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McCluer Grad Signs Contract With St. Louis Rams

Andre Martin was just three of 26 open tryout players offered a contract with the St. Louis Rams.

Andre Martin, a standout football player at McCluer High School, will sign a contract with the St. Louis Rams, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Β 

Martin, A Ferguson-native who starred in three sports while at McCluer (football, basketball and track and field), was just three of 26 open tryout players offered a contract by the Rams, the Post-Dispatch report said.Β 

Martin actually had a choice to make, according to sports talk radio station in Fargo, NDβ€”Martin is about to wrap up his senior year at North Dakota State University.Β 

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From that report:

If Bison sprinter Andre Martin would have ran in the Summit League track championships over the weekend, he could've had a real shot at winning the league title. Instead the former Bison cornerback was attending St. Louis Rams rookie mini-camp. It looks like it was worth it ... Martin, who played one year with the Bison after transferring from Northern Iowa, had a team-high 6 pass-breakups to go with his interception in the national championship game.

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