Marcus Oliver

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Weight:
235
Height:
6-1
Position:
LB
Year:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hamilton, Ohio
High School:
Hamilton

Two-time captain Marcus Oliver declared for the NFL Draft on Jan. 6, 2017. Oliver is Indiana’s all-time leader with 12 forced fumbles. In 39 career games (25 starts), he assisted on 13 takeaways. He made 255 tackles, 157 solo, with five sacks (57 yards), 24.5 tackles for loss (94 yards), two fumble recoveries, two interceptions and seven pass breakups.

2016 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches and media) ... Big Ten co-Defensive Player of the Week (Maryland) ... IU’s Defensive Teammate of the Year ... team captain.

2016 (Senior): Led the team with five forced fumbles (1st in the Big Ten, T-4th nationally), finished second with 96 tackles (T-14th in the Big Ten), 65 solos (3rd in the Big Ten, T-28th nationally) and 15.5 tackles for loss (71 yards, T-3rd in the Big Ten, T-32nd nationally), shared second with one fumble recovery and ranked third with four sacks (53 yards) ... finished the year with back-to-back double-digit tackle games to push his career total to eight ... topped the team in stops three times (twice with game-high honors) ... started all 12 games in which he appeared ... became the first defensive Hoosier since 2000 to earn B1G Defensive Player of the Week in the Maryland win ... recorded eight tackles, seven solo, a career-high two sacks, 2.5 TFLs and a career-high-tying two forced fumbles ... carded 10 stops, eight solo, with one sack, a career-best four tackles for loss and one forced fumble in the Purdue victory ... the four TFLs share fifth on the IU single-game list ... finished with a season-high 12 tackles, seven solo, with one stop for loss ... added three TFLs (7 stops) against No. 10 Penn State ... tallied eight tackles, 1.5 for loss, with one sack and one pass breakup against No. 10 Nebraska ... made nine stops at Northwestern (1.5 TFLs) and against Wake Forest ... forced one fumble with one tackle for loss in the wins over Ball State (8 tackles) and No. 17 Michigan State (7 tackles) ... recovered the fumble in the victory at Rutgers ... five-time IU defensive player of the week (Ball State, Maryland, Rutgers, Penn State and Purdue) ... 12-time game captain.

2015 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (media) ... IU’s Defensive Teammate of the Year ... team captain.

2015 (Sophomore): Became the first Hoosier since Matt Mayberry in 2009 to record 100 tackles in a season ... ranked seventh in the Big Ten with 112 stops and fifth with 65 solos ... led the team with four forced fumbles, which ranked fourth in the conference and tied for ninth nationally ... added one sack, 6.5 tackles for loss (4th on the team), one fumble recovery (T-1st), two interceptions (46 yards, T-2nd) and four pass breakups (T-4th) ... started all 13 games at weak-side linebacker ... led the Hoosiers in tackles six times, including twice with game-high honors ... posted six double-digit tackle games ... recorded career-bests with 14 stops and 12 solos with one for loss and the first INT of his career against Rutgers ... made 13 tackles, six solo, with a half-TFL and one PBU the previous week at Penn State ... netted 11 stops, eight solo, one for loss and a 41-yard pick in the Old Oaken Bucket win at Purdue ... the following game he closed the year with 10 tackles and one pass breakup vs. Duke in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl ... collected 10 stops and a career-high two forced fumbles, tied for fifth in Big Ten single-game history, in the season-opening Southern Illinois victory ... tallied 11 tackles and one PBU against No. 10 Iowa ... forced one fumble, broke up one pass, delivered two tackles for loss and contributed five stops at No. 7 Michigan State ... forced one fumble with six tackles against No. 1 Ohio State ... picked up seven stops, six solo, with his first career fumble recovery in the Florida International win and seven tackles with his first career sack in the victory at Wake Forest ... six-time IU defensive player of the week ... six-time game captain.

2014: Suffered a season-ending ACL injury in game three at No. 18 Missouri and received a medical redshirt ... appeared in the first three games ... made 10 tackles, six solo, with one forced fumble and one pass breakup ... posted nine stops and five solos to go along with the forced fumble and PBU at Bowling Green ... Indiana State game captain.

2013 Honors: BTN.com honorable mention All-Big Ten Freshman team.

2013 (Freshman): Played in 11 games at strong-side, middle and weak-side linebacker ... recorded 37 tackles, 21 solo, 2.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles ... made seven stops and four solos in the Penn State win and at No. 4 Ohio State ... boasted a pair of TFLs against Minnesota ... forced fumbles in back-to-back weeks vs. Bowling Green and Missouri.

Prep/Personal: Linebacker and running back for head coach Bob Jacoby at Hamilton High School ... made 135 tackles, 92 solo, with one sack, 10 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one blocked kick and one defensive touchdown in 2012 ... also rushed for 587 yards with six scores ... all-state, all-district and Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year ... two-time first team all-conference ... posted 131 stops, 88 solo, four sacks, six TFLs, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, with one INT (TD), one blocked kick and one rushing touchdown ... rated the No. 39 inside linebacker nationally by Rivals ... named to the J. Kyle Braid and Wilks Leadership teams ... three-year football, two-year basketball and two-year baseball letterwinner ... parents are Lonnie Oliver and Kimberly Gibson ... born on Feb. 8, 1995, Javier Demarcus Oliver, is a liberal studies major.