TROY, Ala. – The preseason honors for Troy linebacker Carlton Martial have been frequent and plentiful. Monday, he earned his maybe his most prominent of the year, landing on The Athletics' Preseason All-America Team; Martial is one of just two players from the Group of Five to earn the honor.
Martial, a native of Mobile, Ala., was one of six linebackers selected by The Athletic to their preseason All-America Team as he landed on the second team along with Wisconsin's Nick Herbig and Clemson's Trenton Simpson.
He enters the 2022 season needing just 104 tackles to break Northwestern's Tim McGarigle career FBS record of 545 tackles.