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TENNESSEE TRIVIA - Speed rusher finished fourth on the team in 2008 with six quarterback hurries.
CAREER GAMES/STARTS - 20/0
2008 - Games/Starts: 12/0 ... Appeared in every game as backup on defensive line ... Recorded 18 tackles -- highest total among all reserve defensive linemen ... Recorded first career sack at Auburn ... Had career-high three tackles in consecutive weeks against Alabama and South Carolina ... Forced fumble against Mississippi State.
2007 - Games/Starts: 8/0 ... Bounced back from minor preseason injury that delayed playing debut until mid-September ... Appeared in all but three of the season's final 11 regular season games ... Contributed two tackles each against Arkansas State, Georgia and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Excellent leaping ability led to his becoming kick-blocking specialist.
HIGH SCHOOL - Parade All-America as 2006 linebacker ... State's No. 1 overall prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Gatorade Player of the Year in Ohio ... All-League Player of the Year as senior ... First-team All-State a senior and second-team All-State as junior ... Two-time All-Region, All-League and All-City ... Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year as a junior ... Totaled 112 tackles with 14 tackles-for-loss and eight sacks as senior linebacker ... Against Elder in 2006, earned 20 tackles and two sacks ... As junior, tallied 71 tackles with 15 tackles-for-loss, 14 sacks, three forced fumbles and 15 quarterback hurries while playing mostly defensive end ... Three-year starter on defense ... Two-year starter on basketball team.
COACH AT LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL - Tom Grippa.
BORN - March 22, 1988.
| BEN MARTIN CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||
| DEFENSE | SACKS/ | TFL/ | FR/ | INT/ | HIGH | ||||||
| YEAR | G | UT | AT | TT | YDS | YDS | FF | YDS | PD | YDS | TKLE |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2-3x |
| 2008 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1/3 | 2/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3-2x |
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1/3 | 2/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3-2x |
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TENNESSEE TRIVIA - Speed rusher finished fourth on the team in 2008 with six quarterback hurries.
CAREER GAMES/STARTS - 20/0
2008 - Games/Starts: 12/0 ... Appeared in every game as backup on defensive line ... Recorded 18 tackles -- highest total among all reserve defensive linemen ... Recorded first career sack at Auburn ... Had career-high three tackles in consecutive weeks against Alabama and South Carolina ... Forced fumble against Mississippi State.
2007 - Games/Starts: 8/0 ... Bounced back from minor preseason injury that delayed playing debut until mid-September ... Appeared in all but three of the season's final 11 regular season games ... Contributed two tackles each against Arkansas State, Georgia and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Excellent leaping ability led to his becoming kick-blocking specialist.
HIGH SCHOOL - Parade All-America as 2006 linebacker ... State's No. 1 overall prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Gatorade Player of the Year in Ohio ... All-League Player of the Year as senior ... First-team All-State a senior and second-team All-State as junior ... Two-time All-Region, All-League and All-City ... Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year as a junior ... Totaled 112 tackles with 14 tackles-for-loss and eight sacks as senior linebacker ... Against Elder in 2006, earned 20 tackles and two sacks ... As junior, tallied 71 tackles with 15 tackles-for-loss, 14 sacks, three forced fumbles and 15 quarterback hurries while playing mostly defensive end ... Three-year starter on defense ... Two-year starter on basketball team.
COACH AT LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL - Tom Grippa.
BORN - March 22, 1988.
| BEN MARTIN CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||
| DEFENSE | SACKS/ | TFL/ | FR/ | INT/ | HIGH | ||||||
| YEAR | G | UT | AT | TT | YDS | YDS | FF | YDS | PD | YDS | TKLE |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2-3x |
| 2008 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1/3 | 2/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3-2x |
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1/3 | 2/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3-2x |
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TENNESSEE TRIVIA - Speed rusher finished fourth on the team in 2008 with six quarterback hurries.
CAREER GAMES/STARTS - 20/0
2008 - Games/Starts: 12/0 ... Appeared in every game as backup on defensive line ... Recorded 18 tackles -- highest total among all reserve defensive linemen ... Recorded first career sack at Auburn ... Had career-high three tackles in consecutive weeks against Alabama and South Carolina ... Forced fumble against Mississippi State.
2007 - Games/Starts: 8/0 ... Bounced back from minor preseason injury that delayed playing debut until mid-September ... Appeared in all but three of the season's final 11 regular season games ... Contributed two tackles each against Arkansas State, Georgia and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Excellent leaping ability led to his becoming kick-blocking specialist.
HIGH SCHOOL - Parade All-America as 2006 linebacker ... State's No. 1 overall prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Gatorade Player of the Year in Ohio ... All-League Player of the Year as senior ... First-team All-State a senior and second-team All-State as junior ... Two-time All-Region, All-League and All-City ... Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year as a junior ... Totaled 112 tackles with 14 tackles-for-loss and eight sacks as senior linebacker ... Against Elder in 2006, earned 20 tackles and two sacks ... As junior, tallied 71 tackles with 15 tackles-for-loss, 14 sacks, three forced fumbles and 15 quarterback hurries while playing mostly defensive end ... Three-year starter on defense ... Two-year starter on basketball team.
COACH AT LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL - Tom Grippa.
BORN - March 22, 1988.
| BEN MARTIN CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||
| DEFENSE | SACKS/ | TFL/ | FR/ | INT/ | HIGH | ||||||
| YEAR | G | UT | AT | TT | YDS | YDS | FF | YDS | PD | YDS | TKLE |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2-3x |
| 2008 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1/3 | 2/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3-2x |
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1/3 | 2/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3-2x |
