UND football captain Caleb Olson stays engaged with program during long road to recovery
Mar. 20—GRAND FORKS — Caleb Olson has already adapted to a new role once before in the UND football program. Recruited as a nose guard out of Lisbon, N.
D. , long-term injuries to UND's top two centers in 2022 sparked a position change. Olson swapped sides of the ball from defensive line to offensive line at the request of former head coach Bubba Schweigert, developing into a difference-maker at ...
Mar. 20—GRAND FORKS — Caleb Olson has already adapted to a new role once before in the UND football program. Recruited as a nose guard out of Lisbon, N.
D. , long-term injuries to UND's top two centers in 2022 sparked a position change. Olson swapped sides of the ball from defensive line to offensive line at the request of former head coach Bubba Schweigert, developing into a difference-maker at guard and quickly emerging as a team leader.
Now, Olson is trying to embrace a new role — leading from the sidelines as he recovers from a foot injury that caused him to miss nearly the entire 2025 season. As spring ball opens at the Pollard Center, Olson remains sidelined as he works back from a foot injury suffered late in the first half of UND's 38-35 loss in the 2025 season opener at Kansas State. "It was a pass play, a defender got tripped and a helmet landed right on my foot," Olson said of the play.
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