'08 FL WR Martavious Odoms (Michigan LOI)

[Svoboda]

Wide Receiver
Pahokee (Pahokee, FL)

Ht: 5-foot-8
Wt: 164 lbs
Forty: 4.45

Links of Interest: None

[Svoboda]

Reserved for photos.

[BGIF]

Rivals profile puts him at 4.57 with a 4.31 shuttle.

Check his stats as a soph he had over 1100 yds receiving. His receptions dropped from 69 his soph year to 42 his Jr year but his TDs only dropped by 1 from 18 to 17. Odoms still gained over 900 yds for a 22 ypc. His soph and Jr years he had 35 TD on 111 catches.

That's 1 TD every 3.2 touches. For his Jr year he had a TD for every 2.5 touches. I haven't seen his video but those numbers should grab any coach's attention.

[BGIF]

Mar 2 '07

Irish deal with 'devil' of a receiver

via Yahoo.com

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=rivals-104332&prov=rivals&type=story_recruiting

By Pete Sampson, IrishIllustrated.com Editor – Rivals.com

Even before Martavious Odoms entered high school, the wide receiver from Pahokee, Fla., was destined to attend college for free. And with a laundry list of scholarship offers than includes Notre Dame, Miami, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, there’s no doubt the 5-foot-8, 164-pound athlete will put on a college uniform after he wraps up his high school career this fall.

Pahokee head coach Leroy Foster saw Odoms’ potential all the way back in the eighth grade when he made plays for the program’s junior varsity squad. Odoms has long since left that level of football behind, in fact, he’s already victimized some current college athletes and some future ones.

Two years ago, Odoms scored on current Florida wide out Riley Cooper, who also played defensive back. Last year, Odoms helped Pahokee top Belle Glades Central and Trinity Catholic. Both programs were stocked with college prospects including wide receiver Deonte Thompson and quarterback John Brantley, respectively.

Pahokee finished undefeated and won a state title, the program’s third in the past five seasons.

“He plays like he’s 6-foot-5 because height means nothing to him,” Foster said. “I call him my Tasmanian Devil because he’s always going, trying to make a play.”

Odoms has made plenty during the past three seasons, racking up 150 catches for 2,681 yards and 43 touchdowns. That production, plenty of it against elite competition, has turned Odoms into one of Florida’s top junior prospects. But what makes Odoms stand out includes his approach off the field.

“The kid is the most coachable kid in America,” Foster said. “There’s nothing he won’t do and he does it with a smile on his face, no matter how hard or tedious it might be, whether that’s running gassers or working on the scout team.”

Or throwing blocks.

Paving over cornerbacks and safeties is usually a job reserved for jumbo receivers, but Odoms takes pride in throwing his body around, even if it’s a little undersized.

“He’s ferocious,” Foster said. “He loves to punish cornerbacks.”

That often means Odoms is running by them, not over them. Although he posted a 4.57 time in the 40-yard dash at last year’s Nike Camp in Miami, Odoms is fast enough on Friday night to outpace most of Florida’s fastest players based on his video clips.

“If defenders don’t give him enough respect, he’s gone,” Foster said.

Notre Dame and plenty of other top programs have already taken notice.

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Riley Cooper, Rivals #10 ATH, mentioned above was 6-4 and ran a 4.37 40.

[H-Burg Domer]

BGI $ (http://blueandgold.com/content/?aid=4005)

7/13

Martavious has offers from Notre Dame, Tennessee, Miami, UGA, South Carolina, Auburn, says his size is a concern for some schools, and will use his official visits before making a decision.

[IrishKnight1023]

This kid sure likes to take his time.

[IrishR#1]

Did he disappear? What happened to him? Is he real or just some crazy dream? (iron maiden reference)

[irishdan123084]

this kid is not leaving the state of florida. quote me on it.

[SoCalDomer]

this kid is not leaving the state of florida.

^^^

[Fishin'_Irish]

Riley Cooper, Rivals #10 ATH, mentioned above was 6-4 and ran a 4.37 40.

Where are you BGIF? :(

[irishdan123084]

i don't think he signed his letter yet

[daytonirish]

irishdan you could still be right. I'm sure by now RR is trying to get the state assembly of Michigan to ask for state residency in Fla. That way he can say the weather is always great in Ann Arbor. :D

[irishunclebill]

i don't think he signed his letter yet

As of today, Rivals lists him as a Michigan LOI. That leaves Pryor as the only recruit in the entire 2008 GH database who has not signed an LOI.

[Dayton_Domer]

best of luck to Martavious...who's Michigan's QB again?

[IrishGrizz]

They don't know yet- dick-rod is looking at the qbs recently signed at florida. :D