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  Astin Martin

Astin Martin

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Last College:
Toledo

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 187

Position:
RB

Experience:
1L

Career: Rushed for a combined 2,574 yards in college football career...Rushed for 1,353 yards last season for GVSU and recorded 1,221 yards in two years at Toledo.

2005: Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-American Honorable Mention...First-Team All-GLIAC...1,353 rushing yards in 2005 ranks third on single-season rushing list...Averaged 104.1 yards rushing per game...Caught 11 passes for 105 yards...Led the squad in all-purpose yards with 1,458 and all-purpose yards per game (112.2)...Martin broke the 100-yard rushing mark in 9-of-13 games played this season...Toted the ball 18 times for 72 yards in National Championship game vs. NW Missouri State (12/10)...Rushed for 134 yards and two TDs on 18 carries in three quarters of action vs. East Stroudsburg (12/3)...Tallied 108 yards on 22 carries vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/26) in NCAA playoffs...Astin rushed for 62 yards and a TD on 11 carries vs. Northern Michigan (10/29) in less than two quarters of action...Martin rushed for 125 yards on 30 carries at Northwood (10/22) and caught one pass for 12 yards...He rushed for 101 yards 28 carries vs. Saginaw Valley State (10/15)...Rushed for a career-high 169 yards and one TD at Hillsdale (10/8)...Tallied 116 yards on 19 carries and two receptions for 19 yards vs. Ferris State (8/27)...Toted the ball 14 times for 129 yards and one TD, while catching one pass for 12 yards vs. Gannon (9/3)...Toted the ball 22 times for 136 yards and one TD and caught two passes for 18 yards at Indianapolis (9/10)...Rushed for 104 yards on 21 carries and caught two passes for 16 yards vs. Wayne State (10/1).

2004: Practiced with the Lakers, but did not play.

2002-03: Spent two years at the University of Toledo...Rushed for 1,221 yards and 16 TDs in two season's with the Rockets....Led team in rushing yards (785) and yards per carry (5.8 ypc) as a true freshman...Twice rushed for more than 100 yards, vs. Central Florida (113) and Bowling Green (120)...Had long runs of 67 yards vs. Northern Illinois and 59 yards vs. Central Florida...Caught 13 passes for 134 yards and returned seven kickoffs for 103 yards...Rushed for 436 yards and a team-high 10 TDs as a sophomore...Rushed for 101 yards and a career-high three TDs at Central Michigan...Toted the ball 17 times for 42 yards and two TDs vs. Western Michigan...Caught six passes for 61 yards and returned five kickoffs 91 yards.

High School: Prepped at Grand Rapids Creston High School...Rated No. 25 on the Detroit Free Press Fab 50 list...Ranked No. 31 on the Detroit News Dream Team list...Named Class `A' first-team all-state by the Detroit News...Named honorable mention All-America by PrepStar Magazine...Amassed 1,676 yards rushing and 19 touchdowns as a senior.

Personal: Son of Kenny and Rose Hammond-Martin...Communications major.


 
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