According to analytics site Pro Football Focus, Oliver led the NFL among tight ends with a 74.2 run-blocking grade in 2024 and earned the fourth-highest grade during the 2023 season with a 73.9.
Oliver initially joined the Vikings in March 2023 as a free agent. Through his first two seasons in Minnesota, he's totaled 44 catches for 471 yards and five touchdowns.
The California native started his NFL journey in Jacksonville in 2019 after being drafted 69th overall out of San Jose State. Oliver spent two seasons with the Jaguars before he was traded to Baltimore, where he spent the next two seasons (2021-22).
Oliver is part of a Vikings tight ends room that includes T.J. Hockenson and 2025 sixth-round draft pick Gavin Bartholomew. Bryson Nesbit and Ben Yurosek were signed as undrafted rookies, and Minnesota on Tuesday also [signed free agent](https://www.vikings.com/news/giovanni-ricci-tight-end-signed-matt-harmon-released) Giovanni Ricci.