Trent Martin

Photo by: Brett Rojo

Photo by: Brett Rojo

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
232
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Jenks, Okla.
High School:
Jenks
Prev School:
Jenks

Tulsa –– A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . has played in 35 career games and has 31 starts . . . has totaled 234 career tackles, including 125 solos, 28.5 stops for -74 yards, nine pass breakups and four forced fumbles . . . has six career double-figure tackle games . . . 2015 – Played and started all 13 games . . . registered 104 tackles, 14 stops for -31 yards, two sacks for -5 yards, four forced fumbles and three pass breakups . . . was an honorable mention American Athletic Conference selection . . . had a career-best 14 tackles and recovered a fumble against #16 Navy . . . tied his previous career-best of 12 tackles against FAU in the season opener . . . totaled eight stops and 1.5 TFLs for -3 yards at #16 Oklahoma . . . had his second double-figure tackle game this year with 10 stops vs. Houston and added one PBU . . . tallied 8 tackles and 2 stops for -3 yards vs. East Carolina . . . was credited with seven tackles, all seven solos and two stops for -4 yards vs. #17 Memphis . . . compiled eight tackles, including 2.5 TFLs for -6 yards, one forced fumble and one pass breakup against UCF . . . collected 8 tackles and forced a fumble at Cincinnati . . . totaled eight tackles, all solos, against Virginia Tech in the Camping World Independence Bowl . . . 2014 – Played and started in the first nine games . . . missed the final three games of the season –– UCF, Houston and East Carolina –– with an injury . . . had 64 tackles, eight TFLs for -20 yards and four pass break-ups . . . led Tulsa in tackles in the first two games with a career-best 12 stops vs. Tulane and nine tackles against Oklahoma . . . had nine tackles and three TFLs for -3 yards at FAU . . . had six stops and one pass break-up against both Colorado State and USF . . . totaled eight stops, 1.5 TFLs for -2 yards and one PBU at Temple . . . had four tackles and one TFL for -6 yards at Memphis . . . tallied three tackles and one sack for -6 yards vs. SMU . . . 2013 – Played and started in four games before suffering a season-ending injury . . . received a medical hardship . . . started the Bowling Green Colorado State, Oklahoma and UTEP games . . . totaled 29 tackles, 4.5 stops for -11 yards before being sidelined with injury . . . had a season-best 11 tackles against UTEP and added 10 stops at Bowling Green . . . 2012 – Played in nine games and had five starts . . . was named to the C-USA all-Freshman team . . . tallied 37 tackles, including 25 solos . . . played in the first four games, then missed the next four games due to injury . . . played as a reserve in the season opener at Iowa State, but was in the starting lineup the next three games . . . after missing four games, returned to the lineup at Arkansas and had four tackles . . . did not play at Houston . . . had three tackles and blocked a PAT against UCF in the C-USA Championship game . . . returned to the starting lineup against UCF in his sixth game played and finished with two stops, including one TFL for -4 yards . . . totaled a season-high nine tackles vs. Nicholls State, including one sack for -8 yards and blocked a PAT . . . had six tackles against Tulane . . . 2011 – Was one of several true freshmen to sit out the season due to red-shirt status.

High School –– Was a three-year starter at Jenks High School . . . earned second-team Tulsa World all-metro accolades as a senior . . . was an honorable mention all-state selection by the Tulsa World his senior season . . . named to The Oklahoman all-state first team as a senior . . . had a team-leading 75 tackles his senior campaign . . . was ranked as the 25^th best prospect in Oklahoma by Rivals.com . . . earned all-district honors and was named to the OKBlitz Super 30 team his senior season . . . suffered a broken leg in Game 4 as a junior and missed six games before returning for the state playoffs . . . had 32 tackles that season . . . totaled a season-high 10 tackles against Edmond Memorial in the 2009 Class 6A state quarterfinals . . . high school coach was Allan Trimble.

Personal –– Favorite sports movie is The Program . . . favorite actor is Tom Hardy . . . the one word he uses to best describe himself is “caring” . . . the two people he would invite to dinner would be Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders . . . lists barbeque as his favorite food . . . favorite book is The Bible . . . was married in May 2015 . . . his wife’s name is Paige . . . has four siblings . . . his sister Jessi Martin runs track and the University of Oklahoma . . . parents are Mike and Vicki Martin . . . graduated with a degree in organizational studies in May 2016 . . . working on a second degree in communication . . . born April 15, 1992.