Post by The Cats on Jun 18, 2018 6:21:57 GMT -5
It's now 75 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 1, 2018, against the Newberry College Wolves, in Cullowhee.
For the season's kick-off game, the Cats will host a "White Out" in E.J. Whitmire Stadium as the Cats sport their all-white look, white Adidas jerseys over white pants; and for the fourth-straight year, a postgame fireworks extravaganza.
To help pass those long summer days, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, and knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the 100-day football countdown each day until kickoff day.
Today we'll continue to highlight the offensive line-
#75 Nathan Dalton
Class: RS Senior
Hometown: East Flat Rock, N.C.
High School: East Henderson HS
Height / Weight: 6-7 / 315
Position: OL
2017 (Redshirt Junior): Selected preseason second-team All-Southern Conference by the league's head coaches ... Also garnered second-team honors on the preseason All-SoCon team by College Sports Madness.
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 11 games along the offensive line with four starts at right guard, one at left tackle, and six at right tackle ... Was a part of the offensive line unit that paved the way for Detrez Newsome's second-straight, 1,000-yard rushing season ... Credited with two tackles, both coming against The Citadel (Oct. 1) ... Selected to the 2016 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference team and Named to the 2016-17 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 11 of the team's games with nine-consecutive starts at right guard to end the season ... Graded out at over 82-percent on the season along the offensive line ... Named to the 2015 Southern Conference All-Freshman team ... Was a part of an offensive line that helped produce WCU's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2006 ... Named to the 2015-16 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2014 (Freshman): Enrolled in the spring semester at Western Carolina and went through spring drills.
Prior to Western Carolina: Was named the Western North Carolina Athletic Conference lineman of the year ... Named to the Asheville Citizen-Times All-WNC team ... Graded out at 90-percent with 46 pancake blocks for East Henderson ... Selected to represent North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl ... Also played along the defensive front, finishing with 67 tackles including 29 solo stops ... Listed as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com.
Personal: Is the son of Lee and Jeannine Dalton.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
