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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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Born: | Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. | March 11, 1985||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Wayne Hills (Wayne, New Jersey) | ||||||||
College: | Miami (FL) (2003–2006) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2007 / round: 1 / pick: 31 | ||||||||
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Gregory Walter Olsen (born March 11, 1985) is an American football sportscaster and former tight end who played for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft.[1] Olsen played most of his career for the Carolina Panthers, with whom he made three Pro Bowls, and became the first tight end in NFL history to record three consecutive seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards. Olsen played his final season with the Seattle Seahawks in 2020. Following his retirement Olsen joined Fox as a sportscaster and is formerly the lead color commentator for the NFL on Fox.