Michigan Football Signee Bio: WR Oliver Martin

• Listed as a four-star talent, the No. 206 player and No. 35 wide receiver in the country, and the top player in Iowa by Rivals.

• Considered the No. 7 wide receiver in the nation by 247Sports.

• At Nike’s The Opening Finals, Martin ran the 40-yard dash in 4.57 seconds and the 20-yard shuttle in 4.15 seconds. He also recorded a 41.6-inch vertical jump and a power throw of 41.0 feet. Those numbers earned Martin a Nike+ Football Rating of 133.02.

• As a senior, Martin caught 85 passes for 1,272 yards and 14 touchdowns. He also scored on a punt return and a kickoff return.

• In his junior season, Martin had 73 receptions for 1,187 yards and 14 touchdowns.

• As a sophomore, he had 61 receptions for 759 yards and 5 touchdowns.

• Had 20 receptions as a freshman for 231 yards.

• 2016 Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year.

• 2016 Class 4A All-USA Iowa first team by USA Today.

• 2016 Iowa Newspaper Association 4A All-State first team.

• 2016 Des Moines Register All-State Elite Team.

• 2015 Class 4A All-USA Iowa first team by USA Today.

• 2015 Iowa Newspaper Association 4A All-State second team.

• 2015 Des Moines Register All-State first team.

• 2014 Iowa Newspaper Association 4A All-State third team.

• Participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 7, 2017, but did not record a stat.

• Attended Nike’s The Opening regional camp in Chicago in 2015 and 2016.

• Was invited to Nike’s The Opening Finals in Beaverton, Or.,. in 2016.

• Took home combine MVP honors at Don Beebe’s House of Speed football combine in 2016.

• Committed Jan. 29, 2017.

• Took official visits to Iowa (Dec. 2), Notre Dame (Dec. 9), Michigan State (Jan. 13) and finally Michigan (Jan. 27), which ultimately sealed the deal.

• Held only a few MAC offers in the spring before his senior season but finished with a list that included Auburn, Florida, Iowa, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA and Wisconsin, among others.

• Martin’s recruitment was spearheaded by head coach Jim Harbaugh and newly hired passing game coordinator Pep Hamilton. The three of them jumped into a pool when Martin made the decision to commit.

• Born Nov. 3, 1998.

• Set a state record for catches in a career, with 239. Also finished his career as the Class 4A leader in receiving yards, with 3,449, and receiving touchdowns, with 33.

• Martin also excels in the swimming pool, where as a junior he finished eighth in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard breaststroke at the state meet with a time of 51.74 seconds and 59.19 seconds, respectively. A week earlier, he finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly with times of 1:00.68 and 53.08, respectively, in the Iowa district meet.

• His sister, Ruby, is “a legitimate 2020 Olympics swimming contender,” according to Press-Citizen.com. She qualified in eight of the 13 events at the U.S. Olympic Trials as a 16-year-old and placed as high as fourth (200 fly).

Martin, like all other receiver commits in this class, will have a chance to get on the field because of opening left by the graduations of Jehu Chesson and Amara Darboh. Martin has been described as a natural pass catcher and a technician when running routes — two things that coaches and quarterbacks loves. Martin might not be quite the specimen classmates Donovan Peoples-Jones or Tarik Black are, but he gets open, catches everything and produces consistently. All incoming wide receivers should be trying to get on the field, and Martin will be no different.

Matthew Bain; Preps, Recruiting And Iowa Hawkeyes Reporter For The Iowa City Press-Citizen: "His Nike+ Football Ratings were off the charts for all of his physical talents — his vertical, his speed, his 40, all of that. To me, his two best talents are his route running and his hands. That's just raw, natural receiver talent. When Oliver catches the ball, you don’t even hear it. It’s ridiculous how good of hands he has. The separation he creates in the air with his vertical and with his strength, getting those smaller DBs off of him, and then you put that with his speed to be able to break away from DBs, and then you put that with his hands, which I think are better than anything. … Before I moved to Iowa, I covered preps in southern California, and I’ve seen some in Phoenix as well, and then in Iowa — and he’s the best receiver prospect I’ve ever seen."

Flower Mound (Texas) Marcus Head Coach Gerry Stanford (coached Martin at U.S. Army Bowl practices): "Oliver did a great job for me. He picked things up very quickly and was a very consistent route runner. He has very trustworthy hands, and he does a good job of creating space and tracking the ball. I assume he is going to play in the slot and will be do great job of creating a play when a play needs to be made, particularly on third down. He will be a strong possession guy and he's got a big enough body to work the middle of the field."