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13 Martell Irby

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Morse
  • Prev School UCLA
  • Instagram audemar.tell
  • Twitter AudemarTell

Biography

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2023:
Appeared in 12 games during his only season with the Wildcats... Made season-high 7.0 tackles twice (1st; vs. NAU (5 solo, 2 assist), 9/2, 2nd; vs. Oklahoma (3 solo, 4 assist), 12/28)... Made one interception in the Valero Alamo Bowl against No. 12 Oklahoma and recorded 1.0 tackle for loss and one forced fumble in the 38-24 win... Recovered one fumble at USC on Oct. 7... Posted 33 total tackles (16 solo, 17 assists) with three tackles for loss, one interception, four passes defended (3 breakup, 1 INT), two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery... Named a Captain prior to the start of the season... 33 total tackles was seventh on the team.. One interception tied for second on the team (7x)... Three pass breakups was fourth on the team.

Before Arizona: In 2021, saw action in all 12 games as a reserve nickel back at UCLA ... Blocked a punt against Oregon ... Had a season-high four tackles in the games versus ASU, Utah and USC ... Had multiple tackles in eight games... In 2020, did not see game action... In 2019, saw action in eight games as a reserve running back and on special teams ...Had a season-high 21 yards rushing vs. Colorado ... Totaled a season-best three catches vs. Arizona State... In 2018, saw action in all 12 games as a reserve running back and member of the special teams units ... Ran for a season-high 47 yards against Stanford ... Had 30+ rushing yards in four games ... Caught at least one pass in six games.

High School: A three-star prospect according to 247 Sports, ESPN.com and Rivals.com who played football at Morse HS … ESPN.com’s No. 155 recruit in the state of California and the No. 104 running back in the nation … 247 Sports’ No. 82 recruit in the state of California and the No. 43 running back in the country … Rivals.com’s No. 100 recruit in California … ran for 1,729 yards and 22 touchdowns as a junior … On defense, he was credited with 34 tackles and made two interceptions ... Ran for over 4,000 yards and scored 55 touchdowns in his prep career ... Named first-team All-CIF ... Also lettered in basketball and track and field.

Personal: Parents: Mark and Monica Irby … Has two brothers, one, Daquirae plays linebacker for Nevada, and two sisters … Lists his favorite athletes as Karl Joseph, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry ... Hobbies and interests include basketball, track, jazz, piano and saxophone ... Played the saxophone since the fourth grade ... Member of the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts’ award-winning jazz ensemble ... Career objective is to become a musician ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 ... African American Studies major.

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