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Lethbridge football player Tanner McLachlan drafted by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals

Lethbridge football player Tanner McLachlan drafted by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals

Years of hard work paid off for Tanner McLachlan after he heard his name called at the NFL draft last Saturday. The Bengals picked the 25-year-old tight end in the sixth round with the 194th overall pick. That made McLachlan the first ever player from Lethbridge to be drafted by an NFL team. On Wednesday over 100 people packed in the gym at McLachlan's old high school, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, to celebrate McLachlan's accomplishment.