Eighth grader gets scholarship offer from Michigan

Published: May 31, 2018 at 08:19 AM

The Checkdown's daily collection of football culture stories for May 31, 2018. This is The Extra Point.

1. Tyler Martin is a 6-foot-3, 227-pound linebacker who's still in middle school. Keep an eye out for this potential Class of 2022 gridiron star.

Michigan football team makes an offer to local eighth grader https://t.co/f6u4I4gbKb pic.twitter.com/hIp17erGQ4
— Boston.com Sports (@BDCSports) May 31, 2018

2. Speaking of middle schoolers taking over the sports world... Check out this 8th grader, Kieran Collins, doing his best OBJ impersonation.

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‪And they wonder why we’re so high on class of 2022 Athlete, @kierancollins4 . HE’S SPECIAL!‬ - Watch these two back to back plays from today.‬ - Kennedy Catholic is getting a real one!‬ ‪6’1, 160 (8th Grade)‬ - #HeirFootball 👑 ‬ ‪#Heir22‬ ‪#TheFutureIsBright‬ #LetTheFreaksBeFreaks @7on7association @houseofhighlights @overtime

A post shared by Heir Football Academy (@heirfootball) on May 26, 2018 at 1:18pm PDT

3. The Steelers unveiled their new throwback (oxymorons FTW) jerseys. Pittsburgh will don the unis in their Week 8 game vs. the Browns.

Coming to @heinzfield on October 28th. pic.twitter.com/TcBy2mesLb
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) May 30, 2018

4. Kobe Bryant brought his Mamba mentality to Patriots practice on Wednesday. The five-time NBA champion spoke with players and posed for a few photos. It's worth noting that Bryant is a lifelong Eagles fan, I wonder if he ribbed them about Super Bowl LII.

Patriots host NBA legend Kobe Bryant at training facilityhttps://t.co/OkJ4UY6bi4 pic.twitter.com/g6C6xa3wcl
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) May 30, 2018

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