Tommy Kraemer

Tommy Kraemer (born April 16, 1998) is an American football offensive guard for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Notre Dame.^[1]

Personal life and high school[]

Tommy Kraemer was born on April 16, 1998 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Elder High School, where he protected future Northwestern and rival quarterback Peyton Ramsey. After his successful time at Elder High School, Kraemer won the Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year award.^[2]

College career[]

Kraemer was rated as the fourth best player from the state of Ohio going into college, and chose to attend Notre Dame University. In his freshman year, Kraemer never was entered into a game. In his sophomore year, Kraemer started his first game, and later started twelve out of the thirteen games that season. Kraemer helped create a powerful rushing offense which averaged 269.3 rushing yards per game, seventh in the FBS. In his junior year, Kraemer played in twelve games, and started in ten of them. In his senior season, Kraemer started the seven first games before suffering a season-ending knee injury versus Michigan. During that season, Kraemer had not allowed a single sack before getting injured. In his graduate and final season, Kraemer once again started ten out of the twelve games that season. Following his graduate year, Kraemer was named on the first team All-ACC team and the All-American third team.^[3]

Professional career[]

After going undrafted in the 2021 NFL Draft, Kraemer was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Detroit Lions. Kraemer was waived before the 2021 NFL season began, but was placed on the practice squad.^[4] Before week 8 of the 2021 NFL season, Kraemer was promoted to the active roster.^[5] He was waived on November 2 and re-signed to the practice squad.^[6] He was promoted back to the active roster on November 23.

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