Troy University Athletics
Martial, Solomon Earn All-America Honors
12/10/2021 2:15:00 PM | Football
TROY, Ala. – Troy junior linebacker Carlton Martial and redshirt-freshman bandit Javon Solomon have been named to the Pro Football Network All-America Team as honorable mention selections.
The All-America selection is Martial's third postseason All-America honor after he was named a Pro Football Focus Freshman All-American in 2018 and PFF Second Team All-American in 2019. Ahead of the 2020 season, Martial was named to the Walter Camp Preseason All-America Team.
Martial finished the season with 24 more tackles than anyone else in the Sun Belt and is the only player averaging double-digit tackles per game. The native of Mobile, Ala., ranks seventh nationally with 10.6 tackles per game and ended the season just 17 tackles shy of the all-time Sun Belt record.
Since 2000, Martial is one of just two players at the FBS level to record more than 425 tackles, 45 tackles for loss and five interceptions in their career – he has 436 tackles, 46 tackles for loss and five interceptions. He is the nation's leading tackler since the start of the 2018 season, with 442 tackles: 66 more than the next closest player. A finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, Martial had six games with double-digit tackles, including games with 18 and 19 tackles.
He'll enter the 2020 season with 442 career tackles and will need just 104 to pass Northwestern's Tim McGarigle for the most in FBS history.
Solomon led the Sun Belt in tackles for loss and finished second in sacks. He ranks 10th nationally in tackles for loss and ninth in sacks. The Tallahassee, Fla., native became one of just 31 players since 2000 to record 17 tackles for loss and 11 sacks through the first 10 games of a season; he is one of just nine from a Group of Five school to do so and the only Sun Belt player.
Solomon became just the third FBS player since at least 2000 to record 12 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and one interception in the first six games of the season -- Carl Nassib (Penn State, 2015), Elvis Dumervil (Louisville, 2005).
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