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2025 Football Roster

August 31, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Miami Ohio at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL on Saturday, August 31, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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December 23, 2023, Las Vegas, NV: A game between Northwestern Football and Utah in the SRS Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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December 23, 2023, Las Vegas, NV: A game between Northwestern Football and Utah in the SRS Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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September 14, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Eastern Illinois at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL on Saturday, September 14, 2024. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Northwestern Athletics)
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Jack Olsen
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July 21, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Football team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Monday, July 21, 2025. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 82

Jack Olsen

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    195
  • Position:
    K
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Wheaton, Ill.
  • High School:
    Wheaton-Warrenville
  • Prev School:
    Michigan State

2025 Graduate Student:
Earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention … Played in 12 of 13 games … Made 19-of-21 field goals this season … His 19 makes on the season are tied for fourth in Wildcats history, and his 90.5% field goal percentage ranks fourth in the Northwestern record book … Went a perfect 14-of-14 from 30+ yards, making him first NU kicker to be perfect on field goals of 30-49 yards in a season since Jeff Budzien (12-12) in 2012 … Converted 24-of-25 PATs … Went 2-for-2 on PATs against Western Illinois (9/5) … Made a 33-yard field goal, went 2-for-2 on PATs and had another field goal attempt blocked against UCLA (9/27) … Went 2-for-2 on field goals (34, 33) and went 4-for-4 on PATs against ULM (10/5) … Earned Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors after a 3-for-3 outing (27, 34, 41) at Penn State (10/11) … Went 2-for-3 on field goals (27, 38) with a PAT against Purdue (10/18) … Went 2-for-2 on field goals (40, 25) and made a PAT at Nebraska (10/25) … Went 2-for-2 on PATs and drilled a 33-yard field goal at USC (11/7) … Made all three of his field goal attempts (34, 26, 35) and a PAT against Michigan (11/15) … Went 3-for-3 on PATs and 3-for-3 on field goals (34, 35, 33), including the game-winning field goal in the fourth quarter against Minnesota (11/22) that helped clinch a bowl berth and the Wildcats’ biggest comeback win (15 points) since 9/23/2023 against Minnesota (21 points) … Made a PAT and went 2-for-2 on field goals (38, 26) at Illinois (11/29) … Made 4 of 5 PATs in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).

2024 Redshirt Junior:
Appeared in five games as Northwestern’s starting kicker, converting 7-of-10 field goal attempts (70.0%) and all 10 extra point tries … Named Academic All-Big Ten … Went 4-of-5 on field goals inside 40 yards … Converted 45-yard and 38-yard field goals in the season opener against Miami (Ohio) (8/31) … Drilled 44- and 35-yard field goals against Duke (9/6) … Hit a season-long 46-yard field goal vs. Eastern Illinois (9/14) … Added an 18-yard make vs. Washington (9/21) and a 32-yard conversion against Indiana (10/5).

2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Started all 13 games … Went 14-of-19 (73.7%) on field goals and a perfect 33-of-33 on extra points … Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and Academic All-Big Ten … Ranked seventh in the Big Ten in field goal percentage and eighth in made field goals … Most made field goals (14) by a Northwestern kicker since 2015 … First NU kicker to make 100% of extra points (min. 33) since 2013 … Hit a career-best 4-of-4 field goals in win over Maryland (10/28), including a career-long 47-yarder … Recorded 15 points that game, tied for fifth-most in program history … Made six extra points and a 46-yard field goal in rivalry win over Illinois (11/25).

2022 Redshirt First-Year:
Converted an extra point against Wisconsin (10/8).

2021 First-Year:
Appeared in two games, redshirted … Connected on one PAT and two kickoffs averaging 61 yards.

2020 (at Michigan State):
Redshirted … Enrolled in spring semester.

High School:
Five-star kicker, ranked No. 3 nationally (Chris Sailer Kicking) and No. 4 by 247Sports … Four-year letterwinner at Wheaton-Warrenville South (IL) … Set IHSA record with eight field goals in one game and 22 in a season … Long field goal of 53 yards … Selected for 2020 All-American Bowl … All-State and All-Area honors … 42-of-42 PATs and 10 field goals as a senior … Had 54 touchbacks in 64 kickoffs.

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