Tony Martin

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
215
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Park Hills, Mo.
High School:
Central

* 2012 Academic All-Mid-American Conference *

* 2012 Ball State Ray Louthen Senior Participation Award *

* 2011 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention *

2012 (Sr.): Started 10 games, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg . . . 28 career starts . . . played in all 13 games . . . recovered a fumble at Toledo at and returned it 54 yards to set up a Ball State field goal . . . recorded his first career interception vs. Western Michigan . . . led the team with a career high tying 14 tackles vs. South Florida . . . tallied 11 tackles vs. Northern Illinois . . . eight tackles at Toledo, at Indiana and at Miami University . . . seven tackles vs. Ohio and vs. Western Michigan . . . managed five tackles and one tackle for loss vs. Eastern Michigan . . . tallied nine tackles at Clemson . . . four tackles at Kent State and at Central Michigan . . . registered first career sack at Central Michigan . . . ranked second on the team with 90 tackles.

2011 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games with seven starts . . . led Ball State with 10 tackles at Oklahoma . . . led the Cardinals with 13 tackles vs. Army . . . managed six tackles, including one tackle for loss and one pass breakup against Indiana . . . tallied five tackles at South Florida and at Western Michigan . . . managed eight tackles vs. Temple . . . ranked 34th in the MAC in tackles.

2010 (So.): Played in 11 games with seven starts . . . earned second letter . . . led the Cardinals with a career high 14 tackles at Eastern Michigan . . . led Ball State with 11 tackles vs. Liberty plus added two tackles for loss and two pass breakups . . . also posted 11 tackles at Iowa . . . tallied the second fumble recovery of his career at Iowa. . . finished third on the team in tackles with 76.

2009 (Fr.): Played in 10 games as a true freshman to earn first letter . . . started four games -- vs. New Hampshire, at Auburn, vs. Toledo and at Temple . . . season high 12 tackles vs. Toledo . . . credited with first tackle for loss vs. New Hampshire . . . recovered first career fumble vs. Toledo . . . eight tackles vs. New Hampshire . . . at least one tackle in seven games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for Coach Kory Schweiss . . . also earned four letters in basketball . . . Football: Earned all-state honors on defense as a senior . . . All-Mississippi Area White Conference as a junior and senior at running back and defensive back . . . all-region as a junior and senior . . . Central’s Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior . . . KTJJ-Radio Dream Team as a running back and defensive back as a senior . . . academic all-conference and academic all-state as a senior . . . rushed for 1,387 yards with 15 touchdowns plus had 539 receiving yards with seven TDs as a senior . . . tallied 125 tackles, one sack, three interceptions and one fumble recovery as a senior . . . rushed for 3,002 yards and tallied 1,051 receiving yards with 43 total touchdowns in career . . . totalled 351 tackles, seven interceptions and six fumble recoveries in career . . . set school records for career tackles, career all-purpose yards, career total touchdowns and single-season all-purpose yards . . . Basketball: Helped team to the district championship as a sophomore.

Personal: Son of Stan and Cindy Martin . . . born July 6, 1990, in Festas, Mo. . . . one brother . . . owns a 3.357 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.142 grade-point average last fall . . . father played basketball at Missouri-Kansas City . . . mother played volleyball at UMKC . . . aunt Melissa played volleyball at Florida Southern . . . full name is Anthony Scoffield Martin.

INTERCEPTIONS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2009	10	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2010	11	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2011	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2012	13	1	1	3	1.0	0.1
TOTAL	46	1	1	3	1.0	0.0

ALL PURPOSE	g	ir	total	avg/g
2009	10	0	0	0.0
2010	11	0	0	0.0
2011	12	0	0	0.0
2012	13	1	1	0.1
TOTAL	46	1	1	0.0

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	pd	ff	fr
2009	10	10	18	28	1.5	0	0	1
2010	11	36	40	76	3.5	2	0	1
2011	12	30	43	73	2.5	2	1	0
2012	13	38	52	90	3.5	4	0	1
TOTAL	46	114	153	267	11.0	8	1	3

SACKS	g	ua	a	total	yards
2009	10	0	0	0.0	0
2010	11	0	0	0.0	0
2011	12	0	0	0.0	0
2012	13	1	0	1.0	6
TOTAL	46	1	0	1.0	6

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
All-purpose yards: 1, Western Michigan, 10/13/12
Interceptions: 1, Western Michigan, 10/13/12
Long interception return: 3, Western Michigan, 10/13/12
Tackles: 14, Eastern Michigan, 10/16/10 (4-10); South Florida, 9/22/12 (5-9)
Sacks: 1.0, at Central Michigan, 10/20/12 (1-0); at Central Michigan, Oct 20, 2012 (1-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, Liberty, 9/11/10 (2-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Oklahoma, 10/1/11
Fumbles recovered: 1, Toledo, 10/3/09 ; at No. 25 Toledo, 11/6/12 ; at Iowa, 9/25/10
Pass breakups: 2, Liberty, 9/11/10