Ty Olsen

HIGH SCHOOL Three-star recruit according to Rivals and 247Sports ... earned All-State honors twice and All-San Diego honors three times during his prep career ... spent his senior season at Lincoln High School in San Diego, California, and caught 53 passes for 903 yards (17.0 ypr) and 12 touchdowns ... had a career-high 12 receptions for a career-best 300 yards and a career-high four touchdowns against Arbor View HS ... helped Lincoln HS to a 12-2 record and a Western League Championship, an Open Division Championship, a Southern Regional Championship, and a D1-AA State Championship ... played at Del Norte High School for his first three years ... as a junior, helped the Nighthawks to an 11-3 record and its first CIF Championship in school history as it won the D2 title ... caught 74 passes for 1,262 yards (17.1 ypr) and 15 touchdowns as a junior, 74 passes for 1,296 yards (17.5 ypr) and 16 touchdowns as a sophomore, and 38 passes for 658 yards (17.3 ypr) and eight touchdowns as a freshman ... during his prep career, caught 239 passes for 4,119 yards and 51 touchdowns, to go along with 670 kick return yards and 143 rushing yards ... had 16 career 100-yard receiving games ... is San Diego’s all-time leader in receiving yards, and ranks second all-time in receptions and touchdown catches ... lettered four years in track & field and one year in soccer ... member of the 4x400m relay team that earned All-League honors during his sophomore and junior seasons ... personal best in the 100m is 10.8 ... four-time scholar-athlete. PERSONAL Son of Eric Olsen and Lisa Palmer-Olsen ... has one sister ... dad played football at Colorado State ... uncle, Mitch Palmer, played football at Colorado State and in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans ... grandfather, Dick Palmer, played football at Kentucky and in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons ... majoring in finance.