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-...): 18 (5814th overall since 1960)

High School: Starr's Mill (GA)

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

SUMMARY

2022

Career

151

Pnt

632

Yds

1298

29181

Lng

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2022 Games

2022 Games Table
							Punting											Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2022-09-08	1	BUF	@	LAR	W 31-10													0	0%	0	0%	5	26%
2022-09-19	2	BUF		TEN	W 41-7		3	145	48.33	6	139	46.3	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	0	0	0%	0	0%	10	37%
2022-09-25	3	BUF	@	MIA	L 19-21		1	31	31.00	0	31	31.0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	5	23%
2022-10-02	4	BUF	@	BAL	W 23-20		3	136	45.33	0	136	45.3	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	0	0	0%	0	0%	8	32%
2022-10-09	5	BUF		PIT	W 38-3		2	110	55.00	0	70	35.0	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	9	36%
2022-10-16	6	BUF	@	KAN	W 24-20		2	108	54.00	16	92	46.0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	6	26%
2022-10-30	8	BUF		GNB	W 27-17		2	73	36.50	3	70	35.0	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	7	32%
2022-11-06	9	BUF	@	NYJ	L 17-20		2	111	55.50	0	91	45.5	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	6	26%
2022-11-13	10	BUF		MIN	L 30-33		3	152	50.67	12	140	46.7	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	9	27%
2022-11-20	11	BUF		CLE	W 31-23		2	99	49.50	0	99	49.5	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	9	30%
2022-11-24	12	BUF	@	DET	W 28-25		4	197	49.25	54	143	35.8	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	9	35%
2022-12-01	13	BUF	@	NWE	W 24-10		3	136	45.33	0	116	38.7	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	0	0	0%	0	0%	7	29%
Upcoming Games · Bye in Week 7
2022-12-11	14	BUF		NYJ	Preview · Stats for 5 games vs. Jets · Avg. 3.0punt, 148.0 yds (Last in 2022)
2022-12-17	15	BUF		MIA	Preview · Stats for 4 games vs. Dolphins · Avg. 2.0punt, 96.3 yds (Last in 2022)
2022-12-24	16	BUF	@	CHI	Preview · Stats for 14 games vs. Bears · Avg. 3.8punt, 174.1 yds (Last in 2019)
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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	41.0	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	42.1	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	12	0	27	1298	48.1	91	1127	41.7	63	4	14.8%	10	37.0%	0
Career					151		632	29181	46.2	2083	26118	41.3	72	49	7.8%	232	36.7%	2	22
7 yrs		DET			106	0	473	21760	46.0	1612	19388	41.0	72	38	8.0%	175	37.0%	1	17
2 yrs		DEN			33	0	132	6123	46.4	380	5603	42.4	69	7	5.3%	47	35.6%	1	5
1 yr		BUF			12	0	27	1298	48.1	91	1127	41.7	63	4	14.8%	10	37.0%	0

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	0	0.0	48	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	0
2016	26	DET	P	1	0	5	232	46.4	0	5	1.0	55	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	0
Career				2		9	374	41.6	0	5	0.6	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

Playoffs

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
Career					151																			482	30272	259	53.7%	62.8
7 yrs		DET			106	0																		480	30158	259	54.0%	62.8
2 yrs		DEN			33	0																		2	114			57.0
1 yr		BUF			12	0

Kicking Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
2014	24	DET	P	1																		5	295	3	60.0%	59.0
2016	26	DET	P	1	0																	3	198	2	66.7%	66.0
Career				2																		8	493	5	62.5%	61.6

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	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	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	0.1					0							1	0.0		0	1
Career					151		3	3	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		DEN			33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0					0							1	0.0		0	1
1 yr		BUF			12	0			0										0										0

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	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	24	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.7	118.7	0	0	0.0	13.50	13.50
Career					151		2	2	100.0	27	0.0	0	0.0	1	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	24	13.5	13.5	13.5	0.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	13.50	13.50
2 yrs		DEN			33	0
1 yr		BUF			12	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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					151				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		DEN			33	0			0			0	1	1	-12	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			12	0			0							0	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
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	12	0	0	0%	0	0%	90	30%
Career							0		0		1787
7 yrs		DET			106	0	0		0		1427
2 yrs		DEN			33	0	0		0		270
1 yr		BUF			12	0	0		0		90

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