Martavious Odoms
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Martavious Rashhud Odoms (born January 21, 1989) is an American football
wide receiver
playing his senior season in 2011
for the Michigan Wolverines football
team. Martavious established the Michigan record for receptions by a freshman for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team
and was the Big Ten Conference
leader in receptions
and all-purpose yards by a freshman. Odoms caught at least one pass in his first 18 games that he played for Michigan.
As part of his record-setting freshman season, Odoms had six different five-reception games in 2008. In 2009, he caught 22 passes for 272 years and one touchdown.
In 2010, Odoms did not play in the regular season after the Michigan State
game on October 9. The subsequent week, he underwent surgery for a broken foot. Odoms returned to the lineup to play in the 2011 Gator Bowl
on New Year's Day, where he caught a 27-yard touchdown pass. He finished the season with 16 receptions for 241 yards.
In early August 2011, Odoms was practicing with the starting lineup but had a cast on his left forearm. Two weeks later, he was merely wrapping his forearm. He did not play in the team's season opening game on September 3. Although he returned to the lineup on September 10, he did not return any kickoffs until October 8 and did not make any receptions until November 5. Odoms' production fell off precipitously in the first part of the 2011 seson. Through the first nine games of the 2011 season, Odoms had only one reception for 13 yards. On November 12, 2011, he had two catches and scored his first touchdown of the 2011 season on a 27-yard pass from Devin Gardner
. ESPN analyst Michael Rothtein called Odoms' touchdown catch, which gave Michigan a 24-7 lead, the turning point in Michigan's victory over Illinois. The following week, Odoms again caught two passes against Nebraska, including a 38-yard touchdown pass from Denard Robinson. He finished the regular season with two catches against Ohio State, including his third touchdown pass in as many weeks.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
playing his senior season in 2011
2011 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team represents the University of Michigan during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolverines play in the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which hosted its first...
for the Michigan Wolverines football
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
team. Martavious established the Michigan record for receptions by a freshman for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team
2008 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2008 college football season. The team's head football coach was Rich Rodriguez. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan...
and was the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
leader in receptions
Reception (American football)
In American football, a reception is part of a play in which a forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is received by a player in bounds, who, after the catch, proceeds to either score a touchdown or be downed. Yards gained from the receiving play are credited to the player as receiving...
and all-purpose yards by a freshman. Odoms caught at least one pass in his first 18 games that he played for Michigan.
As part of his record-setting freshman season, Odoms had six different five-reception games in 2008. In 2009, he caught 22 passes for 272 years and one touchdown.
In 2010, Odoms did not play in the regular season after the Michigan State
2010 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Mark Dantonio was in his fourth season with the Spartans...
game on October 9. The subsequent week, he underwent surgery for a broken foot. Odoms returned to the lineup to play in the 2011 Gator Bowl
2011 Gator Bowl
The 2011 Gator Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten and Mississippi State Bulldogs of the SEC, and was played on January 1, 2011 , at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the sixty sixth edition of the bowl game and was...
on New Year's Day, where he caught a 27-yard touchdown pass. He finished the season with 16 receptions for 241 yards.
In early August 2011, Odoms was practicing with the starting lineup but had a cast on his left forearm. Two weeks later, he was merely wrapping his forearm. He did not play in the team's season opening game on September 3. Although he returned to the lineup on September 10, he did not return any kickoffs until October 8 and did not make any receptions until November 5. Odoms' production fell off precipitously in the first part of the 2011 seson. Through the first nine games of the 2011 season, Odoms had only one reception for 13 yards. On November 12, 2011, he had two catches and scored his first touchdown of the 2011 season on a 27-yard pass from Devin Gardner
Devin Gardner
Devin Gardner is an American football quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team. During the fall of 2009, he was rated as the No. 1 high school quarterback in the United States by Rivals.com and the No. 5 quarterback by ESPNU...
. ESPN analyst Michael Rothtein called Odoms' touchdown catch, which gave Michigan a 24-7 lead, the turning point in Michigan's victory over Illinois. The following week, Odoms again caught two passes against Nebraska, including a 38-yard touchdown pass from Denard Robinson. He finished the regular season with two catches against Ohio State, including his third touchdown pass in as many weeks.
External links
- Official bio at Michigan
- Odoms at CBS SportsCBS SportsCBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
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- Odoms at NCAA