Laken Tomlinson

Signed by Seattle as UFA on April 15, 2024.

TRANSACTIONS:

06/11/15: Drafted by Detroit (1st round, 28th overall)
08/31/17: Traded to San Francisco
06/22/18: Re-signed by San Francisco
03/17/22: Signed by New York Jets
03/01/24: Released by New York Jets
04/15/24: Signed by Seattle as UFA

NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• 146 career games (138 starts) for DET (2015-16), SF (2017-21), and Jets (2022-23), at both left and right guard

• Has started 114 consecutive games since Week Two of 2017.

• Has started all seven career postseason games, including Super Bowl LIV, with DET (2016) and SF (2019, 2021).

COLLEGE: Started all 52 games in which he appeared in during five years at Duke (2010-14) ∙ As a senior (2014), was a consensus All-America selection and was named First-Team All-ACC by both the league's head coaches and Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association after he started all 13 games as the line led the nation in fewest TFLs allowed per game (3.15) and ranked 1st in the ACC in sacks allowed per passing att. (36.23) and second in sacks allowed per game (1.00) ∙ Was named first-team All-ACC as a junior in 2013.

PERSONAL: Grew up in Savanna-la-mar, Jamaica before moving to Chicago with his mom, Audrey Wilson, and three siblings when he was 11 years old ∙ Before moving to America, he played soccer and cricket barefoot with friends ∙ Started playing football at Lane Tech (IL) College Prep his freshman year of high school, which was about an hour away from where he lived in Chicago.