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I can't say I disagree with your take on Martin. He is a solid prospect who will contribute at the next level but I don't see "superstar" written all over him.
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Giving them the slip
Bolingbrook's Martin a hard man to corral
By Bob Sakamoto
Tribune staff reporter
September 8, 2006
Bolingbrook breakaway back Dale Martin was running to the right when he was confronted by Simeon defensive end Martez Wilson--the state's top college prospect.
"Martez is the only defensive end I can't get around," said Martin while discussing last week's game. "So I cut back on Martez and froze him. He didn't know where I was going."
Half the time, neither does Martin. Cutting back to his left and running laterally about 20 yards, Martin wound his way past all 11 Simeon defenders. After breaking two tackles, he slashed back upfield and went 50 yards for a touchdown.
"I looked around and the Simeon guys had their heads down," Martin said. "It was like: `We can't believe he got away.'"
Illinois, Northwestern, California, West Virginia, Purdue, Minnesota, Indiana and 24 other college programs who have offered the 5-foot-11-inch, 200-pound speedster a scholarship feel the same way.
Tennessee appears to be at the "Rocky Top" of Martin's list of finalists--with Iowa, North Carolina State and Wisconsin a close second.
What helps define Martin--along with his 4.4-second speed in the 40-yard dash--is his incredible football vision.
"He sees things that nobody ever sees and can make something out of nothing," Bolingbrook coach John Ivlow said. "It takes me two or three times rewinding the film to see what Dale sees."
That allows Martin to be a little more daring. Returning a punt against Stagg as a sophomore, he ran backward for 10 yards, started out to the left, cut to the middle and again to the right for a 70-yard touchdown.
"I'll give up 5 or 10 yards because I believe every time I touch the ball, I can break it," said Martin, who has rushed for 356 yards and four TDs in leading Bolingbrook to a 2-0 start, with Lincoln-Way Central (1-1) up next on Friday night.
Unable to break away from the dinner table early in his middle-school years, Martin was an offensive lineman and bordered on the weight limit for Pop Warner football.
During the summer of his 7th- and 8th-grade years, Martin ate mostly fruits and vegetables, went running in heavy sweat outfits and sat in a sauna to shed pounds. At Thanksgiving dinner as an 8th grader, all he ate was broccoli.
"It was really hard, but I had to do it if I wanted to play," Martin said. "I lost 15 pounds that first summer and 15 pounds the next one. I started playing running back in 7th grade."
He arrived at Bolingbrook as a 5-10, 160-pound freshman touted as the next great back for a program that has earned the nickname "Tailback High."
He started three games that first year and is a worthy successor to Robert Farmer, Corey Day, Marcus Smith and Antoineo Harris.
"Dale has the potential to be the best of all of them," Ivlow said.
Giving them the slip
Bolingbrook's Martin a hard man to corral
By Bob Sakamoto
Tribune staff reporter
September 8, 2006
Bolingbrook breakaway back Dale Martin was running to the right when he was confronted by Simeon defensive end Martez Wilson--the state's top college prospect.
"Martez is the only defensive end I can't get around," said Martin while discussing last week's game. "So I cut back on Martez and froze him. He didn't know where I was going."
Half the time, neither does Martin. Cutting back to his left and running laterally about 20 yards, Martin wound his way past all 11 Simeon defenders. After breaking two tackles, he slashed back upfield and went 50 yards for a touchdown.
"I looked around and the Simeon guys had their heads down," Martin said. "It was like: `We can't believe he got away.'"
Illinois, Northwestern, California, West Virginia, Purdue, Minnesota, Indiana and 24 other college programs who have offered the 5-foot-11-inch, 200-pound speedster a scholarship feel the same way.
Tennessee appears to be at the "Rocky Top" of Martin's list of finalists--with Iowa, North Carolina State and Wisconsin a close second.
What helps define Martin--along with his 4.4-second speed in the 40-yard dash--is his incredible football vision.
"He sees things that nobody ever sees and can make something out of nothing," Bolingbrook coach John Ivlow said. "It takes me two or three times rewinding the film to see what Dale sees."
That allows Martin to be a little more daring. Returning a punt against Stagg as a sophomore, he ran backward for 10 yards, started out to the left, cut to the middle and again to the right for a 70-yard touchdown.
"I'll give up 5 or 10 yards because I believe every time I touch the ball, I can break it," said Martin, who has rushed for 356 yards and four TDs in leading Bolingbrook to a 2-0 start, with Lincoln-Way Central (1-1) up next on Friday night.
Unable to break away from the dinner table early in his middle-school years, Martin was an offensive lineman and bordered on the weight limit for Pop Warner football.
During the summer of his 7th- and 8th-grade years, Martin ate mostly fruits and vegetables, went running in heavy sweat outfits and sat in a sauna to shed pounds. At Thanksgiving dinner as an 8th grader, all he ate was broccoli.
"It was really hard, but I had to do it if I wanted to play," Martin said. "I lost 15 pounds that first summer and 15 pounds the next one. I started playing running back in 7th grade."
He arrived at Bolingbrook as a 5-10, 160-pound freshman touted as the next great back for a program that has earned the nickname "Tailback High."
He started three games that first year and is a worthy successor to Robert Farmer, Corey Day, Marcus Smith and Antoineo Harris.
"Dale has the potential to be the best of all of them," Ivlow said.
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11/17
By Allen Wallace...Dale favors Tennessee slightly over Louisville, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska.
11/17
By Allen Wallace...Dale favors Tennessee slightly over Louisville, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska.
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