2012 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE - Parent Directory - NFL.com

KESHAWN MARTINOUTSIDE LINEBACKERHeight: 5-11 | Weight: 194 | College: Michigan State |Hometown: Inkster, Mich. | Rookie |1st with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2012: 22 |Acquired: D4a, 2012 (121st overall) | 2012 GP/GS: 0/0 |Career GP/GS: 0/0 | Teams: Houston, 2012 |HEADERTEXANS BIOS82TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the fourth round (121st overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.COLLEGE:• Four-year letter winner finished his career ranked second in Michigan State history in punt returnyards (659), fourth in punt returns (65), eighth in kick return yards (1,100) and kick returns (47),10th in all-purpose yards (4,013), 11th in receptions (127), 16th in receiving yards (1,714) and tiedfor 17th in touchdown receptions (10)• Appeared in 48 games, including 16 starts• Averaged 8.4 yards per carry in his career (64 carries for 540 rushing yards)• Scored 17 total touchdowns in his career (10 receptions; three rush; two punt returns; one pass;one kick return)• Accounted for touchdowns in five different ways in his career (rushing, receiving, passing, puntreturn and kick return)• One of three Spartans in school history to return two punts for touchdowns• Completed 8-of-9 passes in his career for 158 yards and two touchdowns• Led the team with 59 plays of 20-plus yards and 17 plays of 40-plus yards for his career• Compiled 337 all-purpose yards (84.3 ypg.), including 11 catches for 162 yards in four career bowlgames• 2011 Honorable mention All-Big Ten accolades by the coaches• Yahoo! Sports All-Big Ten second team as a punt returner for his senior season• Second on the team with career highs of 66 receptions and 777 receiving and had four receivingtouchdowns• Led the team with 445 yards after the catch (YAC) led the team and ranked third in the Big Tenduring his senior season• 2010 First-team All-Big Ten as a punt returner by Rivals.com, CollegeFootballNews.com and PhilSteele• Led the Big Ten and ranked 11th in the NCAA, averaging 14.2 yards on 16 punt returns his junioryear• Named to ESPN.com’s Big Ten All-Bowl Team in 2009• Accounted for a team-best 1,451 all-purpose yards, averaging 18.1 yards every time he touchedthe football (80 total touches)• Accounted for 234 all-purpose yards, catching 11 passes for 132 yards (12.0 avg.), nine rushes for51 yards (5.7 avg.) and completed 2-of-3 passes for 59 yards as a freshmanPERSONAL:• Two-year starter at John Glenn High School in Westland, Mich. where he earned all-conferencehonors as a quarterback after accounting for 1,551 total yards and 17 touchdowns in 2007• All-state (Division 1) selection as a defensive back in 2007 and Detroit News All-Metro West Teamas a senior• Also participated in basketball and track• Majored in sociologywww.HoustonTexans.comtwitter.com/TexansPR