Background
Oliphant was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
Oliphant was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
He attended Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington, then transferred to Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington midway through his junior year.
He also played in the Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) for the Sacramento Gold Miners and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He did not play varsity high school football. Oliphant played college football at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division I University of Puget Sound, where he was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American in 1986.
That year, he also set school records for most points scored in one game and most points scored in a season.
Oliphant graduated in 1988. Oliphant was selected in the third round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.
He was then traded to the Cleveland Browns in 1989 for Earnest Byner. He was in Cleveland for three seasons, spending all of 1990 and 12 games of 1991 on injured-reserve status with hamstring injuries.
He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks in 1992, but was released before the start of the season.
He finished his career in the Canadian Football League with the Sacramento Gold Miners and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
