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From Jamaica to Super Bowl LIV- Laken Tomlinson

2/1/2020

 
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Jamaican-American 49ers guard Laken Tomlinson (75)
Photo: NFL
On Super Bowl Sunday, Jamaican-born Laken Tomlinson​ will be the starting left guard for the 49ers. For Tomlinson, this is a dream come true. Born on the western coast in Savanna-la-mar, Jamaica on February 9, 1992, the only sport the 27 year-old NFL star knew was soccer, which he played barefooted with other kids in the neighborhood.  Leaving his father behind, he migrated to the United States in 2003 at age 11 with his mother, Audrey Wilson and three siblings- Guhvane,Chelsea and Jehmaul- to Chicago, Illinois thanks to his maternal grandparents who immigrated from Jamaica to the United States in the 1980s to help pave the way for greater opportunities for his family.  

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