Sam Martin

Sam Joseph Martin

Position: P Throws: Right

6-1, 211lb (185cm, 95kg)

Team: Buffalo Bills

Born: February 27, 1990 in Peachtree City, GA

College: Appalachian St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 20 (5605th overall since 1960)

High School: Starr's Mill (GA)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 5th round (165th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

2023

Career

172

Pnt

701

Yds

2334

32363

Lng

Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck	AV
2013	23	DET	P	6	16	0	72	3399	47.2	250	2949	40.4	72	10	13.9%	22	30.6%	1	3
2014	24	DET	P	6	16	0	68	3138	46.1	311	2727	40.1	71	5	7.4%	29	42.6%	0	3
2015	25	DET	P	6	16	0	80	3679	46.0	263	3356	42.0	66	3	3.8%	25	31.3%	0	3
2016	26	DET	P	6	16	0	62	3010	48.5	210	2740	44.2	63	3	4.8%	23	37.1%	0	3
2017	27	DET	P	6	10	0	41	1779	43.4	116	1543	37.6	64	6	14.6%	13	31.7%	0	1
2018	28	DET	P	6	16	0	74	3310	44.7	332	2898	39.2	61	4	5.4%	32	43.2%	0	2
2019	29	DET	P	6	16	0	76	3445	45.3	130	3175	41.8	62	7	9.2%	31	40.8%	0	2
2020	30	DEN	P	6	16	0	65	3040	46.8	226	2734	41.4	69	4	6.2%	19	29.2%	1	3
2021	31	DEN	P	6	17	0	67	3083	46.0	154	2869	42.8	68	3	4.5%	28	41.8%	0	2
2022	32	BUF	P	6	16	0	45	2146	47.7	151	1895	41.2	67	5	11.1%	16	35.6%	1	2
2023	33	BUF	P	8	17	0	51	2334	45.8	244	2030	39.8	70	3	5.9%	24	47.1%	0	1
Career					172		701	32363	46.2	2387	28916	41.1	72	53	7.6%	262	37.4%	3	25
7 yrs		DET			106	0	473	21760	46.0	1612	19388	40.9	72	38	8.0%	175	37.0%	1	17
2 yrs		BUF			33	0	96	4480	46.7	395	3925	40.5	70	8	8.3%	40	41.7%	1	3
2 yrs		DEN			33	0	132	6123	46.4	380	5603	42.1	69	7	5.3%	47	35.6%	1	5

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
2014	24	DET	P	1		4	142	35.5	0	142	35.5	48	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	0
2016	26	DET	P	1	0	5	232	46.4	5	227	45.4	55	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	0
2022	32	BUF	P	2	0	9	418	46.4	78	320	35.6	53	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	0
2023	33	BUF	P	2	0	5	223	44.6	27	196	39.2	52	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	0
Career				6		23	1015	44.1	110	885	38.5	55	1	4.3%	9	39.1%	0
2 yrs		BUF		4	0	14	641	45.8	105	516	36.9	53	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	0
2 yrs		DET		2	0	9	374	41.6	5	369	41.0	55	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	0

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Kicking

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
2013	23	DET	P	6	16	0																		70	4492	38	54.3%	64.2
2014	24	DET	P	6	16	0																		75	4803	53	70.7%	64.0
2015	25	DET	P	6	16	0																		73	4603	40	54.8%	63.1
2016	26	DET	P	6	16	0																		78	4819	52	66.7%	61.8
2017	27	DET	P	6	10	0																		50	3242	25	50.0%	64.8
2018	28	DET	P	6	16	0																		73	4459	34	46.6%	61.1
2019	29	DET	P	6	16	0																		61	3740	17	27.9%	61.3
2020	30	DEN	P	6	16	0																		2	114			57.0
2022	32	BUF	P	6	16	0													0					1	63			63.0
Career					172																			483	30335	259	53.6%	62.8
7 yrs		DET			106	0																		480	30158	259	54.0%	62.8
2 yrs		BUF			33	0																		1	63			63.0
2 yrs		DEN			33	0																		2	114			57.0

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2013	23	DET	P	6	16	0	2	3	0			3	1.5	0.2	0.1					0								2	1.5	3	0	2
2020	30	DEN	P	6	16	0	1	0	0		0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1					0								1	0.0		0	1
Career					172		3	3	0	0	0.0	3	1.0	0.0	0.0					0								3	1.0	3	0	3
7 yrs		DET			106	0	2	3	0	0		3	1.5	0.0	0.0					0								2	1.5	3	0	2
2 yrs		BUF			33	0			0											0											0
2 yrs		DEN			33	0	1	0	0		0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0					0								1	0.0		0	1

Advanced Rushing & Receiving

since 2018

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2014	24	DET	P	6	16	0	2	2	100.0	27	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	24	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.7	118.7	0	0	0.0	13.50	13.50
Career					172		2	2	100.0	27	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	24	13.5	13.5	13.5	0.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	13.50	13.50
7 yrs		DET			106	0	2	2	100.0	27	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	24	13.5	13.5	13.5	0.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	13.50	13.50
2 yrs		BUF			33	0
2 yrs		DEN			33	0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2013	23	DET	P	6	16	0			0			0	2	1	-9	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2015	25	DET	P	6	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
2018	28	DET	P	6	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2019	29	DET	P	6	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2020	30	DEN	P	6	16	0			0			0	1	1	-12	0	0.0
Career					172				0			0	3	2	-21	0	0.0	5	4	1	0	0
7 yrs		DET			106	0			0			0	2	1	-9	0	0.0	5	4	1	0	0
2 yrs		BUF			33	0			0							0	0.0
2 yrs		DEN			33	0			0			0	1	1	-12	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2022	32	BUF	P	2	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Career				6				0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2 yrs		BUF		4	0			0							0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2 yrs		DET		2	0			0							0	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2013	23	DET	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	217	46%
2014	24	DET	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	219	52%
2015	25	DET	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	217	48%
2016	26	DET	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	209	50%
2017	27	DET	P	6	10	0	0	0%	0	0%	141	50%
2018	28	DET	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	213	49%
2019	29	DET	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	211	46%
2020	30	DEN	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	137	29%
2021	31	DEN	P	6	17	0	0	0%	0	0%	133	33%
2022	32	BUF	P	6	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	128	31%
2023	33	BUF	P	8	17	0	0	0%	0	0%	132	31%
Career							0		0		1957
7 yrs		DET			106	0	0		0		1427
2 yrs		BUF			33	0	0		0		260
2 yrs		DEN			33	0	0		0		270

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sam Martin?

Sam Martin is 34 years old.

When was Sam Martin born?

Sam Martin was born on February 27, 1990.

Where was Sam Martin born?

Sam Martin was born in Peachtree City, GA.

How tall is Sam Martin?

Sam Martin is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much does Sam Martin weigh?

Sam Martin weighs 211 lbs (95 kg).

How many games does Sam Martin play?

Sam Martin played 17 games last season and 172 games over his career.

How many punting yards does Sam Martin have?

Sam Martin had 2,334 punting yards last season and 32,363 punting yards over his career.

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