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Packers rookie tight end Tucker Kraft is already becoming a fan favorite with one Culver's tweet

christopher kuhagen, milwaukee journal sentinel
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Green Bay Packers rookie Tucker Kraft is already endearing himself to fans in Wisconsin.

Kraft, the Packers' third-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft, took notice of the volume of one particular restaurant chain in the state on his way to rookie minicamp last week: Culver's.

And the 6-foot-5, 254-pound tight end isn't complaining. In fact, Culver's appears to be his go-to restaurant, according to his fiancée.

"There really is a Culvers at every Wisconsin exit and I'm here for it," Kraft tweeted Thursday.

Kraft, along with the members of the Packers' 2023 draft class, participated in rookie minicamp over the weekend. Organized team activities and minicamp are up next so Kraft will have plenty of time to have his share of butterburgers and concrete mixers.

There are five Culver's in the immediate Green Bay area, including one just a couple miles from Lambeau Field. Wisconsin has 146 Culver's restaurants, the most of any state in the country.

But Kraft certainly isn't new to Culver's, as his fiancée Baylee Jandahl pointed out on Twitter Friday.

Given that he chose Culver's after proposing earlier this year, it has to be welcome news for Kraft to see all the Culver's restaurants in Wisconsin.

South Dakota, where Kraft spent his entire life, is home to just 14 Culver's and they're much more spread out. There are no Culver's in the city (Timber Lake) where Kraft grew up and the closest one is in Aberdeen, about 140 miles to the east.

There is a Culver's in Brookings, where Kraft attended college at South Dakota State. But if that one was busy, he'd have to drive over 40 minutes to the north in Watertown for the closest one.

Culver's — founded in 1984 and headquartered in Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin — is making Kraft feel right at home in return.

Not surprisingly, Packers Twitter became more Kraft fans after his tweet.

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Packers rookie Tucker Kraft becomes fan favorite over Culver's tweet