Tulsa Linebacker Trent Martin Named The American’s Defensive Player of the Week

Tulsa Linebacker Trent Martin Named The American’s Defensive Player of the Week

9/5/2016 12:15:00 PM | Football

By: Don Tomkalski

University of Tulsa linebacker Trent Martin was selected as the American Athletic Conference's Defensive Player of the Week for the opening weekend of the college football season, it was announced today by the conference office.

Martin, a senior from local Jenks High School, led a Tulsa defense that held San Jose State to 287 total yards and just 53 rushing yards for a 1.7 average per rush in a 45-10 victory over the Spartans.

He had a team-high 11 tackles, including seven solos, and had 1.5 TFLs for -6 yards. Martin also tipped a pass that ended up in the arms of defensive lineman Jesse Brubaker who ran 24 yards to give Tulsa a 24-7 lead only eight second after the Hurricane went up 17-7.

It is Martin's first weekly conference award and the first for a Tulsa defender in the three seasons since Tulsa has been a member of The American. It's the first for a Tulsa player since the first week of the 2015 season when Keevan Lucas was named the league's Offensive Player of the Week.