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Jersey Number 99
Ben Martin
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 251
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- La Salle
Bio
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Honors
- 2009 SEC Good Works Team
2011
- 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/8
- Senior started eight games at defensive end, played in all 12 in return to action after missing 2010 with injury redshirt year
- Finished with 18 tackles and a pass defended
- Notched three tackles in college finale at Kentucky (11/26)
- Season-best four tackles in win over Vanderbilt (11/19)
- Has 15 tackles and a pass defended
- Made two tackles against #14 South Carolina (10/29)
- Returned to start for the first time since second game of year at #2 Alabama (10/22), made two tackles
- Two stops vs. #1 LSU (10/15)
- Made three tackles vs. Georgia (10/8)
- Returned to action vs. Montana after redshirt yr. w/ pair of torn Achilles injuries. Suffered 1st injury in Aug. 2010, then Feb. 2011 to other leg
- Made two tackles in return to action vs. Montana (9/3)
2010
- Redshirted
2009
- Games/Starts: 13/11
- Hard work paid off for prototype defensive end, leading to 38 tackles and uncanny big-play ability
- Compiled 3½ sacks for minus-32 yards
- Started season's final 11 games
- Best tackle day was career-high seven at Mississippi
- Ended season with four tackles in Chick-fil-A Bowl against Virginia Tech
- Forced fumbles came against Memphis and Kentucky
- Play against Memphis led to Vols TD four plays later
- Solo sacks came against Western Kentucky, Florida and Memphis for combined 29 yards in losses
- Sack against Gators was for Vols season best 14-yard loss
- Added half-sack at Ole Miss
- Three pass deflections tied for fourth on team
2008
- Games/Starts: 12/0
- Speed rusher finished fourth on team with six quarterback hurries
- 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 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
Career Highs
- Tackles - 7 at Mississippi, 11/14/09
- Tackles for Loss - 1 (6x vs. Memphis, 11/9/09)
- Sacks -1 (4x vs. Memphis, 11/14/09)
Personal
- Full Name: Benjamin J. Martin
- Born on March 22, 1988
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