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New Detroit Lions guard Laken Tomlinson should transition well from college to the NFL

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  • Michael Rothstein, ESPN Detroit Lions reporter Close
    • Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com
    • Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Laken Tomlinson thought for a moment. Then he dropped an answer Friday afternoon that is foreign to so many potential NFL players.

Tomlinson, who was born in Jamaica and did not come to the United States until he was 11 years old, had never been to an NFL game before despite living in Chicago for middle school and high school at Lane Tech.