34	17	243	14.3	2	52	4.3	60.8								243	2	0
Career					130	104	787	482	5431	11.3	44	52	3.7	41.8								5431	44	6	45
5 yrs		CAR			68	65	461	288	3450	12.0	24	52	4.2	50.7								3450	24	2	28
4 yrs		CHI			62	39	326	194	1981	10.2	20	52	3.1	32.0								1981	20	4	17

Playoffs Receiving & Rushing

				Games		Receiving								Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2010	25	CHI	TE	2	2	14	6	143	23.8	1	58	3.0	71.5								143	1	0
2013	28	CAR	TE	1	1	6	4	55	13.8	0	35	4.0	55.0								55	0	0
2014*	29	CAR	TE	2	2	11	7	95	13.6	0	31	3.5	47.5								95	0	0
Career				5	5	31	17	293	17.2	1	58	3.4	58.6								293	1	0
2 yrs		CAR		3	3	17	11	150	13.6	0	35	3.7	50.0								150	0	0
1 yr		CHI		2	2	14	6	143	23.8	1	58	3.0	71.5								143	1	0

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Defense & Fumbles

					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Sacks & Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
2008	23	CHI	te	82	16	7						1	2	0	0	0		2	0
2009	24	CHI	TE	82	16	15						0	0	2	0	0		1	0
2010	25	CHI	TE	82	16	13						0	2	1	0	0		3	0
2011	26	CAR	TE	88	16	13						0	1	0	0	0		2	0
2014*	29	CAR	TE	88	16	16						0	1	2	-4	0		1	0
Career					130	104						1	6	5	-4	0		12	0
5 yrs		CAR			68	65						0	2	2	-4	0		5	0
4 yrs		CHI			62	39						1	4	3	0	0		7	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
2007	22	CHI		82	14	4	2	2	1	14
2008	23	CHI	te	82	16	7	5	5		30
2009	24	CHI	TE	82	16	15	8	8		48
2010	25	CHI	TE	82	16	13	5	5		30
2011	26	CAR	TE	88	16	13	5	5	1	32
2012	27	CAR	TE	88	16	16	5	5		30
2013	28	CAR	TE	88	16	16	6	6		36
2014*	29	CAR	TE	88	16	16	6	6		36
2015	30	CAR	te	88	4	4	2	2		12
Career					130	104	44	44	2	256
5 yrs		CAR			68	65	24	24	1	146
4 yrs		CHI			62	39	20	20	1	122

Playoffs Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
2010	25	CHI	TE	1	1	1	1	6
Career				5	5	1	1	6
2 yrs		CAR		3	3			0
1 yr		CHI		2	2	1	1	6

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4	Freddie Jones, Gene Prebola, Bennie Cunningham, Jimmie Giles, Bo Scaife, Don Warren, Heath Miller, Eric Sievers, Marcedes Lewis, Eric Johnson
5	Freddie Jones, Hoby Brenner, Bo Scaife, Zach Miller, Eric Sievers, Don Warren, Jimmie Giles, Pete Lammons, Jermaine Gresham, Alvin Reed
6	Heath Miller, David Hill, Eric Green, Ken Dilger, Jim Whalen, Zach Miller, Tony McGee, Randy McMichael, Jermaine Gresham, Marcedes Lewis
7	Fred Arbanas, Owen Daniels, Heath Miller, Jimmie Giles, Russ Francis, Jim Mitchell, Ken Dilger, Zach Miller, Brent Celek, Billy Joe DuPree
8	Heath Miller, Owen Daniels, Jeremy Shockey, Bob Trumpy, Keith Jackson, Russ Francis, Jim Mitchell, Fred Arbanas, Billy Joe DuPree, Alge Crumpler
Career	Paul Coffman, Owen Daniels, Wesley Walls, Chris Cooley, Ben Coates, Doug Cosbie, Brent Celek, Rodney Holman, Eric Green, Jay Novacek

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 2014	Receptions Active 482 (19) Career 482 (139)	Receiving TD Active 44 (23) Career 44 (158)	2-pt. Conv. Made Active 2 (9) Career 2 (65)

Pro Bowls

2014

Receptions

Active 482 (19)
Career 482 (139)

Receiving TD

Active 44 (23)
Career 44 (158)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Active 2 (9)
Career 2 (65)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
2014	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Focus

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
2007	22	14	TE	53		21
2008	23	16	TE	87	5	9	67
2009	24	16	TE	109	11	10	64
2010	25	16	TE	70		23
2011	26	16	TE	86		17
2012	27	16	TE	114	19	6	61
2013	28	16	TE	118	25	8	50
2014	29	16	TE	137	47	4	34
2015	30	4	TE	36	7	5	50
				810	114

Trades

Trade data since 1994

July 29, 2011: Traded by Bears to Panthers for 2012 3rd round pick (73rd overall subsequently traded, Brandon Taylor)

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