With his strong performance in fall camp, including Saturday's scrimmage, BYU running back LJ Martin is making a case for playing time in his freshman season.
Running back LJ Martin participates in the first day of BYU football fall camp in Provo, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.Whether it was a deliberate move or just how the reps fell last week, Kalani Sitake acknowledged the amount of work BYU’s incoming freshmen have received in the first few days of fall camp.
And with those reps, the one name that keeps popping up is LJ Martin. The running back from El Paso, Texas — who flipped his commitment from Stanford in December — has routinely made plays when he’s had the chance. “I really want to shout out LJ for running really hard and winning a couple of four-minute drills for us,” Slovis said.The running back room is veteran heavy. UNLV and Louisville transfer Aidan Robbins tops the group. Deion Smith also has plenty of experience coming from Colorado. And Hinckley Ropati and Miles Davis both logged significant snaps.
Davis went into camp last year as a relative unknown. But he made plays and slowly became an option within the offenseWhen asked if Martin could play immediately, Sitake didn’t rule it out. He also mentioned that Martin has the benefit of the redshirt rule this year. He can play in four games — maybe the amount BYU needs from him with this many veterans — and still preserve his eligibility.
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