Jonathan Martin is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 offensive tackle for the Stanford Cardinal

Stanford Cardinal football

The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...

. He is considered one of the best offensive tackle prospects for the 2013 NFL Draft

2013 NFL Draft

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Early years

Martin attended Harvard-Westlake School

Harvard-Westlake School

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 in North Hollywood, California. He was an all-section and All-Mission League selection as a senior in 2007 and earned All-Mission League honors as a junior in 2006.

College career

As a redshirt freshman in 2009 Martin started 11 of 13 games at left tackle. He was an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection and a second team freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com. As a sophomore in 2010 he was named a first team All-American by Scout.com

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External links

• Stanford Cardinal bio