Michigan Offered This Unit Of An 8th Grader A Football Scholarship
Jim Harbaugh has done it again. He’s known for his unconventional recruiting methods, such as having sleepovers with recruits, but over the past week he offered an 8TH GRADER a scholarship to play football at Michigan. Granted, this kid is 6’3, 227 pounds and led his high school varsity team in tackles last season, but he hasn’t even started high school yet.
From the Detroit Free Press:
Cambridge (Mass.) Buckingham, Browne & Nichols eighth-grader Tyler Martin announced on his Twitter account on Thursday that he received an offer from Michigan football:
Already standing at 6-foot-3 and 227 pounds before his freshman year of high school, Martin started every game this past season for the Knights as a tight end and linebacker, leading the team in tackles with over 100.
Move over Thad Castle, Tyler Martin is a certified brick shit house and still growing. Can you imagine being his size and that much of a stud in 8th grade? I mean this kid is the Tim Riggins of his high school minus the alcohol addiction and he isn’t even in 9th grade. Save some puberty for the rest of us, man.
Here are his 8th grade varsity highlights:
Jesus H Fuck. This kid is good and only going to get better, and bigger. I can’t imagine going to my high school football games back in the day and absolutely getting shredded by an 8th grader. That has to be more miserable than Drake after he got destroyed by Pusha T.
When I was in 8th grade my life consisted of getting into intense arguments on Xbox Live about who had the higher voice while playing Call of Duty. I would smoke the occasional Black and Mild (Wine Tip of course) when I was feeling like a badass, and I barely cracked 5 foot in height. I was a dweeb that had barely gone through puberty.
On the other hand, Tyler Martin is a complete stud at the age of 15 and already has a football scholarship to one of the best schools in the nation. Now the pressure is on. For the rest of his football career, there will be unreal expectations and a target on his back. Being the best isn’t easy, so I hope this kid does well and doesn’t let the all the attention get to him. Trust me Tyler, you don’t want to peak in high school..
[via the Detroit Free Press]
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