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'08 MI WR Keshawn Martin is a Spartan! (Signed MSU LOI)
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Wide Receiver
Westland (MI) John Glenn
Ht: 6-foot-0
Wt: 180 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
Vertical: 36 inches
Class: 2008 (High School)
 
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2/6/08
 D etroit News - Glenn star Keshawn Martin is no longer under the radar
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There are a lot of feel-good stories surrounding National Signing Day, but Keshawn Martin's story might be the best.
Martin isn't your typical big-time football recruit.
The truth is, Martin, who couldn't afford to attend any camps last summer, wasn't recruited at all.
Martin's family doesn't have a lot of money, and he wasn't able to do all the things recruits do to get noticed.
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2/6/08
 Official Bio from MSU Sports Information
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KESHAWN MARTIN
ATH • 6-0 • 185
Inkster, Mich. (John Glenn High School)
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation's top wide receivers by Rivals.com (No. 80) . . . rated among the state's top seniors by the Detroit Free Press (No. 10), Rivals.com (No. 14), Lansing State Journal (No. 17) and The Detroit News (No. 20) . . . all-state (Division 1) selection as a defensive back in 2007 . . . named to The Detroit News All-Metro West Team as a senior . . . earned all-conference honors as a quarterback after accounting for 1,551 total yards and 17 touchdowns in 2007 . . . completed 28-of-62 passes (.452) for 685 yards and seven TDs as a senior . . . rushed 100 times for 866 yards (8.7 avg.) and 10 TDs . . . recorded seven 100-yard rushing games in 2007 . . . recorded 26 tackles (20 solos, 6 assists) and returned two interceptions for scores as a senior . . . produced 227 all-purpose yards and a TD as a junior . . . returned six punts for 104 yards (17.3 avg.) . . . two-year starter for Coach Todd DeLuca at John Glenn High School in Westland, Mich. . . . saw action at wide receiver, defensive back and quarterback during his prep career . . . also participates in basketball and track . . . two-year starter for Coach Dan Young on the Rockets' basketball team . . . averaging 12.3 points and 5.2 assists as a senior while helping John Glenn get off to a 14-1 start . . . averaged 11.2 points and 5.4 assists as a junior . . . son of Charles McKissick and Tracy Martin . . . born March 15, 1990 . . . no-preference major.
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02-05-2008, 08:50 PM
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kid is going to be a stud. Hidden gem 
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02-06-2008, 08:17 AM
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Glenn star under the radar no more
Awesome Detnews article about Keshawn Martin. A must read for all you * system lovers out there. MD was very lucky to bring in this kind of talent.
Glenn star under the radar no more
Sorry didn't know we had a new recruiting forum. please delete
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02-06-2008, 08:21 AM
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Awesome Detnews article about Keshawn Martin. A must read for all you * system lovers out there. MD was very lucky to bring in this kind of talent.
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Bro i just watched his video that kids is the real ****ing deal great fine coach 
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This is awesome....I hope he has a great career at MSU
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Can you say, "National Championship"
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02-06-2008, 09:30 AM
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lets just hope he signs with us today 
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Great article today on this kid and what his family has overcome....
Glenn star under the radar no more
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Swinehart sent the highlight tape to a recruiting service Oct. 23. Officials from the service responded, saying Martin was a Big Ten player.
Two day's later, Swinehart saw former Michigan quarterback Rick Leach, and happened to have his laptop with him.
"I put my laptop down and asked him if he would take a look at a kid and tell me what he thought," Swinehart said. "He said that he thought he was a great athlete and had great feet and would help get the tape to the University of Michigan."
Then, the week of Oct. 29, Swinehart updated the tape and sent it to Michigan and Illinois.
"(Illinois assistant) Reggie (Mitchell) and I became friends at Central when he was playing football and I was playing basketball," Anderson said. "We have always kept in touch over the years and I sent him the tape really just asking Reggie for his opinion.
"I thought that maybe he was a MAC guy, but definitely not a Big Ten guy because no one has been calling him.
"That night, (Mitchell) called me back and said that he hadn't even been halfway through the tape yet, but he had to call and ask me if the tape was real or if we had hyped-up or doctored the tape at all. He told me not to give the tape to anyone else, but I told him that we had already sent it out all over."
The next day, Michigan called and wanted another tape.
Illinois already wanted to offer.
Martin attended the Michigan State-Michigan game Nov. 3. The next day, Michigan State offered him a scholarship.
Two days later, Martin was in East Lansing attending a practice, still mulling his decision.
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According to Swinehart, when Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio saw the tape, he was amazed.
Said Swinehart: "I was told that when (secondary coach) Harlan Barnett handed the DVD to Coach Dantonio, he hadn't even gotten back to his office when Dantonio sent a text message that read something along the lines of have we offered this kid yet and if not, why?"
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"They treat you like a celebrity when you are on recruiting trips, and it felt weird a little bit. I didn't know that you got so much free stuff when you play for the football team. We get free sweats, jackets, free cleats and all the gloves that you want its pretty sweet."
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he would have got a car at osu or michigan
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It was really between (Michigan) State and Michigan. I went to the Michigan/Ohio State game and I really didn't like it up there. It was like I didn't fit up there and that is why I chose Michigan State.
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I guess the Det News couldn't find a better photo (and caption) to use than this one?
Keshawn Martin played cornerback on defense, but he was unable to stop Myles White from scoring for Livonia Stevenson in September.
I am thrilled to have Martin on our team -- way to go, !!
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Wow! What a story.
I hope he does great during his career at MSU.
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I guess the Det News couldn't find a better photo (and caption) to use than this one?
Keshawn Martin played cornerback on defense, but he was unable to stop Myles White from scoring for Livonia Stevenson in September.
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The Detroit News said, hey lets get a 2 for 1 deal. Find the picture where one msu commit posterizes another one. That way no one can throw a fit, since one of the msu commits scores.
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The Detroit News said, hey lets get a 2 for 1 deal. Find the picture where one msu commit posterizes another one. That way no one can throw a fit, since one of the msu commits scores. |
 I didn't realize that White was one of ours as well. I need to go give myself half a star in the "Where do you rank as a poster?" thread.
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just saw that!
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I didn't realize that White was one of ours as well. I need to go give myself half a star in the "Where do you rank as a poster?" thread. |
Perhaps not a 1/2 star, but MAC talent to be sure! 
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Tugboats and arson, that's all I ever get from you guys.
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Good story. Welcome to MSU, Ki-Ki.
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