Michael Martinez, the nation’s number 16th-ranked tight end according to 247sports.com, and number 9th ranked tight end, according to Rivals.com, signed and submitted his National Letter of Intent today.
Chip Kelly is famous for the quote, “Big people beat up little people.” when summing up his recruiting philosophy in regards to recruiting size. Well, Martinez definitely fits the bill. Martinez is a 6’6” tall, 240 pound tight end from Santa Ana that attended the California high school football powerhouse, Mater Dei.
Martinez received offers from a number of schools, Alabama, Arizona State, California, and Colorado, but Martinez became an early UCLA commit thanks to the work of UCLA’s tight ends coach Derek Sage.