Martin earns Sports Network All-American honor
Sam Houston State senior tight end Blake Martin has picked up two more postseason honors this offseason, including his second All-American award.
The Sports Network named Martin a third-team tight end. Last month, Martin was a first-team selection on the Associated Press list.
In addition to the Sports Network honor, Martin was selected as one of the Football Championship Subdivision top 50 players of 2007. Martin was one of two tight ends named to the College Sporting News Fabulous Fifty team.
Martin led the Bearkats with 46 catches for 561 yards in 2007 with a pair of touchdown catches. Martin, who was a preseason selection on the All-American team, was a first-team All-Southland selection this year as well.
Martin finished his Bearkat career with 117 catches and 1,388 yards. He had five touchdown receptions in his career with the Bearkats.
Martin wasn’t the only Bearkat mentioned on the All-American list. Brandon Hale, Byran Richmond and Chris Brown were named to the honorable mention list.
Hale, a senior, started 22 straight games for the Bearkats on the offensive line and anchored a crew that helped sophomore running back Chris Poullard to 1,038 yard and 13 touchdowns.
Richmond was a senior leader on a defense that limited opponents to 23.9 points per game. He was second on the team with 86 tackles including a team high 51 solo stops. This season he had a sack, an interception, recovered a fumble and forced two more.
Brown, the only Bearkat on the list returning next season, had 60 tackles including a team high seven for a loss. He also led the Bearkat defense with five sacks for a total loss of 25 yards.
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