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NFL Draft: Redskins select Arkansas inside linebacker Martrell Spaight with first fifth-round pick

Washington Post | May 2, 2015

Related Topics: Linebacker, Arkansas Razorbacks football, 4–3 defense, Coffeyville Community College, Perry Riley

With the first of their two fifth-round picks on Saturday, the Washington Redskins selected Arkansas linebacker Martrell Spaight at 141st overall.

Arkansas linebacker Martrell Spaight, left, and defensive end Trey Flowers walk from the field after a 30-0 win over Mississippi in Nov. 2014. (David Quinn/Associated Press)

The 6-foot, 236-pound Spaight last season earned first-team All-SEC after leading the conference with 128 tackles (10.5 of them for a loss). In 2013, Spaight played in nine games, starting two of them and recorded 22 tackles and a sack.

Prior to coming to Arkansas, Spaight played at Coffeyville Community College and earned junior college all-American honors both in 2011 and 2012.

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