Articles tagged: Mike Martin
Ex-Michigan defensive tackle Mike Martin signs with Tennessee Titans
Posted: May 16, 2012Mike 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
Posted: May 12, 2012There 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
Posted: May 02, 2012Former 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.
Posted: Apr 30, 2012Mel 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
Posted: Apr 27, 2012After 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
Posted: Apr 26, 2012It 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
Posted: Apr 22, 2012Mike 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
Posted: Mar 21, 2012Brady 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
Posted: Mar 08, 2012The 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
Posted: Feb 29, 2012INDIANAPOLIS — 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
Posted: Feb 28, 2012INDIANAPOLIS -- 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
Posted: Feb 26, 2012INDIANAPOLIS -- 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
Posted: Feb 25, 2012INDIANAPOLIS — 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
Posted: Feb 23, 2012INDIANAPOLIS — 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
Posted: Feb 23, 2012Mike 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 »
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