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2024 Football Roster

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55 Hayden Olmsted

  • Position OL
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 295
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Walpole, Mass.
  • Highschool Millis
  • Prev School Nichols College

Biography

2024 Season (Graduate): All-Pioneer Football League Second Team selection... Phil Steele All-PFL Second Team selection... Started at center in all 12 games.. Called the huddle for a very good offensive line that led the PFL in fewest sacks allowed and fewest tackles for loss allowed… Helped Butler become the best scoring offense in the PFL and ranked eighth among all FCS schools averaging 35.6 points per game… Helped the team average 407 yards of offense per game… Led the PFL and ranked third among all FCS schools in red zone offense.

2023 Season (Junior): Played at Morehead State.

Before Butler: Named Second Team All-Conference at Nichols College in 2022 (Commonwealth Coast Conference). Appeared in nine games during the 2022 campaign for the Bison and played in all ten games in 2021. Olmsted was a two-year starter and captain senior year for the Nichols College Bison. He was also the team’s Lineman of the Year 2021 and 2022. 

High School: At Millis High School, Olmsted helped his team win the Division 8 Super Bowl in 2016 and 2017.

Why Olmsted Chose Butler
“Butler has a great MBA program, beautiful facilities and a great coaching staff.”

Personal: Son of Dale and Lisa Olmsted... Has two siblings; Alex and Julia... Obtained an undergraduate degree in General Business... Pursuing a Master of Arts degree in business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2023Junior

    OL
    6'2" 290 lbs
    56
  • 55

    2024Graduate Student

    OL
    6'2" 295 lbs
    55
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