In just 12 days, the Saint-Orleans saints Launch their 2025 season with an opening force against the Cardinals of Arizona. Chris Olave, one of the team’s key players, bears the n ° 12 while entering his fourth year of the League. All eyes will be on the concussion problems of Olave, because our choice for the player of the Saints Day is essential in any offensive success.
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Name (age): Christian Olave (25)
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Hometown: San Marcos, cal.
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Size, weight: 6 feet, 187 pounds
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College: Ohio State Buckeyes
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Relative sports score: 8.61
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Recovery: round 1, 11th in total in 2022 (saints)
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2025 Hit salary stroke: $ 6,131,959
After an explosive senior year of 93 catches, 1,764 yards and 26 hit in the Hills High School mission, Olave joined the Ohio State University. Even with the incredible depth of buckeyes with a large receiver, Olave managed to catch 12 balls for 197 yards as a real recruit in 2018, including two scores and a kick of kicks blocked against the bitter rival of Michigan. Olave was an integral part of the Buckeyes attack in 2019, catching 49 assists for a top of 849 yards to the team and leading the Big Ten with 12 touched sockets. He would direct the Ohio State in the three categories of reception during a 2020 season wiseries with 50 catches, 729 yards and 7 scores. Olave crowned his buckey career in 2021 by leading the Big Ten with 13 score receptions, drawing 65 receptions for 936 yards. Twice selection of the first All-Big Ten team, Olave left as a leader of all time of Ohio State in the Touché (35) and third of the captures and yards.
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With their first of the two first -round choices in the draft of the 2022 NFL, the saints took Olave with the 11th choice in total. He was the third receiver selected after Drake London and his teammate from Ohio Garrett Wilson. Olave had immediate success as a recruit, leading the saints with 72 receptions and 1,042 yards while marking 4 times. His recall performance in 2023 was even better, because he drew 87 assists for 1,123 yards and 5 affected. In the process, Olave has only become the fourth player in the history of the franchise to have consecutive seasons of 1,000 yards during its first two years with New Orleans. Unfortunately, he could not make three games. Olave obtained 2024 with a good start with 31 receptions and 387 yards in its first seven games. However, the second of the two concussion on the week 9 would do it aside for the rest of the season.
Chris Olave arrived in 2025 as one of the focal points of New Orleans offense. Yes, concussions are certainly a concern. However, the saints have picked up its fifth year contract option to maintain it at least 2026 with the exception of a long -term extension. That Olave gets this extension probably depends on its health. If he can stay on the ground, he has proven that he can be one of the wide large productive of the NFL and essential for any success that the offensive of New Orleans is able to achieve.
This article originally appeared on saints Wire: Count to kick off: Chris Olave is the holy player of day 12
