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S DERRICK MARTIN #29
5' 10" 198 lbs. Wyoming

Exp: 4th NFL Season, 1st Packers Season
Age: 24
Acquired: Trade 2009 (BAL)
Current Status: Active Roster
2008 Bio:
Pro Summary
  • Athletic, speedy DB, who excels on special teams
  • Enters 2009 having played in 28 career games, with 3 starts, and has 27 career tackles from scrimmage (24 solo), 8 PD and 2 INTs
  • Also has compiled 22 special teams stops
  • In 2008, he played in 4 games (posted 1 special teams tackle) before being placed on Injured Reserve (shoulder) on 10/30/08
  • Finished 4th on the team with a career-high 17 special teams tackles and a special teams FR in 2007
2008 SeasonBack To Top

Saw action in 4 games, recording 1 special teams stop, before being placed on Injured Reserve (shoulder) on 10/30

2007 SeasonBack To Top
  • Played in 16 games, starting 3 (1st starts of his career), and recorded career highs with 26 tackles, 8 PD, 2 INTs, 17 special teams tackles and a special teams FR
  • Subbed and netted 4 solo tackles, a career-high 4 PD and an INT in game 15 at Sea. (12/23)
  • Started for CB Samari Rolle (illness) and posted a career-high 6 tackles (all solo) and had a QB hit in game 9 vs. Cin. (11/11)
  • Started his 1st-career game for Rolle (illness) and had 2 solo tackles in game 8 at Pit. (11/5)
  • Recorded his 1st-career INT (part of the Ravens’ franchise-single-game-record 5 INTs) and had a special teams tackle in the 22-3 win in game 6 vs. STL (10/14)
2006 SeasonBack To Top
  • Saw action in 8 games, posting 1 tackle from scrimmage and 4 special teams tackles on the year
  • Netted his 1st-career tackle from scrimmage and posted 1 special teams tackle in the 31-7 win in game 15 at Pit. (12/24)
  • Saw action in his 1st-career NFL game and had 2 solo special teams tackles in game 6 vs. Car. (10/15)
College SummaryBack To Top
  • Totaled 134 tackles (92 solo), 21 PD, 6 INTs (1 returned for a TD), 3 FRs, 2 FFs and 2 sacks at Wyoming
  • Played in 30 games, starting 24
  • Also returned 6 KOs for 135 yards (22.5 avg.) and blocked 3 punts, returning 2 for TDs
  • Named All-Mountain West honorable mention as a junior, leading a defense that finished 1st in the conference in pass defense (207.4 ypg)
  • Earned All-Mountain West Conference 2nd-team honors as a sophomore in 2004
  • Martin also led the team with a careerhigh 17 PD and returned 5 KOs for 109 yards (21.8 avg.)
  • He finished 2nd on the team (9th in the MWC) with 3 INTs, which he returned 36 yards and scored on a blocked punt return (17 yards)
  • Had an immediate impact as a freshman in 2003, playing in 7 games, starting 4, finishing the season with 27 tackles, including 17 solo and 2 FRs
  • Began his collegiate career with a splash as he returned a blocked punt 6 yards for a TD in the season opener vs. Montana State
  • Martin also blocked a punt of his own against Oklahoma State
PersonalBack To Top
  • Attended Thomas Jefferson (Denver, CO) HS
  • Earned All-Colorado and All-State Class 5A honors from The Denver Post as a senior
  • Also named the MVP of the Denver Prep 5A league as a senior
  • Led his team to the quarterfinals of the 2001 state playoffs and to the 2002 state semifinals
  • Compiled a 38-10 record and won 4 city championships while playing QB and RB
  • Completed 96 of 185 passes for 1,475 yards and 10 TDs, as well as rushing 138 times for 830 yards and 3 TDs as a senior
  • Martin also earned All-City honors and was the team captain as a point guard on the basketball team
  • Was part of his school’s 4x100 meter relay team that placed 1st in the state championships during his senior year
  • Was on the honor roll all 4 years at Thomas Jefferson, as well as being named to the Mayor’s Mile High Academic Scholar squad
  • Also earned Renaissance Academic Scholar honors 2 years
  • Was a personal shopper at the Annual Holiday Helpers where teammates Derrick Mason and Samari Rolle provided $150 gift certificates and helped underprivileged children in the Baltimore area shop for holiday gifts for themselves and their families in Dec. 2006- 08
  • Also participated in the Ravens’ annual Spring Football Festival, signing autographs and speaking at fan forums in April 2007-09
  • Joined former teammate Bart Scott for Scott’s holiday party for 200 Baltimore youth at Port Discovery Museum in Baltimore; the evening featured a holiday meal, gift distribution and bike giveaway
  • Founded the Derrick Martin Foundation in 2007, which improves lives of underprivileged kids, including those in single parent homes
  • Martin joined teammates in Nov. 2007 and ’08 for the ACT Auction Party benefiting the RACTF and players foundations
  • Hosts the annual Derrick Martin Sportsfest in Denver, which includes free football and cheerleading clinics, a celebrity basketball game, celebrity bowling and a silent auction
  • Derrick and his wife, Alexa, have a son, Derrick Jerome Martin III, born 3/17/08
  • Full name: Derrick Jerome Martin

    Bio courtesy Baltimore Ravens

ELIAS Game By Game Packers Stats
Game Date OppSacks
Sep 13, 2009 CHI0
Sep 20, 2009 CIN0
Sep 27, 2009 @STL0
Oct 5, 2009 @MIN0
Oct 18, 2009 DET0
Oct 25, 2009 @CLE0
Nov 1, 2009 MIN0
Nov 8, 2009 @TB0
Nov 15, 2009 DAL0
Nov 22, 2009 SF0
Nov 26, 2009 @DET0
Dec 7, 2009 BAL0
Dec 13, 2009 @CHI0
Dec 20, 2009 @PIT0
Dec 27, 2009 SEA0
Jan 3, 2010 @ARI0
2009 Totals0
Packers Totals0

Statistics provided by Elias Sports Bureau
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