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Joe Martin signed with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent on 5/4/07.
College Career:
Led the Aztecs with a career-high 109 tackles (57 solo) in 2006 and earned All-Mountain West Conference 2nd-team honors...Martin's 109 tackles ranked him 3rd in the Mountain West Conference and 26th in the country...Martin added 3 sacks and 2 PD in his senior season...The co-captain was named league Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2006...Martin tallied 214 tackles in his career and logged 7 games with 10-or-more stops...A former walk-on, Martin became the 5th-straight Aztec MLB to be named either a 1st- or 2nd-team All-League pick...Martin was named Defensive Player of the Week for his 14-tackle (4 solo), 1.5-TFL, 1-sack effort in SDSU's 17-6 win over Colorado State...It was his 4th double-digit-tackle game of the season...Played all 3 LB positions, starting 10 in 2005...Had an outstanding conference season ranking in the top 6 in the MWC in tackles...Originally a walk-on at SDSU...Started 10 games at LB in 2005...Earned conference honorable mention honors...Was 6th in the league in tackles per MWC contests (8.8)...Finished 3rd on the team in total tackles with a career high 81, including 4 TFL...Posted double-figure tackles 3 times, all in conference games...Registered a then-career-high and team-best 12 tackles at Utah...Had his 1st-career INT, which he returned 86 yards for his 1st-career TD at UNLV...Also made 8 tackles and recorded a half-sack against the Rebels...Earned his way into SDSU's heavily-decorated LB rotation in 2004...Ended the season with a start when Matt McCoy was sidelined with an injury vs. UNLV...Saw action in every game in 2003...Best game came in the season finale when he was credited with 4 tackles against Air Force...Majored in finance at SDSU.
Personal:
Played SS as a junior and moved to LB as a senior at Paraclete (Lancaster, CA) HS...Was the Paraclete Defensive Player of the Year after recording 105 tackles as a senior...A 1st-team All-CIF selection...Also played basketball and baseball...Named the scholar-athlete of the 2002 senior class. | 