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IUHoosiers.com

CHICAGO – The Big Ten, historically a Midwestern conference, has naturally featured its share of corn-fed beef in its football trenches.

Indiana fifth-year senior Wes Martin, at 6-foot-3 and 316 power-packed pounds, fits that description.

And he knows a thing or two about cows.

Specifically, dairy cows.

Martin grew up in West Milton, Ohio. His 2014 graduating class at Milton-Union High School numbered "around 130." He spent much of his summers working at a dairy farm in neighboring Darke County, contiguous to the Indiana state line.

There are myriad elaborate strength-and-conditioning approaches to developing football players -- and Martin is utilizing a cutting-edge example now at IU under the auspices of David Ballou and Dr.