Education
Olawale attended three high schools (Long Beach Poly High School, De Louisiana Salle High School and Street Ignatius College Preparatory).
Olawale attended three high schools (Long Beach Poly High School, De Louisiana Salle High School and Street Ignatius College Preparatory).
He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at North Texas. He played two seasons at El Camino Junior College, before transferring to the University of North Texas.
Dallas Cowboys
After not being selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, he received a tryout invitation for rookie-minicamp where he was converted from wide receiver to running back, and performed well enough to be signed as an undrafted free agent on May 14.
Although he enjoyed a great preseason, he was waived on August 31, after the team decided to keep Phillip Tanner. He was signed to the team"s practice squad.
Oakland Raiders
On December 4, 2012, the Oakland Raiders hampered by injuries to running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson, signed Olawale from the Dallas Cowboys practice squad and played in 3 games during the season. On December 21, 2014, he scored his first professional touchdown against the Buffalo Bills.
Olawale is a core special teams player.
In 2013, he registered 8 special teams tackles (third on the team). The next year he tallied 7 tackles on special teams.