Articles tagged: Mike Martin

Ex-Michigan defensive tackle Mike Martin signs with Tennessee Titans

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Posted: May 16, 2012

Mike Martin's professional career got underway last week, and now, he's about to collect his first official paycheck. Martin, a former Michigan football defensive tackle, reached an agreement on an NFL contract with the Tennessee ... Read more »

Ex-Michigan DT Mike Martin adjusting well to NFL schemes due to Greg Mattison's system

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Posted: May 12, 2012

There are a few obvious adjustments Mike Martin is going through during his first weekend as a Tennessee Titan. The weather's warmer, the food's different and though he's surrounded by rookies, the competition is bigger, ... Read more »

Video: A look inside Mike Martin's NFL draft party

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Posted: May 02, 2012

Former Michigan defensive tackle -- and now, current Tennessee Titan -- Mike Martin produced a video series last year that chronicled his senior season. Now, he's produced a follow-up that provides an intriguing look into ... Read more »

Junior Hemingway and David Molk were late-round steals, says Mel Kiper Jr.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2012

Mel Kiper Jr. says former Michigan receiver Junior Hemingway "is going to be a real good pick for the Kansas City Chiefs" and that he thought former Wolverines center David Molk would be a fifth-round pick. Read more »

Emotions get the best of Mike Martin after he's drafted by Tennessee Titans

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Posted: Apr 27, 2012

After being selected in the third round of the NFL Draft, Martin embraced his mother, Theresa O'Hara. "I hugged her, and I started crying," Martin said. "I didn't think I would, but I started crying and I just didn't stop." Read more »

With 1st round drought expected to continue, here are Michigan's most likely NFL draft choices

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Posted: Apr 26, 2012

It has been four years since Jake Long became the second No. 1 overall NFL draft pick in Michigan football history. Since then, the Wolverines have landed only one player, Brandon Graham, in the opening ... Read more »

After 3 years on a 'supplemental' defense, Mike Martin's NFL stock rose thanks to Greg Mattison

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Posted: Apr 22, 2012

Mike Martin could have declared for the NFL Draft after his junior season, and few would have blamed him. Another coaching change meant his fourth system in as many years if he stuck around. But he elected to return for his senior year. Turned out to be a sage move. Read more »

Ex-captain Mike Martin shows business acumen at chamber of commerce meeting

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Posted: Mar 21, 2012

Brady Hoke was a little out of his element speaking to a group of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti businessmen Wednesday morning, and was under a tight schedule after a Tuesday practice had to be rescheduled ... Read more »

The odd couple: Michigan's Mike Martin befriends Ohio State players in draft prep

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Posted: Mar 08, 2012

The armistice that ended World War I was reached aboard a railroad car in a French forest. Civil War peace was hashed out at a courthouse in Appomattox, Va. For one Michigan Wolverine and one ... Read more »

A look at how 3 Michigan football players upgraded their draft stock at the NFL Combine

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Posted: Feb 29, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Three former Michigan football players went to Indianapolis with specific goals for wooing NFL scouts at the combine. And they more or less did it. Here's a look of what Mike Martin, David ... Read more »

Michigan's Mike Martin ranks among top 4 defensive tackles in every combine event

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Posted: Feb 28, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Martin arrived at the NFL Scouting Combine hoping to shake up the perception he isn’t athletic enough to be an early-round draft pick. He had no idea it’d be his hotel doing ... Read more »

Michigan's Mike Martin falls short of combine record, former teammate in bench press

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Posted: Feb 26, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Martin said last month he was aiming to break the combine's bench-press record. It wasn't bombast, but rather the confidence of a player who already had posted more than 40 repetitions even ... Read more »

Michigan's Mike Martin won't let David Molk beat him on bench press

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Posted: Feb 25, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Martin loves his former teammate, David Molk, like a brother. And, as tends to be the case, he won't settle for anything less than one-upping his brother. Molk, the Michigan football team's ... Read more »

Michigan's Mike Martin was strongest player in Big Ten last year, Iowa OL says

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Posted: Feb 23, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Michigan defensive tackle Mike Martin is aiming to break the bench-press record at the NFL Scouting Combine, and he has at least one believer. The poor guy who got beat up by ... Read more »

NFL Combine gets under way today, with David Molk among the first-day arrivals

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Posted: Feb 23, 2012

Mike Martin, David Molk and Junior Hemingway endured some dark years with the Michigan football program. Now, they're two months from the NFL, the pinnacle of their sport. Martin said he thinks every day about ... Read more »