Colton Oliver

Height:
6-3
Weight:
280
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Charlotte
High School:
Independence
Major:
Criminal Justice

An invited walk-on who quickly asserted himself on the special teams two-deep as the Pirates’ top snapper during last three seasons … Was program’s short snapper as a true freshman and junior, while balancing both duties as a sophomore … Expected to handle all extra-point and field goal snaps as a senior … Offers a high level of accuracy and consistency, and will head into final year as a possible honors candidate on the conference level … Has played in 37 career contests and delivered snaps on a combined 62 field goal attempts (42 made) and 137 extra-point tries (133 made).

2016: Served as ECU’s short snapper for all 12 games as a junior … Key part of unit that posted a 34-of-35 success rate on extra-point tries with no blocks … Exclusively worked with holder Worth Gregory, kickers Davis Plowman (29-of-30) and Jake Verity (5-of-5) … Delivered field goal snaps that resulted in 18-of-25 conversions, with a long of 49 … Suffered only two FGA blocks all year (South Carolina, Virginia Tech) … Overall, initiated action on 60 kicks and helped account for 88 points (80/Plowman, 8/Verity) … Assisted with five multi-field goal outings (NC State, South Carolina, USF, Cincinnati, Connecticut).

2015: Handled all of the Pirates’ snapping duties (12 contests) during sophomore year … Helped account for a 71 points as a key member of the kicking game … Teamed with holder Gregory on 13 field goal attempts that resulted in 10 three-pointers (10-12 by Davis Plowman, 0-1 by Connor Torruella) … Provided snaps for all 43 PATs (41 made), which included a 37-39 mark by Plowman and a 4-4 ledger by Torruella … Also connected with Gregory on 60 punt snaps, playing a pivotal role for a 43.1 average, 11 boots over 50 yards and a school-record 32 attempts that landed inside the 20-yard line.

2014: Played in all 13 games while serving as ECU’s top short snapper … Delivered snaps on 59 extra-point attempts (58 made) and 24 field goal attempts (14 made) … Part of a unit that suffered only three blocked kicks all season (South Carolina, North Carolina and Temple) … Had responsibility for exactly 100 points (99 by Warren Harvey, one by Davis Plowman).

High School: Part of an Independence High School prep program that enjoys a storied history … Earned two letters as member of offensive line and special teams.

Personal: Full name is John Colton Oliver … Major is criminal justice … Has aspirations to pursue police or federal law enforcement/investigative career.