Tom Lemming is an American

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recruiting analyst. Tom Lemming serves as the host of ''The Lemming Report'' on

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, the only national weekly high school football recruiting show. He is the editor of ''The Tom Lemming Prep Football Report'', considered by many to be "the bible" of

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recruiting. Lemming, a

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native, got his start as a stringer for suburban Chicago weeklies covering high school football games. In 1978, he began scouting football prospects, interviewing John Elway,

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, and

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, and filed his first Prep Football Report in 1979. Lemming was featured in

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's critically acclaimed book, '' The Blind Side'', and played himself in the 2009 Oscar-winning movie of the same name. He also appeared in The Hopeful in 2011, an award-winning documentary on high school football. He travels the country each year and personally interviews hundreds of high school athletes in order to produce his prep football report, a 360-page magazine. He has also co-authored a book, ''Football's Second Season'', which chronicles his cross country journeys and his passion as a recruiting analyst. Lemming has written for

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'' and is often quoted in newspapers across the country and appears on over 200 radio shows a year.

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