Tate Martell's College Football Odyssey Was Briefly Revived in Miami's Bowl Game, Crypto Coins News

Another Chance

Martell was brought off the bench in relief of starting quarterback Jarren Williams during the second quarter of Miami’s bowl game against Louisiana Tech on Thursday.

It was his first appearance under center since the season opener versus Florida on Aug. 40. He laterswitched positions to wide receiver, appearing in three additional games but recording no statistics.

Needless to say, Martell had lots of rust to shake off when he entered for Williams with 7: 26 left in the second quarter, the Hurricanes trailing 7-0. He completed his first pass of the season on third down to move the chains and carried the ball on the next three snaps. But the playmaking magic that made Martell a prep phenom was absent when he needed it most.

Miami was forced to punt after Martell took six snaps at quarterback. He completed his only pass for seven yards and rushed five times for just five yards.

Coach Manny Diaz clearly didn’t think Martell gave the Hurricanes ’offense the spark it needed. The next time they were on offense, Williams was back in the game at quarterback, with Martell taking his familiar seat on the bench.

Ohio State Guarantee

Martell, one of themost highly sought-after quarterback prospectsin the high school class of (**********************************************************, arrived at Ohio State to much fanfare. With a rocket arm and rare speed and power as a runner, he seemed the dual-threat quarterback perfectly suited to thriving in Urban Meyer’s innovative spread attack.

Martell red-shirted as a freshman, though, and was beaten out by Dwayne Haskins in training camp the following season. He played sparingly in 2019 Despite fans’ ongoing intrigue with his skill set.

In the wake of Haskins ’early departure for the NFL, Martell was poised to emerge as the Buckeyes’ starter this season. When rumors began swirling late last season that Georgia quarterback Justin Fields was mulling a transfer to Ohio State, Martell was incredulous at the notion that development could prompt his own departure. He said in Dec. 2019, per

The Lantern:

Why would I leave for someone who hasn’t put in a single second into this program? To just run away from somebody who hasn’t put a single second into workouts anything like that and doesn’t know what the program is all about, there’s not a chance. I will [be the starting quarterback]. I am percent sure on that.

Martell, obviously, had no plans to go anywhere.

Controversial Move To Miami

Not even two weeks after Fields made his intentions known, Martell announced he was taking his talents to South Beach.