AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his first season with the Spartans...Joined the team for 2008 preseason drills...A running back prospect.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Tom Verner) and track and field at Franklin High in Stockton, Calif.... Rushed for 2,479 yards and 28 touchdowns his final two seasons...Averaged 10.5 yards per carry as a junior and senior combined...Was an all-area football selection.

MORE ON SOLOMON: Plans to major in criminal justice studies...Interested in pursuing a career in criminology...Older brother, Lance Martin, was a running back on the 2001 through 2004 San Jose State football teams...Lance Martin was the Spartans' leading rusher in 2003 with 520 yards on 119 carries...The Stockton native was born on February 4, 1990.