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Sam Martin

Martin, Sam Joseph
Position: P
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210
Born: February 27, 1990 Peachtree City, GA
High School: Starr�s Mill (Fayetteville, GA)

Year	College	Participation
2008	Appalachian State	Redshirted
2009	Appalachian State	Played
2010	Appalachian State	Played
2011	Appalachian State	Played
2012	Appalachian State	Played

Draft: 5th round (165th overall) 2013 Detroit Lions

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	6	P	16	0
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	6	P	16	0
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	6	P	16	0
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	6	P	16	0
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	6	P	10	0
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	6	P	16	0
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	6	P	16	0
2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL	6	P	16	0
2021 Denver Broncos (NFL)2021 DEN NFL	6	P	17	0
2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL	8	P	16	0
2023 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2023 BUF NFL	8	P	17	0
2024 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2024 BUF NFL	8	P	17	0
2025 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2025 CAR NFL	6	P	17	0
13 Years (NFL)13 Years NFL			206	0

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/27/2013	2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL
Signed	5/10/2013	2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL
Reserve/Non-Football Injury	9/2/2017	2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL
Activated	10/28/2017	2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/18/2020	2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL
Signed	3/20/2020	2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL
Reserve/COVID	1/3/2022	2021 Denver Broncos (NFL)2021 DEN NFL
Activated	1/7/2022	2021 Denver Broncos (NFL)2021 DEN NFL
Released	8/29/2022	2022 Denver Broncos (NFL)2022 DEN NFL
Signed	9/1/2022	2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL
Released	3/6/2025	2024 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2024 BUF NFL
Signed	3/13/2025	2025 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2025 CAR NFL

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	216	0	0.0	0	0.0	216	45.7
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	218	0	0.0	0	0.0	218	51.5
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	218	0	0.0	0	0.0	218	47.6
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	209	0	0.0	0	0.0	209	50.2
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	141	0	0.0	0	0.0	141	30.0
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	213	0	0.0	0	0.0	213	49.2
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	211	0	0.0	0	0.0	211	44.7
2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL	137	0	0.0	0	0.0	137	29.6
2021 Denver Broncos (NFL)2021 DEN NFL	133	0	0.0	0	0.0	133	32.8
2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL	128	0	0.0	0	0.0	128	31.2
2023 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2023 BUF NFL	132	0	0.0	0	0.0	132	30.7
2024 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2024 BUF NFL	150	0	0.0	0	0.0	150	33.6
2025 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2025 CAR NFL	118	0	0.0	0	0.0	118	29.1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2224	0		0			45.7

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		-	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		-	0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	2	3	1.5	3	0	0	0	0	2
2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	3	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	3

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	2	2	100.0	0	27	13.5	13.5	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	2	100.0	0	27	13.5	13.5	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	118.8

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	72	3399	47.2	72	1	10	22	5	7	250	2949	40.4
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	68	3138	46.1	71	0	5	29	2	10	311	2727	40.1
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	80	3679	46.0	66	0	3	25	4	10	263	3356	42.0
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	62	3010	48.5	63	0	3	23	3	7	210	2740	44.2
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	41	1779	43.4	64	0	6	13	5	4	116	1543	37.6
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	74	3310	44.7	61	0	4	32	3	13	332	2898	39.2
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	76	3445	45.3	62	0	7	31	5	13	130	3175	41.8
2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL	65	3040	46.8	69	1	4	19	16	4	226	2734	41.4
2021 Denver Broncos (NFL)2021 DEN NFL	67	3083	46.0	68	0	3	28	9	7	154	2869	42.8
2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL	45	2146	47.7	67	1	5	16	6	5	145	1901	41.3
2023 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2023 BUF NFL	51	2334	45.8	70	0	3	24	5	7	237	2037	39.9
2024 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2024 BUF NFL	54	2523	46.7	65	1	5	25	5	8	213	2210	40.9
2025 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2025 CAR NFL	56	2642	47.2	68	0	3	27	6	7	313	2269	40.5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	811	37528	46.3	72	4	61	314	74	102	2900	33408	41.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	70	4581	65.4	38	3	29	757	0	0	0
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	75	4834	64.5	53	1	20	544	0	1	0
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	73	4603	63.1	40	1	29	762	1	4	1
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	78	4819	61.8	52	1	22	462	0	3	0
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	50	3242	64.8	25	0	25	526	0	0	0
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	73	4459	61.1	34	0	34	797	0	5	1
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	61	3779	62.0	17	1	42	927	0	1	0
2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL	2	114	57.0	0	0	2	32	0	0	0
2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL	1	63	63.0	0	0	1	20	0	0	0
2025 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2025 CAR NFL	2	22	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	485	30516	62.9	259	7	204	4827	1	16	3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	2	1	1	0	1	-9	0
2020 Denver Broncos (NFL)2020 DEN NFL	1	0	1	0	1	-12	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	1	2	0	2	-21	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2025 CAR NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2013 Detroit Lions (NFL)2013 DET NFL	2	0	2	10	0	0	0
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
2017 Detroit Lions2017 DET NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	6	29	0	0	0

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