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Name: Tobias Oliver
College: Georgia Tech
Number: 8
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-1 Weight: 204
Position: Pos2: FS/ST
Class/Draft Year: Sr/2022
40 Low: 4.52 40 Time: 4.57 40 High: 4.65
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Data Scout Notes: X-Tryout/Big CB/CB or FS/10GP-12TT/Backup/Not Using Extra Covid Year-Will be in 2022 Draft Class 2021: NAC...2020: NAC
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Height: 6004
Weight: 204
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Dates: 03/14/22
Hand: 09 Arm: 30
Wingspan: 72 3/4
Height: 6004
Weight: 204
40 Yrd Dash: 4.57
20 Yrd Dash: 2.69
10 Yrd Dash: 1.59
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 20
Vertical Jump: 33
Broad Jump: 10'03"
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40 Time Range: 4.57-4.65-Hamstring on 2nd 40/Projected 4.53/No Full Workout-Hamstring
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Tobias Oliver, Georgia Tech, Player News
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The rare college football player who played three positions and special teams over the course of his career, Georgia Tech cornerback Tobias Oliver declared that he will forego his extra season of eligibility and pursue the NFL draft. Oliver made the anno uncement Friday on social media. Oliver played the 2020 and 2021 seasons at cornerback, playing in 10 games and starting six this season. He was credited with 12 tackles and one pass breakup. Oliver was a 2017 signee from Northside High in Warner Robins who came to Tech to play quarterback for then-coach Paul Johnson. He got his opportunity in 2018. In his lone start in place of the injured TaQuon Marshall, Oliver ran 40 times for 215 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-28 win at Virginia Tech on a Thurs day night. - Atlanta Journal Constitution
(DS#103 CB) Sr/2022  CB Tobias Oliver, Georgia Tech
News Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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After the luxury of a full spring practice and an offseason training with his teammates, Georgia Tech cornerback Tobias Oliver feels much better about his play going into his second season at the position. Oliver came to Tech to play quarterback for coac h Paul Johnson and shined as a redshirt freshman backup to TaQuon Marshall in 2018. He was the starting quarterback in the 2019 season opener, coach Geoff Collins' debut, but moved to wide receiver midseason.Oliver moved again after that season, t his time to cornerback, but spring practice was cut short because of COVID-19. Then the pandemic prevented him from working with teammates in 7-on-7 drills and gaining more experience at a position he had never previously played. While he's one of the to p athletes on the team, it was an adventure at corner last season. "Last year was definitely an eye-opener," Oliver said Wednesday. "I wasn't as ready as I thought I was." He called cornerback a "feel position," and his growing knowledge of the defense, opposing offenses and the techniques required to play the position have helped his comfort and confidence level. This year, with the experience of a season as a backup cornerback, followed by spring practice and then offseason work, "I feel very confiden t at the position," he said. - Atlanta Journal Constitution
(DS#103 CB) Sr/2022 CB Tobias Oliver, Georgia Tech
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The difference between playing on offense and defense, as Tobias Oliver explained it, sounds a little bit like the difference between throwing a party and attending one. It's a dichotomy that the junior from Warner Robins has gleaned in the past several months in his transition from first playing quarterback and then wide receiver in the past two seasons before switching to cornerback in spring practice. "Offensively, it's much more schematic than defense," Oliver said. "Like, defense, you can still do all the rah-rah and still make plays. Offense, you've got to be a lot more focused, you've got to read a lot more keys."Oliver added that there are still keys to read and techniques to play on defense, "but you're just playing football at the end of the day," he said. Not every defensive player, particularly those who are playing defense for the first time in several years, can play as freely as Oliver evidently has. It bodes well for defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker's unit. If one of the mor e athletic, hardworking and determined players on the roster can make a smooth transition and contribute, the progress that's expected out of the defense this year could be even more pronounced. "I love T.O.," safeties coach Nate Burton said. "He's got a great desire to learn, to be better. He wants to get better every day, studying film, asking questions. He uses every resource here imaginable to become the best version of himself, the best corner that he can be for us here at Georgia Tech." - Atlanta Journal Constitution
(DS#103 CB) Sr/2022 CB Tobias Oliver, Georgia Tech
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Whenever health and college athletics officials deem it appropriate for football to resume, the career of Georgia Tech's Tobias Oliver is in position to take another dramatic turn. Oliver, whose career journey has included stops as heir apparent quarterb ack for former coach Paul Johnson, possible solution at quarterback for coach Geoff Collins and then wide receiver, could be a keeper at cornerback. Oliver made the switch before spring practice. There are many reasons, not least of which was his perform ance in Tech's truncated spring practice, that he may have found a spot where he can thrive. "I think his progress was almost ridiculous," cornerback Tre Swilling told the AJC. "It was kind of almost like he'd been playing the position for a year or two before."In the practices in March, Oliver played the position with seeming ease, dropping back in coverage, breaking on passes and getting his hands on multiple passes. His size (6-foot-2 and 190 pounds) made him a fit, too. "He's a very good athl ete," Swilling said. "He's fast, he's strong, he can jump, he's smart. He has all the makeup and intangibles of a top corner. Obviously, he came in and made plays. I think by the time we stopped, he had the most, or was tied for the most, interceptions w e had in practice." He also won over another leader of the Yellow Jackets defense, linebacker David Curry. While acknowledging that Oliver has a lot to grasp at cornerback - he played quarterback at Northside-Warner Robins High - Curry appreciated his de termination to learn the position and his ability to make plays even as he was only starting out. "(The offense) tried to pick on Tobias, and he held his ground very, very well," Curry said. "As a defense, we were very pumped up for him." - Atlanta Journ al Constitution
(DS#103 CB) Sr/2022 CB Tobias Oliver, Georgia Tech
News Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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