D2football.com All-Decade Team Member
2018: Captain ... Associated Press First-Team All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-America ... D2football.com First-Team All-America ... Google Cloud/CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America ... East-West Shrine Game participant … RMAC Academic Offensive Player of the Year … Team’s Offensive Player of the Year … D2CCA First-Team All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Hampshire Honor Society member … NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado … D2football.com Preseason Second-Team All-America ... Preseason All-RMAC ... D2football.com National Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3) ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3) ... NFFCC Player of the Week (Sept. 3, Oct. 15) ... Ended his career as Mines' all-time leader in receiving yards (4,010), receiving and total touchdowns (59), yards per catch (17.9), and scoring (354) ... His 59 touchdowns are an RMAC record and his yards rank second in conference history as only the second receiver to ever cross 4,000 yards ... In 2018, caught 73 passes for 1,339 yards and 21 touchdowns ... Led NCAA Division II in receiving touchdowns and ranked fourth in yards and 15th in receptions per game ... Also sixth in scoring and eighth in total touchdowns ... Tied the Mines record for touchdowns in a game with five in the season opener against Adams State ... Also tied the NCAA Division II record for touchdowns in a quarter in that game with four ... That ASU game was his top production of the season, catching 10 passes for 198 yards and five touchdowns, all season-highs ... Went over 100 yards receiving nine times in 11 games, including 174 at Black Hills State, 145 against Chadron State, and 135 at New Mexico Highlands ... Had multiple touchdowns in six games, including four at Fort Lewis and two each against BHSU, NMHU, Colorado Mesa, and South Dakota Mines.
2017: Captain ... Lindy's Preseason All-America ... Street & Smith's Preseason All-America ... College Football America preseason Division II Starting Lineup member ... HERO Sports Preseason All-America ... D2football.com First Team Preseason All-America ... RMAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year ... Preseason All-RMAC … First-Team All-RMAC ... Second-Team All-NFFCC … RMAC First-Team All-Academic … NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado ... Led Mines with 64 catches for 950 yards and 12 touchdowns … Became Mines’ career receiving touchdowns leader as a junior and has 38 after three seasons … His 12 TDs ranks sixth-best in a season in Mines history … Had three 100+ yard games to start the season with 142 on nine catches vs. CSU-Pueblo, 124 on only five catches vs. New Mexico Highlands, and 135 on eight balls at Colorado Mesa … Had multiple touchdowns in four games including three vs. CMU … Also Mines’ primary kick returner with 13 for 264 yards, an average of 20.3 yards per return.
2016: D2CCA First-Team All-America ... AP Little All-America Second Team ... D2football.com Second-Team All-America ... HERO Sports Second-Team All-American ... NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado ... D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 ... Don Hansen First Team All-Super Region 4 ... First-Team All-RMAC ... NFFCC Honorable Mention Academic All-Colorado ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 12) … Record-setting receiver started all 13 games at the Y  … Caught 85 passes for 1,627 yards and 26 touchdowns … Set the Mines and RMAC season records for touchdowns, leading every division of college football … TD total was the fourth-most in a season in NCAA Division II history, and most since 2009 ... Led NCAA Division II in receiving yards, points scored (156), and total touchdowns … His 1,627 yards were a Mines single-season record and ranked 14th all-time in D-II history and second in RMAC history … Went over 100 yards receiving 10 times and caught a touchdown in all but one game … Top production game was a 207-yard, three-touchdown performance at Fort Lewis, and he also caught four scores at New Mexico Highlands and three against Azusa Pacific … Caught four touchdowns in two NCAA Tournament games … Caught a career-high 11 passes for 166 yards at Ferris State … Went over 150 yards four times, including 162 at NMHU, 207 at Fort Lewis, and 166 at Dixie State … On special teams, returned 15 kicks for 230 yards … Also rushed one time for one yard.
2015: NFFCC Academic All-Colorado Honorable Mention ... Appeared in 10 games at wide receiver and on special teams … Caught two passes for 94 yards, including a 60-yarder at Adams State … Also made three special teams tackles.
2014: Redshirted as a freshman.
High School: Oliver lettered three times in football, twice in track & field and three times in baseball as a prep at Elizabeth High School… Named First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior… Named Colorado 7 League MVP as a junior… Helped 4x100m relay team to fourth place at state track meet… Led team to league title as a junior and senior… Helped track & field team to a league championship as a junior… Named Academic Honorable Mention as a sophomore, junior and senior… High school teammate Chase Nicholas is also a 2014 Mines recruit.Â
