NFL draft: Central Michigan OL Luke Goedeke picked by Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Round 2

For the first time this weekend, a Central Michigan Chippewa heard his name called in the NFL draft

Luke Goedeke, the former right tackle for the Chippewas went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the No. 58 overall pick in the second round.

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Goedeke took a circuitous path to the league. Goedeke was originally a tight end (when he started his career at Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point) before he began eating 7,000 calories per day to put on weight as he joined CMU and moved to tackle.

Goedeke had given up football after high school, going to a D3 before realizing he couldn't live without it.

He sent emails to CMU's coaching staff about walking on and was floored when they offered him a scholarship.

Now, he will help protect the game's most famous quarterback, Tom Brady.

Not exactly the prototypical path to the league.

For Goedeke, another position change will be likely. The 6-foot-5, 312-pound Whitelaw, Wisconsin, native, has shorter arms at 32¼ inches, which would suggest he moves interior to one of the guard spots.

Goedeke profiles as a potential plug-and-play guy with above-average technique and the ability to hold and finish blocks at an elite level.

"I’m a nasty guy," he told the Free Press in March. "Like, there’s not much greater feeling I get than imposing my will on another grown man and driving him into the dirt, whether that was at tight end or offensive line. And offensive line I’m able to do it a lot more, so this is right up my alley."

He’s strongest in the run game, earning a 94.3 PFF run-block grade in 2021, but he’s also proficient in pass protection: PFF had him as the sixth-best tackle in the nation in that regard, with a 92.2 grade.

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Goedeke missed two games his senior year for undisclosed reasons, but did start 10 times at right tackle and was named to the All-Mid-American Conference team.

He sat out Central Michigan's bowl game, but was invited to the combine — however he only participated in the bench press, sitting out the rest of the drills as he worked his way back from a hamstring injury suffered at the Senior Bowl.

Goedeke has since indicated his hamstring injury won't be a problem moving forward.

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