We forget how young Jonathan Martin is, age 24.
Martin's father, Gus Martin, is a Harvard University graduate and a professor of criminal justice administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills.[SUP][1][/SUP] His mother, Jane Howard-Martin, is also a Harvard graduate and is a corporate lawyer for Toyota.[SUP][2][/SUP] Martin has a total of nine relatives who graduated from Harvard including his grandfather, a professor in international development, and his maternal great grandfather, one of a dozen African-American students there in the 1920s.[SUP][3]
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Martin's education is unlike many other pro-athletes. He attended John Thomas Dye School, a top 3 private elementary school in the Los Angeles area and for high school, he attended nationally ranked Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. He was an all-section and All-Mission League selection as a senior in 2007 and earned All-Mission League honors as a junior in 2006.[SUP][4]
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Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Martin was ranked as the No. 44 offensive tackle prospect in the class of 2008, which was highlighted by Mike Adams and Matt Kalil.[SUP][5][/SUP] Martin held offers from Mississippi, UCLA, and Utah, but narrowed his decision down to Stanford, which offered him an athletic scholarship, or Harvard, which does not offer athletic scholarships. He committed to the Cardinal on January 11, 2008.[SUP][6]
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[h=2]On January 3, 2012, Martin announced he was declaring for the 2012 NFL Draft. He was regarded as the No. 3 tackle prospect in the 2012 NFL Draft, behind Matt Kalil and Riley Reiff.[SUP][9][/SUP] He was projected to be a late-first or early-second round selection.[/h]
During his rookie season, Martin started at right tackle from the beginning of training camp and struggled early in preseason with giving up sacks and penalties.[SUP][13][/SUP] On October 2, Martin was fined $10,000 for illegal clipping.[SUP][14][/SUP] In December 2012, Martin was moved over to left tackle to take over for Pro Bowler Jake Long, who had been placed on injured reserve with a torn triceps. Martin had started the first 12 games of the season at right tackle, ranking 63rd out of the 69 NFL tackles who had played at least 300 snaps, according to Pro Football Focus’ grading system.[SUP][15]
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For the 2013 season, Martin was slotted at left tackle in order to replace Long, who had left in free agency, and was noted to struggle throughout the early part of the season in pass protection.[SUP][16][/SUP] On October 21, 2013, the Dolphins signed Bryant McKinnie to take over at left tackle, moving Martin back over to right tackle.[SUP][17][/SUP]
On October 30, 2013, it was reported that Martin had left team facilities two days earlier, citing "emotional" reasons. It was initially reported that he had been mistreated by some teammates during lunch that day when they asked him to sit with them, but then promptly got up and left the table when he sat down.[SUP][18][/SUP][SUP][19][/SUP] Martin was subsequently listed on the injury report with an unspecified injury and missed the Dolphins' game on October 31.[SUP][20][/SUP] It was later reported that during this period Martin had briefly checked into a hospital for emotional distress before flying to his parents' home in California, where he is "preparing a detailed document for his cooperation with a league investigation into a string of alleged multiple incidents he says led to his emotional distress and exit from the team".[SUP][21][/SUP][SUP][22]
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On November 2, it was reported that Richie Incognito's ring-leading role in the harassment of Martin dating as far back as the 2012 season was being reviewed by the NFL Players Association.[SUP][23][/SUP] On November 3, Incognito was suspended by the Dolphins for "conduct detrimental to the team."[SUP][24][/SUP] The next day, it was reported that Incognito had sent numerous texts and voicemails making threats against Martin and Martin's family.[SUP][25][/SUP][SUP][26][/SUP][SUP][27][/SUP][SUP][28][/SUP][SUP][29][/SUP]
Martin's father, Gus Martin, is a Harvard University graduate and a professor of criminal justice administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills.[SUP][1][/SUP] His mother, Jane Howard-Martin, is also a Harvard graduate and is a corporate lawyer for Toyota.[SUP][2][/SUP] Martin has a total of nine relatives who graduated from Harvard including his grandfather, a professor in international development, and his maternal great grandfather, one of a dozen African-American students there in the 1920s.[SUP][3]
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Martin's education is unlike many other pro-athletes. He attended John Thomas Dye School, a top 3 private elementary school in the Los Angeles area and for high school, he attended nationally ranked Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. He was an all-section and All-Mission League selection as a senior in 2007 and earned All-Mission League honors as a junior in 2006.[SUP][4]
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Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Martin was ranked as the No. 44 offensive tackle prospect in the class of 2008, which was highlighted by Mike Adams and Matt Kalil.[SUP][5][/SUP] Martin held offers from Mississippi, UCLA, and Utah, but narrowed his decision down to Stanford, which offered him an athletic scholarship, or Harvard, which does not offer athletic scholarships. He committed to the Cardinal on January 11, 2008.[SUP][6]
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[h=2]On January 3, 2012, Martin announced he was declaring for the 2012 NFL Draft. He was regarded as the No. 3 tackle prospect in the 2012 NFL Draft, behind Matt Kalil and Riley Reiff.[SUP][9][/SUP] He was projected to be a late-first or early-second round selection.[/h]
During his rookie season, Martin started at right tackle from the beginning of training camp and struggled early in preseason with giving up sacks and penalties.[SUP][13][/SUP] On October 2, Martin was fined $10,000 for illegal clipping.[SUP][14][/SUP] In December 2012, Martin was moved over to left tackle to take over for Pro Bowler Jake Long, who had been placed on injured reserve with a torn triceps. Martin had started the first 12 games of the season at right tackle, ranking 63rd out of the 69 NFL tackles who had played at least 300 snaps, according to Pro Football Focus’ grading system.[SUP][15]
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For the 2013 season, Martin was slotted at left tackle in order to replace Long, who had left in free agency, and was noted to struggle throughout the early part of the season in pass protection.[SUP][16][/SUP] On October 21, 2013, the Dolphins signed Bryant McKinnie to take over at left tackle, moving Martin back over to right tackle.[SUP][17][/SUP]
On October 30, 2013, it was reported that Martin had left team facilities two days earlier, citing "emotional" reasons. It was initially reported that he had been mistreated by some teammates during lunch that day when they asked him to sit with them, but then promptly got up and left the table when he sat down.[SUP][18][/SUP][SUP][19][/SUP] Martin was subsequently listed on the injury report with an unspecified injury and missed the Dolphins' game on October 31.[SUP][20][/SUP] It was later reported that during this period Martin had briefly checked into a hospital for emotional distress before flying to his parents' home in California, where he is "preparing a detailed document for his cooperation with a league investigation into a string of alleged multiple incidents he says led to his emotional distress and exit from the team".[SUP][21][/SUP][SUP][22]
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On November 2, it was reported that Richie Incognito's ring-leading role in the harassment of Martin dating as far back as the 2012 season was being reviewed by the NFL Players Association.[SUP][23][/SUP] On November 3, Incognito was suspended by the Dolphins for "conduct detrimental to the team."[SUP][24][/SUP] The next day, it was reported that Incognito had sent numerous texts and voicemails making threats against Martin and Martin's family.[SUP][25][/SUP][SUP][26][/SUP][SUP][27][/SUP][SUP][28][/SUP][SUP][29][/SUP]
