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Ex-Wayne Hills QB Kevin Olsen Joins Football Development League
Olsen went through years of legal troubles, including being tried on rape charges. Now, he owns Olsen Passing Academy.
WAYNE, NJ — Former Wayne Hills quarterback Kevin Olsen is playing football again.
Olsen is a quarterback in The Spring League, an elite, four-team development league for professional football talent. The league is not affiliated with the National Football League. The league's season is from late March to mid-April.
Olsen played in both games of the league's two-game season. He went 10 for 19 for 95 yards in one game and 10 for 20 for 142 yards in the other game. He did not throw a touchdown in either contest.
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Olsen did not respond to a request for comment.
Olsen is also a business owner.
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According to his Twitter profile, Olsen owns Olsen Passing Academy. No information about the academy could be found online.
Olsen calls himself a "free agent quarterback" on his Twitter profile.
Olsen was a promising quarterback coming out of his high school alma mater, but has gone through a series of legal problems since his Wayne Hills days.
Olsen was found not guilty by a North Carolina jury in December of three counts of rape involving a woman he was dating. He faced 30 years in prison.
In May of 2013, just a month before graduation, Olsen was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after he smashed his car into two vehicles and a tree in Wayne. A police report on the incident stated that Olsen "appeared to be under the influence of something." (See related: QB Olsen Charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident)
Olsen attended the University of Miami after graduating from Hills. He was dismissed from Miami after a DUI arrest and for violating team rules. He never threw a pass for the Hurricanes. He was later dismissed from Towson University in Maryland for violating team rules. He most recently attended UNC Charlotte. (See related: Kevin Olsen, Ex-Wayne Hills Star, Leaves University of Miami After Arrest)
Olsen was an elite, championship-winning and All-American quarterback for his father, Chris, who coached him and his two older brothers at Wayne Hills. Chris Olsen won eight state group championships while at Hills, but left the program in disgrace after nine players were charged with assaulting two Wayne Valley students.
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