Adrian Martinez

Senior quarterback for Kansas State. 2022: 1,261 passing yards, 6 TD, 1 INT.

QB · Kansas State · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 225 lb · Fresno, CA

CFB Index 47 · #66 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceWatch-list name (model)Kansas State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 139 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

Statement game12 car · 171 yds · 3 TDvs Texas Tech (FBS) · W 37-28

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

The game has barely started and I already hate watching Adrian Martinezr/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Kansas State. 2022: 1,261 passing yards, 6 TD, 1 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2018.
Transferred from Nebraska to Kansas State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas State, 9,752 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201811 games

Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Clovis West

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#139 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

2019–2022

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2019Nebraska5-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-heavy

2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #66 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (97th percentile). Strength: interceptions (97th percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#6 / 169 · 97th pct

0.5%

Sack rate#85 / 169 · 50th pct

6.2%

Success rate#98 / 169 · 42nd pct

44.6%

Explosive rate#113 / 169 · 33rd pct

8.7%

EPA / dropback#131 / 169 · 23rd pct

0.14

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#4 / 177 · 97th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 177 · 95th pct

Rush yards#12 / 177 · 94th pct

627

Completion %#56 / 177 · 68th pct

64.1%

Fumbles lost#27 / 169 · 68th pct

Yards / att#106 / 177 · 38th pct

6.9

Pass yards#123 / 177 · 31st pct

1261

Pass TDs#137 / 177 · 20th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

77th → 23rd percentile

Success rate

79th → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

97th → 33rd percentile

Sack rate

22nd → 50th percentile

Interception rate

32nd → 97th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

117/183 (63.9%) · 6 TD · 1 INT

183 of 184 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.4593 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

6.1%111 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 6.1% of dropbacks (111 of 206) — and still 93 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

64%of completions

75 comp5.1 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

21%of completions

25 comp13.7 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

15%of completions

17 comp31.6 yds avg4 TD

Overall 63.9% completion on 183 attempts · 17 deep completions averaging 31.6 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	125	0.7	5.7	0.2
Road4g	128	0.5	6.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	129	0.6	6.5	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	120	0.7	5.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #66 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #66 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	118	184	64.1%	1,261	6.9	6	1	131.4	48	--	--
2021	Nebraska	189	306	61.8%	2,863	9.4	14	10	148.9	73	--	--
2020	Nebraska	108	151	71.5%	1,055	7.0	4	3	135.0	51	--	--
2019	Nebraska	149	251	59.4%	1,956	7.8	10	9	130.8	--	--	--
2018	Nebraska	224	347	64.6%	2,617	7.5	17	8	139.5	--	--	--
Career		788	1,239	63.6%	9,752	7.9	51	31	138.3	61	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	111	627	5.6	10	--
2021	Nebraska	133	525	3.9	13	--
2020	Nebraska	91	521	5.7	7	--
2019	Nebraska	144	626	4.3	7	--
2018	Nebraska	140	629	4.5	8	--
Career		619	2,928	4.7	45	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Iowa State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +7.05Adrian Martinez pass complete to Phillip Brooks for 81 yds for a TD, (Chris Tennant KICK)
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +6.52Adrian Martinez run for 69 yds for a TD, (Chris Tennant KICK)
Week 4 · Oklahoma · 3&16 · Q4 · EPA +5.24Adrian Martinez run for 55 yds to the Okla 4 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.48Adrian Martinez pass complete to Malik Knowles for 62 yds to the Texas 24 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.65Adrian Martinez run for 4 yds to the Texas 39 Adrian Martinez fumbled, forced by Keondre Coburn, recovered by Texas Jaylan Ford
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Adrian Martinez run for 57 yds to the TexTc 18 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Missouri · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.17Adrian Martinez pass complete to Malik Knowles for 18 yds to the Misso 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Adrian Martinez pass complete to Phillip Brooks for 16 yds to the Texas 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Adrian Martinez pass complete to Kade Warner for 25 yds for a TD, (Ty Zentner KICK)
Week 10 · Texas · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.04Adrian Martinez pass complete to Deuce Vaughn for 7 yds to the Texas 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs South Dakota	11/15	53	0	0	3.5	16.9
Wk 2	W 40-12vs Missouri	9/20	101	0	0	5.1	51.5
Wk 3	L 10-17vs Tulane	21/31	150	1	0	4.8	41.3
Wk 4	W 41-34@ Oklahoma	21/34	234	1	0	6.9	91.5
Wk 5	W 37-28vs Texas Tech	12/19	116	1	0	6.1	93.7
Wk 6	W 10-9@ Iowa State	12/19	246	1	0	12.9	84.1
Wk 8	L 28-38@ TCU	1/2	7	0	0	3.5	54.9
Wk 10	L 27-34vs Texas	24/36	329	2	1	9.1	58.6	Season-high 329 yds
Wk 11	W 31-3@ Baylor	7/8	25	0	0	3.1	39.6
Bowl	L 20-45vs Alabama	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		118/184	1261	6	1	6.1	59.1

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

66.7%Completion %

17.2%Conversion/dropback

72.2%Land short of sticks

0INTs

66.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 17.2% conversion-per-dropback — 72.2% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design