The name Tommy Elrod probably doesn’t mean much to Detroit Lions fans, but coach Jim Caldwell knows the former Wake Forest player, coach and announcer well.
Elrod played four years under Caldwell as a walk-on, backup quarterback and later served a dozen years as a graduate assistant and assistant coach for Jim Grobe, Caldwell’s replacement at Wake Forest. After Grobe resigned, Elrod wasn’t retained, but took a role in the booth for the school’s radio broadcast.
Elrod made national news last week when an investigation determined he was leaking game plan information to Wake Forest’s opponents.
“I can only tell you I know what I know,” Caldwell said.