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CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 11, at Marshall (11/30/19)
TFL: 2.0, at Tulane (8/29/19)
Sacks: 1.5, at Charlotte (11/17/18)
QB Hurries: 3, at Marshall (11/30/19)
Fumbles Recovered: 1, at WKU (11/24/17)

2020: Played and started all five games for the Panthers on the defensive line in 2020... Tallied 15 total tackles, with eight being solos and one for loss... Ranked third on the team with 15 total tackles among defensive linemen.. Best performance came against Middle Tennessee (10/10), after racking up five tackles with one being for loss... Switched jersey number from No. 94 to No. 5 over the offseason. 

2019: Played and started in all 13 games as a junior... Earned 41 tackles on the year, with 23 being solos... His 41 tackles ranked ninth on the team and first among defensive linemen... Earned 3.0 tackles-for-loss for the year as well, while earning a pair of sacks... Hurried the QB a team-leading eight times... Opened the season with four tackles at Tulane (8/29), while earning a pair of tackles-for-loss and a sack... Collected seven tackles against WKU (9/7)... Logged a career-high 11 tackles against Marshall (11/30).

2018 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 13 games at defensive end, making nine starts… Oliver recorded a career-best 27 total tackles throughout the season, including 10 solo tackles, 17 assisted, and 1.5 tackles for loss… His 17 assisted tackles were third-most among defensive linemen and seventh-most on the team… Oliver also had the fifth-most total tackles among FIU defensive linemen… He contributed two sacks which was fourth-most on the team.

2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 10 games on the defensive line for the Panthers... Recorded eight total tackles including one for loss... Tallied a sack and a fumble recovery. 

PREP CAREER: Played football at Western HS... A three-star recruit according to 247Sports and Rivals…Named a 2016 Florida Class 8A-7A First-Team defense selection by Sun Sentinel…Played for Head Coach Adam Ratkevich at Western High School…Helped the Wildcats advance to the Florida Class 8A Regional quarterfinals with a 7-4 record…Named as High School Player of the Week by the Miami Dolphins…Led Broward and Miami Dade County with 17 sacks and recorded 50 tackles during his senior year…Named by the Miami Herald as an All-Broward Class 8A-6A first team defense pick…Larry Blustein (SFHSSports.co) says “He is an impressive pass rusher who has a motor that simply does not stop.”…Chose FIU over USC, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, NC State, Purdue and Temple.

ACADEMICS: Majoring in sports management at FIU.

PERSONAL: Mother – Laura Sullivan…Siblings – Samantha, Amanda and Steven... Started playing football at age 14...Enjoys playing the guitar and drums.