Over the past several years, there has been a trend of college football stars participating in college basketball, including two sport standouts such as Julius Peppers, Matt Trannon, and Charlie Ward putting their talents on display in both endeavors. Houston area tight end/forward Martellus Bennett is looking to be next in the line of great dual sport athletes.

Bennett is also a 6-foot-7, 242 pound tight end for Alief Taylor High School in the fall when he is not playing basketball for the Lions.

Considered by many football observers to be the #1 tight end prospect in the nation, Bennett previously committed to Miami, a school known for producing NFL talent at the tight end position, during the summer.

However, a little over a month ago though, Bennett chose to decommit from Miami and claims to be wide open as far as his school listing is concerned.

Oklahoma, Miami, Texas, Florida, LSU, and Nebraska now comprise Bennett's list of schools.

According to Bennett, all of the schools have offered him scholarships and will allow him to play both football and basketball. Because he will technically be counted on scholarship as a football player wherever he goes, whichever school lands his services will be getting the added luxury of having him on the basketball court without being charged a scholarship spot for his participation on the team.

So far, Bennett has made official visits to Oklahoma and Texas. He intends on taking 3 more visits before making his intentions fully known in front of a national TV audience during the U.S. Army All-American Bowl football game, which some fans consider to be the gridiron version of the McDonald's All-American basketball game.

While playing for the Houston Swoosh AAU program this summer, Bennett enjoyed a great deal of both team and individual success with the Swoosh.

"Winning the four Great American Shootout tournaments during the summer might be my career highlight," said Bennett.

The hunger to win also plays a role in Bennett's recruitment.

"I want to play for a basketball program that is capable of winning the tournament," said Bennett.

Bennett has taken care of his off-court business, by being fully qualified for division one athletics because of his grades and passing score on his college entrance exam.

On the court, Bennett is looking to improve on his game.

"I am working on improving my shooting consistency, since I will be playing small forward or shooting guard in college," said Bennett, who often played power forward this summer.