Tommy Doles

Height:
6-6
Weight:
270
Position:
OL
Class:
First-Year
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School:
Grand Rapids Christian

2018: A senior captain, appeared in 13 games and made 11 starts at right guard … Helped protect quarterback Clayton Thorson as he threw for 3,183 yards, the third-highest mark in the Big Ten … also helped pave the way for first-year running back Isaiah Bowser, who averaged 108 rushing yards per game over the last eight games of the season … Academic All-Big Ten.

2017: Started all 13 games at right guard ... Consensus Third-Team All-Big Ten ... Helped pave the way for running back Justin Jackson to rush for 1,000 yards in a fourth-straight season ... Has been key in protecting All-Big Ten quarterback Clayton Thorson, who ranked fourth in the Big Ten in passing yards ... Has started 25-consecutive games at right guard since the start of the 2016 season ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2016: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten as voted by the conference’s coaches and media ... CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 selection ... Started all 13 games as a redshirt sophomore, including 12 at right guard and one at right tackle ... Helped pave the way for junior running back Justin Jackson, who became the first player in program history to rush for over 1,000 yards in three-straight seasons and finished with a career-high 1,524 yards and 15 touchdowns ... Part of a starting unit that totaled over 400 yards of offense in six games, including a season-high 605 yards in the Wildcats’ 45-17 win at Purdue ... Named Offensive Big Playmaker by NU coaching staff following the Western Michigan game ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015:Made his collegiate debut versus Eastern Illinois ... Appeared in six games on field goal and extra-point units ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2014: Redshirted his first year on campus.

High School: Deemed the state of Michigan's No. 12 overall prospect and the No. 2 offensive line recruit in the state by 247Sports ... Earned a three-star rating from Rivals ... Three-time OK White All-Conference selection and a 2013 first-team All-State honoree ... Named to the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News All-State Dream Team and twice was named to the Grand Rapids Press Area Dream Team ... Played left tackle on offense as well as on the defensive line ... Helped Grand Rapids Christian win a 2012 Division 3 state championship and was named team MVP as a senior in 2013 ... Team captain ... First-team Academic All-State ... President of school's National Honor Society and Student Congress ... Also the recipient of school's Ron Holland Scholar-Athlete Award.

Personal: Born Thomas Steven Doles in Grand Rapids, Mich. ... Son of Jack and Susan Doles ... Father is the sports director and a broadcaster for WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids ... Comes from a long line of athletes, as his grandfather played basketball at DePaul, his cousin (Kyle Lichtenburg) played football at Iowa State and two aunts played Division I volleyball ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan, Iowa State and the service academies ... Heavily involved in leading FCA chapels and played first-chair tuba in his school's symphonic band ... Birthday is Christmas Day (1995) ... Undergraduate major was political science ... Enrolled in Kellogg Master's of Management Studies program.