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Tommy Kraemer is an Offensive Lineman for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. After going undrafted in the 2021 NFL Draft, Kraemer the 6-5, 309-pounder signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent following a year in South Bend where he was one piece of another dominant offensive line unit with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Kraemer hails from Elder High School, the same high school as former Irish tight end and and current Minnesota Viking Kyle Rudolph. Kraemer helped Elder to a 9-4 record and quarterfinal appearance in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I playoffs as a senior in 2015. He was the 2015 Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year, the first offensive lineman to win Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year since 2006. He was also a U.S. Army All-American and Division I first-team all-state and Ohio’s No. 1-ranked player by 247Sports, No. 2-ranked player by Scout, No. 4-ranked player by ESPN and No. 1-ranked player by Rivals. Lastly, as a senior for the Panthers, he had 156 pancake blocks and anchored an offense that racked up 5,064 yards of total offense and averaged 390.3 yards per game for Elder.
In his freshman season at Notre Dame, Kraemer joined Ian Book, Liam Eichenberg, Tony Jones Jr., Jonathan Jones, Deon McIntosh, D.J. Morgan, Adetokunbo Ogundeji and John Shannon as first-year players who helped the Irish on their respective scout teams.
In 2017, Kraemer helped Notre Dame set the modern single-game record for rushing yards per carry in a September game against Boston College. The Irish averaged 10.1 yards per carry and totaled 515 yards against the Eagles. That helped Notre Dame set a single-season school record with 3,503 rushing yards. Kraemer was part of the offensive line that paved the way for the seventh-ranked rushing offense in the FBS (269.3 rush yards/game)–Notre Dame has not ranked higher in the FBS since 1995. The offensive line helped Notre Dame run for over 300 yards seven times in 2017 (the Irish eclipsed 300 yards rushing seven times over the previous 17 years combined) Notre Dame rushed for 35 touchdowns in 2017, which was the most by the Irish since 1993. The offensive line helped Irish set the single-season record for rush yards per carry in 2017 as Notre Dame averaged 6.3 yards per rush, which not only bested the previous modern-day mark of 5.63—set just two years ago in 2015—but also topped the previous school record of 6.2, which was set in 1921 (96 years ago)
In 2018, Kraemer played in 12 games, starting 10. In 2019, Kraemer started the first seven games of the year before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Michigan. The offensive lineman did not allow a sack, while conceding just one QB hit and three hurries, on 2020 pass-block snaps on the year. He was named AFCA Second Team All-American (2019) and Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll.
In 2020, Kraemer started in the 52-0 win vs. South Florida (9/19) for an offensive line that allowed zero sacks on Irish quarterbacks and paved the way for six rushing touchdowns, the ACC’s most in a single game at that point in the season. With its performance, the O-Line was Pro Football Focus’ top-rated offensive line of the week for the second week in a row; Notre Dame’s 281 rushing yards were the most by any ACC team that week, and only one ACC team had posted more rushing yards in a single game previously that season. Against the Boston College Eagles, Kraemer was named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance, in which he started for an offensive line that paved the way for 561 yards of total offense (278 rushing with three touchdowns, 283 passing with three touchdowns and zero sacks) and 34:27 time of possession in the 45-31 win. (11/14).
The featured Notre Dame Fighting Irish Under Armour Sweatpants were worn by Tommy Kraemer in training as a member of the Irish. The talented offensive lineman has signed the Sweatpants and added his number “78” in black. There is a small hole on the right leg of the sweatpants. (Please see Images) The Sweatpants were obtained directly from the former Notre Dame Leader!!!
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