Report: Collin Oliver signs four-year, $4.6 million deal with Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers have signed former Oklahoma State linebacker Collin Oliver to a four-year, $4.6 million deal, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. Olliver, 22, was selected 159th overall in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Oliver spent four seasons with the Cowboys, seeing time at both defensive end and linebacker. He finished his collegiate career with 134 total tackles, 42 tackles for loss, 23.5 sacks, seven PBUs and five forced fumbles.

His best season came as a freshman in 2021, when he dominated Big 12 competition. Oliver led the conference with 11.5 sacks, adding 16 tackles for loss.

At 6-foot-2, 240 pounds, Olliver ran a 4.56 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine. He brings some welcomed versatility to Jeff Hafley‘s defense in Green Bay.

Packers thrilled to add Collin Oliver to defense

“Whatever the defensive coordinator wants me to play,” Oliver said. “It does not matter where I fit in at. To me, I feel like I can be a linebacker, edge rusher. I can be both. It’s whatever the defensive coordinator sees me fit. I want to play that, whatever that position is, to the best of my ability. Whether it’s linebacker or edge, whether it’s punt returner, kick returner, the quarterback, running back, whatever it is, I’m going to play it to the best of my ability.”

Due to his size, it’s entirely possible he ends up being a situational pass rusher for the Packers. Milt Hendrickson, Packers director of football operations, just sees him as a “really good football player.”

“The niche is that he’s a really good football player,” Hendrickson said. “If you say the old-school DPR [designated pass rusher] situational pass rusher, if you want to put a tag on him right now, I’d say that’s probably if you were to put him in a position that would be it. But we took him with the idea that the things coach Hafley wants to do, he’s going to allow some multi alignments that just increased his value in our eyes.”