Martinez sets summer plans
Defensive end Randy Martinez out of Teaneck, N.J. is starting to solidify his summer plans. The 6-foot-0, 231-pounder plans to visit three schools in the month of June including Michigan State, Boston College and Maryland.
"I picked those schools because I know about them and like their programs," he stated. "I also liked the coaches a lot from each of them. Hopefully when I make my visits there I can check out the campuses some more and get to know the coaches even better."
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The Garden State prospect has six offers at this time from Boston College, Cincinnati, Duke, North Carolina, Temple and Rutgers. Does he have any favorites?
"I wouldn't say I have any directly," he said. "I do have Syracuse pretty high up though because they have what I want to study, culinary arts and I've talked to coach Robinson before. If he comes around with an offer, I'll definitely look at them a lot more.
"As for what else I'm looking for out of a school, I want a strong defense that gets after the ball. I also would like to be around a good head coach that works with the defensive game plan."
With a half dozen offers in-hand, Martinez thinks a couple more schools could be offering soon.
"Bowling Green and Minnesota both talked to me during the May evaluation period and I had good conversations with them," he explained. "They both told me there's a chance I could see an offer."
Martinez still isn't quite sure when he wants to make a decision.
"I've begun to think about when I'll do it and I originally thought August," he said. "Now I'm thinking it could be sometime between then and October. I'd bet it'll be closer to mid-season so that I can take a couple visits."
Martinez earned first team all-league, all-NHAL and third team all-county honors last season after registering 80 tackles and six sacks.