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Kam Olds - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 11

KamOlds

  • position Outside Linebacker
  • height 6-4
  • Weight 252
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • High school Midlothian
  • Previous School Kent State/Buffalo
BIO

2025 – Senior
• Transferred to Kentucky after one season at Kent State (2024) and two seasons at Buffalo (2022-23)
• Has played in 33 career games (12 at Kent State and 22 at Buffalo) with two starts (both at Buffalo)
• Has totaled 51 career tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble, a pass breakup and an interception

2024 – Junior (Kent State)
• Saw action in all 12 games for Kent State, tallying 42 total tackles with 7.0 tackles for loss, six sacks, two quarterback hurries and an interception
• Had two games of 2.0 sacks each

2023 – Sophomore (Buffalo)
• Appeared in 10 games and had three tackles
• Had a tackle at Wisconsin, against Liberty and at Toledo

2022 – Freshman (Buffalo)
• Saw action in 11 games as a true freshman in 2022 and charted six tackles, including a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble … Had three tackles and a forced fumble at Massachusetts … Also registered a tackle against Toledo, Ohio, and Central Michigan

High School
• Prepped at Fork Union Military Academy for the 2021 season and helped lead the Blue Devils to a perfect 8-0 record
• Named first-team All-Region and first-team All-Metro selection after a successful prep career at Midlothian High School in the suburbs of Richmond, Va.
• Named to the VHSL Region 5B All-Academic Team

Personal
• Born in Richmond, Virginia
• Son of Kevin and Kelly Olds
• Siblings are Kimmie Thorpe, Kevin Olds Jr., Konner Olds and Kennedy Olds
• Comes from a family of athletes as dad, Kevin Olds Sr., was a cornerback at UT Martin from 1989-91 and brother, Kevin Olds Jr., was an athlete at Alabama State from 2019-22; brother-in-law, Justin Thorpe, was a quarterback at James Madison from 2008-12
• Has a double major in pre-communication and criminal justice

Kam Says
• His nickname is “Bam Bam”
• Hobbies include watching sports and playing baseball, basketball and football
• One word to describe him on the field is “legendary”
• After football, he hopes to be a sports broadcaster
• If he could eat only one thing for the rest of his life he would choose his mom’s macaroni and cheese

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