Benjamin James Olson (born February 28, 1983) is a former American football college quarterback.

He played four injury-plagued seasons of college football at UCLA, starting 10 games (and appearing in four others) with the club.

[5] Upon graduation in 2002, Olson signed with Brigham Young University and redshirted his freshman season.

[1] Entering the 2008 season, Olson was the presumptive starting quarterback after a career-ending knee injury to Patrick Cowan, the named starter during spring practice.

The foot took longer than expected to heal and he finished his college football career without playing a game that year.