NFL CAREER – Martin played both tackle positions at Texas A&M and Syracuse collegiately from 2015-18. After signing with the Chargers as a rookie free agent in 2019, the Manvel, Texas native played in two games for the Arizona Cardinals in 2021, spending the bulk of the last three seasons on their practice squad. Martin will compete in the offseason and in training camp on the offensive line.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Signed by New Orleans Saints to a reserve/future contract, 1/11/23; Practice squad contract terminated by Arizona, 1/3/23; Re-signed to Arizona practice squad, 11/9/22; Practice squad contract terminated by Arizona, 11/5/22; Signed to Arizona practice squad, 9/13/22; Waived by Arizona, 8/29/22; Signed a future contract with Arizona for the 2022 season, 1/19/22; Re-signed to Arizona practice squad, 11/9/21; Released from Arizona practice squad, 11/2/21; Signed to the Cardinals practice squad, 10/6/21; Released by Cardinals, 10/4/21; Signed to the Cardinals active roster from the team's practice squad, 9/25/21; Signed to the Cardinals practice squad, 9/1/21; Released by Cardinals, 8/31/21; Signed a future contract with the Cardinals, 1/5/21; Signed to the Cardinals practice squad, 9/6/20; Released by Cardinals, 9/5/20; Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals, 8/4/20; Placed on Injured Reserve by the Chargers, 7/1/19; Waived/Injured by the Chargers, 6/28/19; Signed by the Los Angeles Chargers as a rookie free agent, 5/10/19.
2022 – Spent the bulk of season on Arizona practice squad. 2021 – Appeared in his first two career games for Cardinals…Made his NFL debut at Jacksonville, Sept. 26 as part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack on 20 pass attempts in the second half…Saw action at Los Angeles Rams, Oct. 3. 2020 – Spent the bulk of the season on the Cardinals practice squad. 2019 – After signing with the Chargers following the NFL Draft, spent the season on Injured Reserve.
COLLEGE – Played final college season at Syracuse in 2018 as a graduate transfer from Texas A&M after playing three seasons (2015-17) with the Aggies…Appeared in 47 career games with 29 starts…In his lone season with the Orange, started all 13 games at RT and played a team-high 1,111 total snaps, earning third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors…Blocked for an offense that ranked 11th in the nation in scoring (40.2 ppg.)…As a junior at Texas A&M in 2017, played in 13 games with 12 starts at LT, blocking for an offense that posted 406.8 yards per game, as a teammate on the Aggies offensive line with Saints C Erik McCoy…Played all 13 games in 2016 with the Aggies, starting three as a tackle and one at TE…Redshirted as a freshman in 2014…Earned a degree in Sports Conditioning from Texas A&M and studied Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation at Syracuse.
PERSONAL – Two-time all-district selection and twice a member of the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Team at Manvel (Texas) HS…Earned second-team Class 5A All-State honors as a senior after posting 72 tackles, 9.0 sacks, seven forced fumbles and 12 tackles for loss at DE…As a junior, earned All-District honors on defense and offense and was recognized as a second-team All-State selection on defense…Lettered three years in football, two in power-lifting and three in track & field…Married his wife, Jazzmin in 2017; Jazzmin was an All-American volleyball player at Texas A&M and is the daughter of Syracuse head football coach Dino Babers…Father, Kirk, is a senior analyst for the Syracuse football program and played tight end at UTEP…Mother, Caren, played volleyball at UTEP…Younger brother, Kason plays QB at Eastern New Mexico and his adopted brother, London Harris, played LB at Texas State…Sister, Cory Jo, played volleyball at Mary Hardin-Baylor.
