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Tavares Martin Jr. dismissed from WSU football team, says he asked for release

The turmoil in the Washington State Cougars receiving core continues between the end of the regular and postseason. The Spokesman-Review’s Theo Lawson was the first to report this morning on the dismissal of junior wide out Tavares Martin, Jr.

A WSU spokesman told Lawson that it was for a “violation of team rules” and, as is par for the course with Mike Leach, we will likely never truly find out what that violation is.

Martin was the team’s leading receiver in 2017 with 831 yards on 70 catches, including nine for touchdowns. He picked up nearly a quarter of those yards and fully a third of his touchdowns against the Oregon State Beavers, going for a career high 194 yards and three trips to the end zone.