Jon Olofsson

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
235
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Frankfort, Ill.
High School:
Lincoln-Way East

At Princeton - 2009: recorded 15 tackles, including five solo tackles, as an inside linebacker ... recorded season-best four tackles against Columbia ... had tackles for loss against both Brown and Dartmouth.

At Lincoln Way-East - recorded 227 career tackles as a three-year linebacker ... recorded 33 tackles for loss, 20 sacks, five interceptions, five forced fumbles, seven fumble recoveries and two blocked punts ... named Illinois Defensive Player of the Year by Rivals.com and Co-Defensive Player of the Year by the Star Newspaper ... first-team all-state selection ... two time first-team all-conference, all-area and academic all-state selection ... led team in tackles two straight years ... team captain as a senior ... team went 44-1 throughout his career ... won 2005 state championship ... earned two varsity letters in track as a sprinter and jumper ... Illinois State Scholar ... member of the National Honor Society and the National Math Honor Society.

Personal - born July 9, 1988 ... son of Daniel and Patricia Olofsson ... father is a mortgage bank manager, mother is a lab manager ... has a stepfather Jim and a stepmother Cathy ... stepfather is a director of quality services, stepmother is a dental assistant ... has an older sister Nicole and an older brother Gus, who plays fullback at Drake University ... has two older stepbrothers, Joe and Tony, and two younger stepbrothers, Steve and Nathan.

Year	Tackles (U/A)	TFL	Sacks	FF/FR	INT	Pass BrUp
2008	3 (3/0)	0	0	0/0	0	0
2009	15 (5/10)	1.5/2	0	0/0	0	0
Totals	18 (8/10)	1.5/2	0	0/0	0	0