Syracuse Football: Orange Add Grad Transfer Jordan Martin to Defensive Backfield

The Syracuse football team added some experience to their secondary. Here’s some more information on SU football recruit Jordan Martin.

The Syracuse football team picked up a nice grad transfer last week in cornerback Jordan Martin. Martin, a DB from Toledo has seen Dino Babers offense first hand when Babers was terrorizing the MAC Conference at Bowling Green.

The 6-foot-3 inch 205-pound Martin provides great size in the Syracuse backfield. Martin has tremendous size for a corner and his height will be useful when the Orange go up against some of the bigger wide receivers in the ACC.

Martin tore his ACL in his junior year but still experienced some success with the Rockets. He accumulated a total of 74 tackles, 4.5 for loss, 11 pass deflections, one pick, and two forced fumbles. According to Syracuse.com’s, Stephen Bailey, Martin spurned the likes of West Virginia, Maryland, Pittsburgh, among others.

Martin joins Devin Butler, another graduate transfer from Notre Dame. Cordell Hudson, Juwan Dowels, Christian Fredrick, among others as guys who should compete for playing time at corner.

Let’s check out the highlights:

From the very beginning of his highlight tape you can see that Martin is a hard-hitting corner. At the :40 second mark, Martin drops back into a zone coverage. He reads the quarterback’s eyes and comes up to deliver an explosive hit, jarring the ball lose from the receiver.

At the 1:12 mark of his highlight tape Martin is extremely physical at the line of scrimmage. He

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pushes the receiver completely out of bounds and out of the play. If Martin is quick off the ball with his bump technique, then he should have good success in the ACC. Martin’s size is a huge advantage for him.

Martin shows off his speed at the 1:43 mark of the highlight tape. He is in what appears to be man coverage, but the safety breaks his way after the ball is snapped for help over the top. Knowing this, Martin gambles and closes the three-yard gap between him and the receiver, deflecting the pass to the ground.

Martin’s size makes him great at stopping the run. In the past, Syracuse’s corners have struggled to tackle bigger players in open space, Martin should have no problem doing that. At the 2:44 mark, Martin comes up in run support, makes a nice tackle, and stops the ball carrier for a short gain.

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The last play I want to look at occurs at the 3:19 mark. Martin comes off the edge on a corner blitz. Unlike most corner’s Martin is a guy who can pack a huge hit on the other teams quarterback. He doesn’t sack the QB, but forces the turnover for his team.

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