CFB notebook: Martin signs 4-year deal at New Mexico State

New Mexico State signed football coach Doug Martin to a new four-year contract, the school announced Friday. The deal runs through the 2021 season. Martin, who also is the Aggies' offensive coordinator, has a 17-44 record in six seasons at New Mexico State, but the Aggies finished 7-6 last year and beat Utah State 27-20 in the Arizona Bowl -- their first bowl appearance in 57 years. New Mexico State also ended a streak of 12 losing seasons in 2017. The 55-year-old Martin, who played quarterback at Kentucky, started his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Wildcats in 1986-87. His first head coaching job was at Kent State, where he had a 29-53 record from 2004 to 2010. Martin joined New Mexico State as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2011, and after serving in the same positions at Boston College in 2012, he became the Aggies' head coach in 2013. --The University of Miami announced that former Hurricanes running back Tyrone Moss died at age 33. Steve Davis, who was Moss' coach at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Fla., told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that Moss had been dealing with an unspecified illness. "It's a total shock," Davis told the newspaper. "He was, by far, the best player I've ever coached at the high school level. You had defenses and everybody that we played, all 11 guys knew he was going to get the ball. He'd still have 250 yards. You just couldn't figure it out. "My greatest moment was watching him in that (2002) state championship game. He had over 200 yards. He was just incredible. He was a great football player, but he was a greater human." Moss played at Miami from 2003 to 2006 and was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection in 2005 after leading the Hurricanes with 701 yards rushing. Moss had 1,942 career rushing yards at Miami and scored 26 touchdowns, but a torn ACL tear in his left knee during the 2005 season cut his career short. After undergoing two knee surgeries, he went undrafted and never played in the NFL. --Running back Antonio Williams, a transfer from Ohio State, will be eligible to play for North Carolina this season, Inside Carolina reported. The news outlet said sources confirmed that the NCAA made the ruling after Williams submitted a waiver to the organization. Williams, who has two years of eligibility remaining, later tweeted out the news, saying: "Your boy is cleared to play....let's work." The 5-foot-11, 210-pund Williams originally committed to the Tar Heels in 2016 while at North Stanley High School right down the road in New London, N.C., but changed his mind and signed with Ohio State. Last season, Williams rushed for 290 yards and three touchdowns in eight games for the Buckeyes but was considered the third option in the backfield this season behind talented underclassmen J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber. At North Carolina, Williams is expected to compete for playing time with junior Jordon Brown and sophomore Michael Carter.