The last name Brockermeyer carries a lot of tradition behind it in the world of football. Blake Brockermeyer was an All-American Texas high school football offensive lineman, a Hall of Honor player at the University of Texas in 1994 and a first-round pick in the 1995 NFL draft before a nine-year career.

After his playing career the legendary lineman decided to take up coaching and was hired by Aaron Beck to be the offensive line, wide-receivers and strength coach at All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth.

With dad being a coach, all four of the Brockermeyer prodigies lived and breathed All Saint’s football before they could even walk.

“The Brockermeyer family and what they’ve been to me personally and to our school and to our program has been fantastic over my timeline,” said All Saint’s head coach Aaron Beck.

Coach Beck has had the opportunity to coach all four Brockermeyer boys. The last of which, James and Tommy, are heading into their senior year ready to carry on the family tradition of absolutely dominating the trenches.

“There’s not a lot of humans on the earth that look like Tommy,” chuckled Beck. “He’s got the intangibles that God gifted him with like his size and his athleticism.”

To say the offensive tackle passes the eyeball test is an understatement. Standing at 6-foot-6 and weighing 283 pounds, the workhorse is a defensive linemen’s worst nightmare.                                  

“My biggest strength is my athleticism. Being as big as I am, I still have really good feet and am able to move fast,” described Brockermeyer. “I also have long arms and am smart on the field about reading defenses and understanding who I am going up against.”

These skills came as no surprise to his head coach who has known Tommy since well before his first pancake block.

“I knew from day 1 that as soon as Tommy knew what a helmet was, he was going to be really good,” said Beck.

“His sophomore year was a learning experience and if you look at his film you could just tell that when he learns how to control and really learns the game, he will be such a dominant presence,” Beck said.

Then, trouble hit.

In the off-season heading into his junior year, the budding star tore his labrum in his right shoulder, an injury that would prevent him from stepping onto the field for his entire junior season.

“It definitely sucked… and as time went on it still sucked but you kind of get used to your roll on the team and accept it,” Brockermeyer said. “My role was to help in any way I could by coaching my other guys and hyping up the team.”

The time spent away from the field post-surgery only made him hungrier to return.

“I did all my rehab, got to the point where I could slowly start lifting, and then my dad and I slowly began to start working on offensive line drills,” Brockermeyer said. “We made sure we took our time until I could really get back into things.”

As the 2020 football season approaches, it has been made quite clear that Tommy Brockermeyer will undoubtedly be playing at the colligate level after graduating from All Saints. That being said, the senior will not take his final year as a Saint for granted.

“We’re going for the championship next year,” Brockermeyer said.

While time will tell if this goal is accomplished, there is a larger standard that has been set by each of the four boys for their entire lives…

“It’s an honor to have this last name and hopefully I’m able to live up to it,” Brockermeyer said.