| Markelle Martin Scouting Report |
| Markelle Martin - Oklahoma State (HT: 6-0¾ - WT: 207) |
Positives -- Looks the part of an NFL player, a physical specimen... A jack of all trades, played everywhere for the Cowboys last season... An absolute ballhawk, when the ball was in the air, you just knew that Martin would be tracking it... Ferocious tackler, hits like a ton of bricks; broke up numerous
completions just from laying the body... All of the physical tools are there, most of his mistakes are mental, which can be sorted out with good coaching... Very aggressive defender, plays very fast and with a purpose... Played special teams as a freshman, and should be able to play there immediately... Great in zone coverage, covers a lot of ground quickly and uses his ball skills to make plays... Good at coming up for run support, is a big hitter but will still show good form and make tackles... Uses his strength very well to get off blockers, just sticking his arm out seems to loosen the grip of the blocker... Won Oklahoma State's Nate Fleming award for his academic performance in 2010... Finished his career with 178 tackles, 36 pass breakups, three interceptions and two forced fumbles.
Negatives -- Injury prone, missed some time in 2009 with a hip injury and missed spring practice in 2011 after shoulder surgery; also, he had to sit out the combine after getting knee surgery... Like most safeties, you don't want him in man coverage, and has the tendency to get beat over the top... Despite being a ballhawk, he's dropped a countless number of interceptions over his career... Does not attack the line of scrimmage as well as you'd like but that should come with more experience... Is very consistent but doesn't make big plays, which is surprising for a player of his skill set... Needs to get better at open field tackling, tends to rely on the big hits when he should go for the wrap up.
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| Combine Results |
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6006 |
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207 |
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32 |
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9¼ |
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19 |
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At Oklahoma State -- (Official School Bio) 2010: Closed the season with a bang in San Antonio... Had just four tackles, but also returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown and broke up two more passes on his way to player of the game honors... Finished the year with 55 tackles and led the team with 10 pass break-ups and tied for second on the team with three interceptions... Season high in tackles was eight vs. Texas A&M;, when he was also credited with a pass break-up, a quarterback hurry and an interception... Had seven stops vs. Baylor and Nebraska... Broke up three passes against the Cornhuskers... Picked off a pass to go with four tackles (one for loss) at Kansas State... Had pass break-ups against Louisiana and Texas Tech... Had three stops and a PBU at Texas. 2009: Saw action in 11 games, all starts... Finished fifth on the team with 45 tackles, despite missing two games... Had 39 solo tackles... Finished second on the team with 11 pass break-ups... Had his most productive game of the season at the Cotton Bowl with nine tackles and a pass break-up in the defense's impressive outing against Ole Miss... Had six tackles against Oklahoma and Texas Tech and added five stops against Rice and Texas A&M...; Lone tackle for loss came at OU... Broke up three passes against Rice and had two against Iowa State, Texas Tech and OU. 2008: Saw action in 11 of OSU's games... Picked up solo tackles against Missouri State, Troy, Colorado and Oklahoma... Also broke up a pass and blocked a punt against Missouri State... Broke up a pass vs. Troy as well... His other pass break-ups came against Baylor and Texas A&M.;
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