The surprise of the Rams offseason program didn't have any scholarship offers out of high school, or prep school.
He wasn't invited to a college all-star game or the NFL Combine, despite being Buffalo's first consensus All-American. And as we know, he didn't hear his name called on draft weekend.
None of that hindered Dolac on his path to Los Angeles, however, in part because none of it registered as true adversity or heartbreak relative to what he's weathered in his personal life.
Cancer claimed his father in 2016. Then more recently, one of his best friends took his own life. Dolac spoke with eloquence on both those tragedies on a new Rams Revealed, sharing a message of hope for those wrangling with cancer or mental health challenges, and reflected on how his losses impact the football player and teammate he's become.