Ben Olson

Benjamin James Olson (born February 28, 1983) is an American former football college quarterback. He played four injury-plagued seasons of college football at UCLA, starting 10 games (and appearing in four others).

Early life Born in Missoula, Montana, Olson grew up in Thousand Oaks, California, where he played quarterback for Thousand Oaks High School in California for four years. For three of those years, he played on the varsity team, alongside David Anderson.

Olson was considered the top quarterback prospect and even top high school football recruit in the country following a highly productive senior year in which he threw for 2,989 yards and 32 touchdowns, earning high school All-American honors in 2001.

College career Upon graduation in 2002, Olson signed with Brigham Young University and redshirted his freshman season. He then went on a two-year mission to Canada with the LDS Church.

In 2005 Olson transferred to UCLA, However, he was again plagued by injuries and only played in 6 games, completing only 48.3% of his passes for 1040 yards, 7.08 yards per attempt, 7 TDs and 6 INTs.

Post-collegiate career After graduating from UCLA in 2008, Olson was invited to try out by the Philadelphia Eagles, but again broke his foot. He went un-drafted in the 2009 NFL draft.

Personal Ben is the son of Rick and Annie Olson and has one brother and three sisters.