Adrian Martinez: QB · Kansas State · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Adrian Martinez
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Scott Frost and Chris Klieman. First career honor, 2022: Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 329 passing yards and 52 rushing yards against Texas — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
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. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (58.3%). 6 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (26.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 | 46 |
| 2018 | Nebraska | 224 | 347 | 64.6% | 2,617 | 7.5 | 17 | 8 | 139.5 | 63 |
| Career | 788 | 1,239 | 63.6% | 9,752 | 7.9 | 51 | 31 | 138.3 | 58 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kansas State | 111 | 627 | 5.6 | 10 | 69 |
| 2021 | Nebraska | 133 | 525 | 3.9 | 13 | 75 |
| 2020 | Nebraska | 91 | 521 | 5.7 | 7 | 41 |
| 2019 | Nebraska | 144 | 626 | 4.3 | 7 | 56 |
| 2018 | Nebraska | 140 | 629 | 4.5 | 8 | 53 |
| Career | 619 | 2,928 | 4.7 | 45 | 75 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| 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@ No. 6 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@ No. 8 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 No. 5 Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 118/184 | 1261 | 6 | 1 | 6.9 | — |
Week 4 · 2022
W 41-34
at Oklahoma
234 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 148 rush yds (21 car) · 4 TD
Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.
With T. Zentner — 47.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · M. Knowles — 4 rec · 52 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 183 passing plays (117 completions) against the box score's 184 attempts (118 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.4593 of 206 QBsSack rate
6.1%111 of 206 QBsSacked 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 64.1% completion on 184 attempts · 17 deep completions averaging 31.6 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 150 | 0.8 | 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
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
41.3%
388 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
67.1
14 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2022.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #66 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Nebraska and Kansas State, 9,752 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Frost and Chris Klieman.
