2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 97
Oliver Billotte
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 298
- Hometown:
- Clearfield, Pa.
- High School:
- Clearfield
- Major:
- Labor and Employment Relations
Career: Played in 41 games with 15 starts on the defensive line ... totaled 58 tackles with 5.5 for loss, a sack and three pass breakups ... contributed six stops for Rutgers in 2025 ... saw action in 29 games with 15 starts on the defensive line for Kent State the previous three seasons (2022-24) … picked up 52 tackles with five for loss.
2025 (Senior): Played in all 12 games ... totaled six tackles with one for loss ... added two stops versus No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... assisted on a tackle-for-loss against Norfolk State (9/13) ... posted two tackles in Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28).
2024 (Junior at Kent State): Played in five games with four starts on the defensive line … totaled 11 tackles with one for loss … added a pass breakup … collected three stops and a pass batted down at No. 10 Penn State (9/21) … in on three tackles at No. 7 Tennessee (9/14) … notched a season-high four stops with one in the backfield versus Saint Francis (9/7) … posted a tackle at Pittsburgh (8/31).
2023 (Sophomore at Kent State): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts on the defensive line … totaled 30 tackles with two for loss and a sack … added a pass breakup … had three tackles versus Bowling Green (11/8) … matched career high with five stops at Akron (11/1) … broke up a pass with three tackles against Buffalo (10/21) … in on a career-high five stops with one in the backfield at Eastern Michigan (10/14) … picked up a sack versus Miami (Ohio) (9/30) … registered three tackles against Central Connecticut State (9/16) and at Arkansas (9/9) … contributed a pair of tackles at UCF (8/31).
2022 (Freshman at Kent State): Played in all 12 games … totaled 11 tackles with two for a loss and a pass breakup … had two stops at Buffalo (11/26) … posted a tackle-for-loss at Bowling Green (11/9) … broke up a pass at Toledo (10/15) … recorded a stop in the backfield at No. 1 Georgia (9/24) … contributed a tackle at No. 9 Oklahoma (9/10) … made collegiate debut at Washington (9/3).
Prior to College: An all-state selection on defense … named a MAC League All-Star three times … saw action at quarterback, linebacker and defensive end … totaled 99 tackles with 9.5 for loss and 3.5 sacks … accounted for 34 touchdowns on offense … also competed in wrestling and placed in the state tournament.
Major: Labor and Employment Relations
2025 (Senior): Played in all 12 games ... totaled six tackles with one for loss ... added two stops versus No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... assisted on a tackle-for-loss against Norfolk State (9/13) ... posted two tackles in Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28).
2024 (Junior at Kent State): Played in five games with four starts on the defensive line … totaled 11 tackles with one for loss … added a pass breakup … collected three stops and a pass batted down at No. 10 Penn State (9/21) … in on three tackles at No. 7 Tennessee (9/14) … notched a season-high four stops with one in the backfield versus Saint Francis (9/7) … posted a tackle at Pittsburgh (8/31).
2023 (Sophomore at Kent State): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts on the defensive line … totaled 30 tackles with two for loss and a sack … added a pass breakup … had three tackles versus Bowling Green (11/8) … matched career high with five stops at Akron (11/1) … broke up a pass with three tackles against Buffalo (10/21) … in on a career-high five stops with one in the backfield at Eastern Michigan (10/14) … picked up a sack versus Miami (Ohio) (9/30) … registered three tackles against Central Connecticut State (9/16) and at Arkansas (9/9) … contributed a pair of tackles at UCF (8/31).
2022 (Freshman at Kent State): Played in all 12 games … totaled 11 tackles with two for a loss and a pass breakup … had two stops at Buffalo (11/26) … posted a tackle-for-loss at Bowling Green (11/9) … broke up a pass at Toledo (10/15) … recorded a stop in the backfield at No. 1 Georgia (9/24) … contributed a tackle at No. 9 Oklahoma (9/10) … made collegiate debut at Washington (9/3).
Prior to College: An all-state selection on defense … named a MAC League All-Star three times … saw action at quarterback, linebacker and defensive end … totaled 99 tackles with 9.5 for loss and 3.5 sacks … accounted for 34 touchdowns on offense … also competed in wrestling and placed in the state tournament.
Major: Labor and Employment Relations
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