Kharylake Martin

TCU

Oct 4 (Sat)

5:30 p.m.

Position:
Offensive Lineman
Height:
6-5
Weight:
325
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Dayton, Texas
High School:
Dayton

AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)?He is projected as an offensive lineman in his true freshman year in college.

HIGH SCHOOL-As a senior, he earned first-team all-state, all-district 21-4A and all-Greater Houston area honors. PrepStar named him to its all-Midlands team, while SuperPrep tabbed him all-Southwest, ranking him as the No. 78 player in Texas (and the 13th offensive lineman). Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 66 offensive lineman in the nation. As a junior, he played at the Marine Military Academy in Arlington, but saw action in only six games, missing the middle portion of the season after he suffered a torn meniscus and partially torn LCL. A three-year starter at offensive tackle, he posting 110 pancake blocks as a senior, with 32 scoring blocks while blocking for a 1,600-yard rushing quarterback and a 1,500-yard tailback. He had 90 pancakes as a junior, when he did not allow a quarterback sack or pressure, again blocking for two 1,000-yard plus backs, and in four games as a sophomore, he had 20 pancakes and five scoring blocks. He played some defensive tackles as a soph, racking up 25 tackles, five hurries and two tackles for loss. Three of his top career games came as a senior: he graded out to 99 percent in a 64-14 win over Channel View, when his 12 pancake blocks helped his team to 500 yards of total offense (400 rushing). He graded to 95 percent in a 55-17 win over Smiley, again with 12 ?cakes with the offense picking up 400-plus running yards, and he received a 94 percent grade in a 54-26 win over Forest Brook, with 12 pancakes as the team gained 570 yards, 500 on the ground. Dayton was 12-1 his senior year, advancing to the third round of the playoffs, and was 8-4 his sophomore season under coach Jerry Stewart (Marine Military Academy was 6-4 the season he was there). He also threw the shot put on the track team, and in power lifting, he was the alternate at the state meet his junior year after recording a 355 bench press, 600 pound squat and 575 dead lift.

ACADEMICS-He is interested in mechanical engineering as his major at Colorado. A member of the ?A-B? honor roll during high school, he sported a 4.3 grade point average (on a 5.0 scale).

PERSONAL-He was born June 24, 1985 in Houston, Texas. His hobbies include hunting and fishing (both off-shore and stream); he is also an Eagle Scout and has worked for Habitat for Humanity. (First name is pronounced ?carry-lake?.)