(1954-01-06) January 6, 1954 (age 70) San Saba County, Texas, U.S.
High school
Gregory-Portland High School
Career highlights
Awards
1973 Southwest Conference Newcomer of the Year
1975 Southwest Conference Player of the Year
1975 Southwest Conference Most Valuable Player
1975 Kern Tips Memorial Trophy Winner
Texas Longhorn Football MVP
Honors
First-team All-American (1975)
1975 All-Southwest Conference
1975 Dallas Morning News Offensive MVP -- SWC
1975 Houston Post Offensive MVP —- SWC
1975 The Darrell K. Royal Trophy
1987 Texas High School Football Hall of Fame
1995 University of Texas Hall of Honor
1970-1979 Big Brother/Big Sister Athlete of the Decade Award Winner
2016 Jersey retired by Gregory-Portland High School
Championships
1972 Southwest Conference Championship
1973 Southwest Conference Championship
1975 Southwest Co-Conference Championship
Bowl games
1973 Cotton Bowl
1974 Cotton Bowl
1974 Gator Bowl
1975 Bluebonnet Bowl
Martin Ray Akins (born January 6, 1954) is a former college All-American football player and politician. He started as quarterback for the Texas Longhorns in the early 1970s and was the only Longhorn quarterback to start three seasons directing the wishbone offense, and the only wishbone quarterback to ever be an All-American. Akins helped quarterback Texas to 3 Southwest Conference Championships.
to #5 Auburn. In the 1974 season MartyAkins was named the Chevrolet Player of the Game in two televised games. Akins was again the starter in 1975 and...
his date of birth, Akins' father said his son was born in 1926, and he appears in 1940 census records as Aubrey Akins, age 13. Akins served in the Pacific...
Chicago Bears K 1976 3 17 77 Bob Simmons New Orleans Saints T 11 24 315 MartyAkins St. Louis Cardinals DB 13 18 365 Will Wilcox Buffalo Bills G 14 13 388...
football following the season. Bob Simmons, Tackle, Consensus All-American MartyAkins, Quarterback, 1st Team All-American Football Writers Association of America...
all-state athlete in three sports in high school. His maternal uncle, MartyAkins, was an All-American starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns college...
by Donnie Little in 1981 UT – Most starts, career (34), surpassed by MartyAkins in 1975 UT – Best winning percentage (minimum 1 season), career (80.5%)...
with Drew Brees, the nephew of his father's former Longhorns teammate MartyAkins, at Westlake High and ran track for the University of Houston. Tyler...
Morgan Defensive back Mississippi Valley State 315 St. Louis Cardinals MartyAkins Defensive back Texas 316 Minnesota Vikings Steve Kracher Running back...
Gardere in 1992 UT - Quarterback starts, career (34), tied Bobby Layne and MartyAkins, surpassed by Peter Gardere in 1992 Bold means active After graduating...
injured his groin, again ceding the starting position to Akins. However, in the first game of 1974 Akins suffered a concussion in the 2nd quarter and Presley...
instead. McEachern came to Texas as the heir apparent to All-American MartyAkins. But he didn't play in 1974 and redshirted in 1975. In the spring of...
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