Boston College Football Recruiting: LB Jimmy Martin Commits To Eagles

As soon as we posted that Davon Jones had committed to Boston College, the Eagles landed their second commitment of the day as Florida linebacker Jimmy Martin has committed to BC:

Newest #BCEagles commit is 3 star LB Jimmy Martin from Florida #WeAreBC

— EagleAction (@RealEagleAction) June 25, 2014

Martin, a 5'11 207 lb linebacker is considered a 3* recruit by Rivals, and his main recruiter is Todd Fitch. He held offers from Cincinnati, Duke, South Florida, and a bevy of lower tier schools. Earlier this week it was reported as well that Indiana was on the verge of offering him. According to his HUDL page he claims to run a 4.5 40.

Interestingly an Orlando Sentinel article mentions that while he was recruited as a linebacker, Addazio may be more inclined to move his position to something like fullback. That is important news to consider especially if BC wants to stay in the running for some of the bigger name LB's in the Class of 2015.

The other interesting piece of news in this recruitment is that Martin is graduating early, which may mean that his scholarship won't count against the 2015 recruiting class number of 25. He is at least the second recruit that has said that he will be coming to BC early.  Again this is great for BC as it gives them more flexibility to continue to go out and get more recruits to fill their roster.  There is a possibility that in two years, Addazio and Co will have 55+ guys on a roster of 85 that are "his guys".

Welcome to the Heights Jimmy!

The Class of 2015

1. OT Anthony Palazzolo (Fairfield, Conn.) - 6-6, 302 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh

2. OG Chris Lindstrom (Dudley, Mass.) - 6-5, 240 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Old Dominion

3. DB Lukas Denis (Everett, Mass.) - 5-11, 170 lbs., **
Offers: Boston College, Holy Cross, Massachusetts

4. OT John Phillips (Syracuse, N.Y.) - 6-6, 245 lbs., **
Offers: Boston College

5. OT Aaron Monteiro (Brockton, Mass.) - 6-6, 308 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts

6. RB Jordan Gowins (Melville, N.Y.) - 6-0, 200 lbs., **
Offers: Boston College, Stony Brook, Toledo

7. TE Jake Burt (Lynnfield, Mass.) - 6-5, 230 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Virginia

8. ATH Ben Glines (Cincinnati, Ohio) - 6-1, 190 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Akron, Toledo, Western Michigan

9. OG Wyatt Knopfke (Sarasota, Fla.) - 6-2, 288 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Kentucky, Miami

10. RB Sharrieff Grice (West Hartford, Conn.) - 6-1, 200 lbs., **
Offers: Boston College, Albany, Fordham, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rutgers

11. DUAL Elijah Robinson (Montclair, N.J.) - 6-2, 185 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Air Force, Army, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan State, Navy, Nebraska, Rutgers, Temple, Virginia

12. ATH William Harris (Wallingford, Conn.) - 6-2, 205 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Connecticut, Old Dominion, Syracuse

13. ATH Michael Walker (Naples, Fla.) - 5-11, 179 lbs., NR
Offers: Boston College, Arkansas State, Arizona, Florida International, Georgia Southern, Holy Cross

14. WR Chase Pankey (Cincinnati, Ohio) - 6-1, 191 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Ball State

15. TE Chris Garrison (Groton, Mass.) - 6-4, 215 lbs., ***
Offers: Boston College, Connecticut, Duke, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Syracuse

16. WR Mehdi El Attrach (Lake Nona, Fl) - 6-1, 185lbs **
Offers: Boston College, Syracuse, Duke, Wake Forest, Louisville, Rutgers, Northwestern, Southern Miss, Massachusetts, East Carolina, FIU, Bowling Green, Western Kentucky, Western Michigan, Memphis, South Alabama

17. S  Davon Jones (Shrewsbury, MA) 6-1, 180lbs NR
Offers: Boston College, Coastal Carolina

18. LB Jimmy Martin (Maitland, FL) 5-11, 204lbs ***
Offers: Boston College, Cincinnati, South Florida, Duke, Florida International, Eastern Illinois, South Alabama, Western Michigan