Western Carolina University

2022 (5th Year): Played in all 11 games with seven starts along WCU’s offensive line … Made his WCU debut as a reserve in the season-opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3) … Made his first start for the Purple & Gold in the home win over VMI (Oct. 1) … Helped the Catamount offense set a single-season school record of 5,339 yards of total offense … Did not record an official statistics.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2022 after graduating from UMass ... Began his collegiate career at Iowa Western in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 2018; At UMass: Played in 25 games along the offensive between 2019-21 with 21 starts for the FBS Independent program ... Was on the watch list for the Rimington Trophy - awarded to the nation's best collegiate center -- in 2020 as a junior ... Did not record individual statistics; At Iowa Western: Played on the offensive line in the 2018 season, helping the squad to a 10-1 record and a win in the Graphic Bowl, 19-17, over Snow College ... Blocked for the Iowa Western offense that averaged 29.2 points and 379.4 yards per game ... Was a three-start JUCO recruit with an overall grade of 80, according to 247Sports.com; High School: Scored the first-ever touchdown for Eastern HS on a 12-yard pass in the school's first varsity game back in 2014 as a part of a two TD performance ... Also played baseball as a prep.

Personal: Full name is Dalton Scott Tomlison ... Is the son of Martha and Scott Tomlison ... His father, Scott, who was his high school coach at Eastern HS, played football at Glenville State and his mother played basketball at Glenville State ... Was born in Portsmouth, Ohio ... Has three siblings: Shay, Laken, and Brewer.