Phil Olsen Phillip Vernor Olsen ( born April 26 , 1948 ) is a former center and defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos and the son of Lynn Jay and Merle Olsen . He also was a member of the Buffalo Bills . He is the younger brother of Pro Football Hall of Fame r Merlin Olsen . High school . Olsen attended Logan High School , Logan , Utah from 1963 – 1966 . He was a three - year starter on the varsity football team as defensive tackle and offensive tackle . An all around athlete , he earned 8 varsity letters in football , basketball and track . While a Logan High Grizzly Olsen was voted All - Division , All - Region , All - State , All - American recognition in football as well as voted All - Division , All - Region in basketball ( averaging 18 points a game as a senior ) . He was on the Top 100 recruits list in football in 1966 . He received over 40 college football scholarship offers , making campus visits to Stanford , the University of Iowa , University of Utah , Brigham Young University , and Purdue University . College . Phil Olsen was a three - year letterman and three - year starter and in 1969 was a consensus All - America selection for the Utah State University Aggies , in Logan , UT . Olsen was an Alpha Sigma Nu Honorary as one of top 12 USU Seniors , 1970 , and like his brother Merlin is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity . Olsen was also the Aggie Team Captain , 1969 Team MVP , and the 1969 USU Athlete of the Year . Wayne Estes Memorial Award , 1970 for " Top USU Student / Athlete / Citizen " . His jersey No . 90 was retired in 1970 . After his senior season he played in the East West Shrine Game , the Hula Bowl , and College All - Star games . In Olsen ' s junior year of 1968 the Aggies were 7 – 3 and had wins over the University of Wisconsin , Memphis State University , West Texas State , Utah and BYU . He was voted honorable mention All - America honors that season . In his sophomore year of 1967 the Aggies were 7 – 2 – 1 that year and were seven points from a 10 – 0 season . USU lost to Colorado State University 16 – 14 on a controversial officiating call that cost the team potential game - winning field goal attempt . The Aggies also lost to New Mexico State 10 – 9 on a failed two - point conversion that tipped off the receiver ’ s hands in the end zone which would have won the game . USU tied Wichita State 3 – 3 in the season opener in which the Aggie defense held Wichita State to 65 total yards and −2 yards rushing . ( Former Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson was the WSU coaching staff at that time ) . Wichita State amassed only 65 yards in that game , the third - best effort in USU history . The Aggies held San Diego State University to −5 yards rushing and the University of the Pacific to −35 yards rushing , setting the then school record in that category in the process . Olsen was co - Captain of the freshman football Team and played on the freshman basketball team as well . ( Freshman were not allowed to play NCAA varsity sports until 1972 ) . Dale Brown , of LSU fame , was Olsen ' s hoops coach as a freshman . That 1966 – 67 freshman basketball team still holds the record for most wins by a freshman team at USU . Member of the State of Utah ’ s Sports Hall of Fame ( inducted 1985 ) and USU ’ s All - Century Football Team . Inducted into the Utah State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 . In 2000 , was selected by " Sports Illustrated " as one of the State of Utah ’ s Top 50 Athletes of the Century . From 2002 – 2006 was a finalist for the College Football Hall of Fame . He is also a Sigma Chi from the Gamma Kappa Chapter at Utah State University . NFL career . Drafted in the first round ( overall # 4 ) of the 1970 draft by the Boston Patriots . Prior to reporting to the Patriots , he suffered a severe knee injury in practice the week of the College All - Star game in Chicago , IL when DT Mike McCoy of the University of Notre Dame , fell on his right knee , ending his 1970 season . Traded to the Rams before the 1971 season for a No . 1 draft choice and additional financial compensation . Suffered a second injury to the same knee after winning the starting position at right defensive tackle , yet was able to come back after five weeks and be the starter for the Rams in 1971 and 1972 next to his brother , Merlin Olsen . Merlin and Phil played side - by - side as defensive tackles for the Los Angeles Rams in 1971 and 1972 , the only time in NFL history this has ever happened . A younger brother Orrin , played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1976 . Merlin , Phil and Orrin were all playing in the NFL in 1976 , which is one of the few times in NFL history that three brothers have ever played at the same time . In 1973 and 1974 Phil was moved to defensive end where he backed up Fred Dryer and Jack Youngblood . Traded to the Broncos in 1975 where he reunited with Coach John Ralston who had recruited him out of high school to Stanford and had coached him the East - West Shrine Game . Olsen switched positions again , this time to center where he played through 1976 . Olsen was the captain of the Broncos return teams both seasons there . In 1976 Rick Upchurch had a spectacular year as a rookie kick returner . That year , the Broncos tied the then - NFL record with 6 kicks returned for touchdowns , with Upchurch setting the NFL mark for punt returns for a touchdown in a season with four . That same season , in addition to starting more than half the games at center , Olsen blocked four kicks ( a punt , two PATs and a field goal ) . The Broncos beat the New York Giants 14 – 13 after Olsen blocked a PAT and for his efforts he was presented a game ball . He moved on to the Buffalo Bills to reunite with his Ram coach Chuck Knox as one of the " Knox ' s Guys " . These were players who Chuck Knox would bring into his teams to provide leadership , skill and experience . However Phil subsequently suffered a third knee injury and spent his time in Buffalo on the injured reserve unit .