Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. (6’1″/195) confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to NC State next week beginning on May 7th.
After receiving an offer from NC State yesterday, it didn’t take him long to set up the visit.
Martin Jr. is familiar with NC State, because he was recruited by Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson before he left West Virginia to come to Raleigh. Even though he never coached him, a relationship was established.
Martin Jr.’s connections to NC State are deeper than that. Former NC State Cornerback Derrek Pitts, who is currently a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is his cousin.
This past year, Martin Jr. recorded 45 tackles, 2 interceptions and 6 pass breakups for Akron, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. His PFF Grade was 68.9.
In 2022, he had 53 tackles, 1 interception and 1 pass breakup, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. Martin Jr.’s PFF Grade was 60.9.
In 2019, as a Freshman for West Virginia, Martin Jr. earned PFF Freshman All-American honors, recording a grade of 70.6, with 50 tackles and 3 pass breakups.
We will be fine that was a good team picket to finish 7th in a very tough league
I agree with Tann84. Defense and rebounding are really a concern going forward. But I am hoping that the new additions are the cause for the poor performance in those areas. This can be easily remedied over time as the team figures out their responsibilities like boxing out and playing team D. Hopefully Harrow and Brown can improve their perimeter defense as the season progresses. This upcoming tournament should be great experience for the freshmen and the team alike.
I’m worried about defense and rebounding, this is the second game where a team who was smaller than us kept the rebounding close, we should have blown these guys out the water in the rebounding department and we got out rebounded, gotta work harder for position. You can always use the logic that we had a better percentage of shots so that means less opportunities for rebounds, I just feel like they had too many. Defense is well, this a good shot blocking team, I’d just like to have seen them in the low 60s or high 50s. Good about… Read more »