Igor Olshansky

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Igor Olshansky
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Olshansky before a 2009 game
No. 99, 95
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1982-05-03) May 3, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth: Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union
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Career information
High school: San Francisco (CA) St. Ignatius
College: Oregon
NFL draft: 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 264
Sacks: 12.5
Interceptions: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Igor Olshansky (/oʊlˈʃænski/; born May 3, 1982) is a Ukrainian-born former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He also played for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.

Early years

Olshansky was born in the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, Soviet Union.[1][2] His father Yury had played basketball for the Red Army.[3][4] Shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union, he and his family moved to San Francisco in 1989, when he was seven years old.[3][4][5] His maternal grandfather, Abraham Rubshevsky, fought in World War II for the Red Army, and was injured 11 times. [3][4]

Olshansky is Jewish, and said "It's who I am; my culture; my roots".[1][6][7] During his youth he attended the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy in San Francisco, headed by Rabbi Pinchos Lipner, an Orthodox Jewish day school.[3][4][8] He then attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory on a basketball scholarship, and – already 6' 5" in the 10th grade – played basketball for the school until his junior year, while concurrently playing basketball in the Maccabiah Games in St. Louis and Milwaukee.[3][7][9] After two years, he also began playing football in his junior year in high school.[4][5]

College career

At the University of Oregon, where he majored in psychology, Olshansky was honorable mention academic All-Pac-10 in his freshman year, and picked for Sports Illustrated’s All-Bowl Game team at the end of the season.[10] He was honorable mention All-Pac-10 as a sophomore, second-team All-Pac-10 as a junior, and recipient of the Joe Schaffeld Trophy as the Ducks’ top defensive lineman after both his sophomore and junior seasons.[11] He was used at all defensive line positions.[5]

In his career at Oregon he had 146 tackles (89 solos), 11.5 sacks, 3 blocked kicks, and one 37-yard interception return in 38 games.[12][13] Olshansky left school following his junior season, with one year of eligibility remaining.[12]

He set a team record with a 505-pound bench press, and also holds team records in the clean and jerk and squat.[4][14]

Professional career

2004 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 5 in 315 lb 4.96 s 1.75 s 2.80 s 4.41 s 7.61 s 33.5 in 9 ft 2 in 43 reps
All values from NFL Combine

In early try-outs for the draft, he bench-pressed 102.1 kilograms (225 lbs) 43 times on one try, two presses short of the rookie record.[3] He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds and jumped 33.5 inches from a stationary position.[4][7] He scored high on the Wonderlic intelligence test in spite of still being unfamiliar with the English language.[5] A National Football Conference scouting director observed: "He can play both end and tackle, he can control the point and rush the passer, he's a very good athlete."[12]

San Diego Chargers

In the second round (# 35 overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft, the San Diego Chargers selected Olshansky out of the University of Oregon.[15] In August 2004, Olshansky and the Chargers agreed on a 6-year contract, with the final year being voidable. The contract called for a $2.25 million signing bonus and had a value of $5.2 million over five years, through the 2008 NFL season. He became the NFL's first Soviet-born player.[4][16]

In his rookie season in 2004, he started all 16 of the team's games.[17][18]

Olshansky was ejected from a game against the Denver Broncos on November 19, 2006. He punched Broncos center Tom Nalen after what appeared to be Nalen trying to cut block Olshansky on a clock-stopping spike play. Olshansky had recently had knee surgery when Nalen went after Olshansky's knees. Two days later, the NFL fined Nalen $25,000 for the cut block, more than double the $10,000 fine Olshansky received for the punch.[19]

With the Chargers, he had 151 tackles and 11 sacks in 75 games, starting all but 5 of them.[7][20]

Dallas Cowboys

Olshansky signed a four-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys on March 6, 2009.[7] The deal was worth $18 million, with $8 million of it guaranteed.[21] In 2010, he started 14 games, and had 38 tackles.[22] He was released on September 3, 2011.[23] Over his two seasons with the team, he had 78 tackles.[24]

Miami Dolphins

Olshansky was signed by the Miami Dolphins on September 20, 2011. He was waived on November 30, 2011.[25]

NFL stats

Year Team GP COMB TOTAL AST SACK FF FR FR YDS INT IR YDS AVG IR LNG TD PD
2004 SD 16 39 24 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2005 SD 14 29 18 11 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 SD 13 33 18 15 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 SD 16 49 35 14 3.5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
2008 SD 16 29 21 8 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 DAL 16 40 29 11 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 DAL 16 38 17 21 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2011 MIA 8 7 4 3 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 115 264 166 98 12.5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8

[26]

Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • FR YDS: fumble return yards
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defensed

Personal

He has many tattoos, including two Stars of David on his neck.[7][27] He is regularly featured in Jewish news publications.[8]

Olshansky is married to Liya Rubinshteyn, whom he met at the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy in San Francisco. They live in Dallas, and have a son.[10]

He was arrested Thursday, December 1, 2011, for marijuana possession as part of an undercover bust that resulted in 280 arrests. The Broward Sheriff’s Office went to Olshansky’s condo in Fort Lauderdale to investigate Olshansky’s friend, but ended up arresting both men. He was charged with possession of 19 grams of marijuana.[28]

See also

References

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  19. ↑ Kevin Acee,"Olshansky-Nalen incident in back of Chargers' minds", San Diego Union-Tribune, December 5, 2006.
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  21. ↑ Rick Herrin, "Cowboys sign veteran defensive end Olshansky", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 7, 2009.
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  24. ↑ http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-star/Former-Cowboys-DE-Olshansky-Signs-With-Miami-130290548.html
  25. ↑ http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7299302/miami-dolphins-waive-kicker-shayne-graham
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  27. ↑ "San Francisco 49Eers Select Jewish Safety Taylor Mays". San Francisco Sentinel. April 30, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2010
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