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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | March 9, 1966 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Belle Glade, Florida | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Belle Glade (FL) Glades Central | ||||||||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25 | ||||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 117 |
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Games started: | 101 |
Tackles: | 544 |
Interceptions: | 27 |
INT return yards: | 605 |
Touchdowns: | 2 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Louis Oliver, III (born March 9, 1966) is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Oliver played college football for the University of Florida, and was twice recognized as an All-American. He was a first-round pick in the 1989 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL.
Oliver was born in Belle Glade, Florida in 1966. He attended Glades Central High School in Belle Glade, and was a standout high school football player for the Glades Central Raiders. Memorably, Oliver blocked two punts in the same game as a junior.
After graduating from high school, Oliver attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a walk-on player on head coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators football team in 1985. Subsequently, Oliver not only earned an athletic scholarship, he became a starting free safety and team captain, and totaled eleven career interceptions. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1987 and 1988, a first-team All-American in 1987 and a consensus first-team All-American in 1988, and a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll honoree. Oliver was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage."