FOXBORO — Terrence Samuel had a problem.
The Michigan State wide receivers coach needed to build a rapport with Keshawn Martin. This proved difficult.
“He didn’t say anything,” said Samuel, who joined the Spartans in February of 2011 before Martin’s senior year. “He was just a quiet guy.”
Martin’s demeanor didn’t exactly fit in with what Samuel expected of his players. Not only did Samuel want to better learn how to communicate with his charges, but sometimes the quiet players are shy, a trait that doesn’t always carry over on the football field.
“He always had the skill-set, the ball skills,” Samuel said of Martin, who came to the Patriots in a mid-September trade with the Texans.