About TOM

Tom Lemming, a Chicago native, got his start as a stringer for suburban Chicago weeklies covering high school football games. In 1978, he began scouting football prospects, logging his findings in a newsletter he circulated to college coaches and fans alike. Tom Lemming was called “the mailman” as he delivered information about the best recruits to hundreds of college coaches and football fanatics by personally interviewing and scouting players from coast to coast. He continues his delivery by evaluating 1,200 of the top football recruits every year in his prep football tour. By traveling 50,000 miles from December through June with his tour, he diligently and tirelessly produces the Tom Lemming Prep Football Report, considered by many to be the "Bible" of college football recruiting.

“THE LEMMING REPORT IS THE BIBLE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECRUITING”
— Gil Brandt, NFL talent scout

He joined College Sports TV (CSTV), Now CBS Sports Network, after spending decades as the leading preps analyst for ESPN. Lemming has written for ESPN, USA Today and Sporting News and currently has his own show, "The Lemming Report," on CBS Sports Network. He was named one of "The Power 100" most powerful people in sports by The Sporting News magazine. Lemming also was in on the ground floor for the selection process of the top football prospects to participate in the US Army All-American Bowl Game and Combine hosted in San Antonio, TX.

Today, recruiters still visit his home during the May evaluation period to watch film on players from across the country. Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game recognized Lemming as the “only national football scout in America.” Tom starred as himself in the 2009 film adaption "The Blind Side." To this day, Tom Lemming remains one of the leading experts on college football recruiting and high school talent.