Happy Birthday to Blake Martinez!
Packers LB Blake Martinez celebrates his birthday on January 9th. See photos and facts from his career. Photos by Evan Siegle and Matt Becker, packers.com.
Helped Stanford make a bowl appearance all four years as part of a school-record seven consecutive bowl games and win three Pacific-12 titles (2012-13, 2015). Appeared in three Rose Bowls, helping the Cardinal win two.
Selected by Green Bay in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft with the No. 137 overall selection, joining Trent Murphy (Washington, second round, No. 47 overall, 2014) as the only Stanford linebackers to be selected in the NFL Draft since 2008.
Appeared in 13 games during the 2016 regular season, recording 69 tackles, a sack, and an interception.
Finished collegiate career with 257 tackles (137 solo), 13½ tackles for loss, 6½ sacks, five interceptions and five forced fumbles in 51 games played. Started the final 27 games of his collegiate career.
As a senior, he was named third-team All-America by The Associated Press, second-team All-America by USA Today and Phil Steele's College Football, and first-team All-Pac-12 by AP and Phil Steele's College Football.
Earned his degree in management science and engineering at Stanford.
