Nick Adamle Class: Freshman Hometown: Wheaton, Ill. High School: Wheaton North Height / Weight: 6-4 / 295 Position: OL Birthdate: 10/12/1989

High School: Rivals.com All-Region, SuperPrep All-Midwest and PrepStar All-Midwest Region offensive lineman ... Ranked 14th among all players in SuperPrep Illinois player ranking and 24th among all players (fifth among offensive linemen) in Rivals.com Illinois player ranking ... Ranked 62nd nationally among offensive tackles by SuperPrep and 63rd nationally among offensive guards by ESPN/Scouts, Inc. ... Class 7A all-state selection and a two-time DuPage Valley Conference offensive lineman ... Tom Lemming All-American ... Chicago Tribune All-State special mention ... Daily Herald All-Area ... Two-year letterwinner as a guard and tackle for the Falcons ... Team captain ... Also played two years of basketball .. Four-year Honor Roll student ... Two-time academic all-state and all-conference honoree ... Coached by Matt Foster.

Personal: Born Nicholas David Adamle on 10/12/1989 ... Son of Mark and Susan Adamle ... Has tremendous football bloodlines: uncle, Mike, is one of NU's all-time great running backs, having starred with the Wildcats from 1968 to 1970 ... His grandfather, Tony, was a fullback at Ohio State and an NFL all-pro player with the Cleveland Browns; his father, Mark, played at Purdue; and his uncle, Vic, played at Eastern Michigan and coached at Kansas and Minnesota (1997-2007) ... His uncle, Greg Neidballa, played tennis for Northwestern (1980-83).