Olivea was also a member of the New York Giants, as well as the Florida Tuskers and Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League (UFL).

Olivea grew up in Long Beach, New York, and attended Lawrence High School his senior year.

Originally valued as a third rounder, Olivea strained his pectoral muscle lifting weights about a week before the draft and this scared away a lot of teams.

Concerning Olivea's injury status, A. J. said, “We checked him out, like a lot of clubs, but medical staffs vary.

We were doing other things (in earlier rounds), so selfishly we were kind of glad he took a ride (dropped in draft status) and he was still there.

[6] Olivea died on March 2, 2022, at the age of 40, with the cause of death revealed on June 21 to be from hypertensive heart disease contributed by obesity.