Bowling Green State University Athletics
1996 Football Roster
Brent Martin
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Upper Arlington, Ohio
Weight Room: bench (400), squat (600), hang clean (315)...
1998: played in 10 of the 11 games...missed the Missouri game with a torn ligament in his right thumb...was fourth on the team in rushing yards and led the squad with a 5.5 per carry average...had career highs with 14 carries for 87 yards in season finale at Northern Illinois...had 241 of his rushing yards in the last four games he played...had scoring runs against Akron and Northern lllinois...
1997: underwent right shoulder surgery in the winter...was limited to non-contact drills in spring practice...was healthy for the season playing in all 11 games earning his first letter...started one game, the Ohio contest, with carries in four games...high was a pair of carries in the Northern Illinois game...was the #2 fullback all season behind Adam Lige...
1996: saw a small amount of playing time, mostly on special teams...was the #2 or #3 fullback all season...had one carry for the season (in the Toledo game)...
1995: red-shirt...
Upper Arlington H.S.: earned three letters for Coach Carrie Hodalzievick...started at fullback as a junior and senior...rushed for 750 yards on 116 carries as a senior scoring 11 touchdowns...was a first team All-Ohio Capital Conference selection...also earned a spot on the district team...rushed for a school-record 1,520 yards and 20 touchdowns his junior year...concluded his career with 2,360 yards on 369 carries and 33 touchdowns...had a game his junior season in which he rushed for 235 yards on 24 carries and scored five touchdowns...helped the Golden Bears to a 7-3 record in 1994 and a second place finish in the OCC...helped Upper Arlington to league titles as a sophomore and junior...
Personal: majoring in production and operation management and purchasing and materials management...son of John and Laura Martin...born July 4, 1976.
