Damien Martinez

Former running back at Miami. 2024: 1,002 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 17 catches.

RB · Miami · Jr. · #6

6′0″ · 232 lb · Lewisville, TX

CFB Index 75 · #24 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceWatch-list name (model)Seattle — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 7, #223 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 601 nationally · Signed with Oregon State

Statement game22 car · 178 yds · 3 TDvs Colorado (FBS) · W 42-9

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Miami. 2024: 1,002 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 17 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2022.
Transferred from Oregon State to Miami in 2024.
Drafted round 7 by the Seattle in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Miami, 3,169 rushing yards — drafted at #223 overall by Seattle.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202213 games

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of Lewisville

202413 games

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Seattleround 7, pick 223

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#601 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #223

Seattle · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Mario Cristobal

Miami

Played his entire career under Mario Cristobal.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season

#223Rd 7 · Pick 7

SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy

2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

75Quality starter #24 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (90th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#42 / 442 · 90th pct

55.9%

Yards / carry#74 / 442 · 83rd pct

6.3

EPA / carry#96 / 442 · 78th pct

0.32

TD rate#131 / 442 · 70th pct

6.4%

Explosive rate#140 / 442 · 68th pct

8.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#32 / 335 · 90th pct

6.3

Long run#27 / 335 · 90th pct

Rush yards#46 / 335 · 86th pct

1002

Rec yards#48 / 330 · 85th pct

204

Rush TDs#44 / 335 · 85th pct

Carries#68 / 335 · 80th pct

159

Receptions#95 / 330 · 70th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

56th → 78th percentile

Success rate

79th → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 68th percentile

Yards / carry

79th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

52nd → 70th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

157 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

34%

Grind (1–3)

42%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	87.1	6.6	0.6
Road6g	65.3	5.3	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	67.3	5.3	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	88.5	6.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

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

75 · #24 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Miami	159	1,002	6.3	10	--
2023	Oregon State	194	1,185	6.1	9	--
2022	Oregon State	161	982	6.1	7	--
Career		514	3,169	6.2	26	--

Season	Team
2024	Miami	17	204	12.0	--
2023	Oregon State	11	126	11.5	--
2022	Oregon State	4	61	15.2	--
Career		32	391	12.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

at Florida

65 rush yds (15 car)

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.

With C. Ward — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · D. Joyce — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Damien Martinez 75 Yd Run (Andres Borregales Kick)
Week 9 · Florida State · 3&20 · Q1 · EPA +3.95Cam Ward pass complete to Damien Martinez for 21 yds to the FSU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.72Damien Martinez run for 53 yds to the FSU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · California · 3&20 · Q4 · EPA +3.31Cam Ward pass complete to Damien Martinez for 22 yds to the CAL 3 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Cam Ward pass complete to Damien Martinez for 36 yds to the USF 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Damien Martinez run for 18 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 2 · Florida A&M · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Damien Martinez run for 33 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 8 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Damien Martinez run for 30 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 4 · South Florida · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Cam Ward pass complete to Damien Martinez for 14 yds to the USF 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Damien Martinez run for 12 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-17@ Florida	15	65	4.3	0	17	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Florida A&M	11	91	8.3	1	33
Wk 3	W 62-0vs Ball State	3	3	1.0	0	3
Wk 4	W 50-15@ South Florida	11	31	2.8	3	10	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	W 38-34vs Virginia Tech	14	60	4.3	0	17
Wk 6	W 39-38@ California	12	42	3.5	1	11
Wk 8	W 52-45@ Louisville	12	89	7.4	1	30
Wk 9	W 36-14vs Florida State	15	148	9.9	2	53
Wk 10	W 53-31vs Duke	11	66	6.0	0	16
Wk 11	L 23-28@ Georgia Tech	15	81	5.4	0	14
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Wake Forest	16	63	3.9	0	13
Wk 14	L 38-42@ Syracuse	10	84	8.4	1	29
Bowl	L 41-42vs Iowa State	14	179	12.8	1	75
Total		159	1002	6.0	10	75

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

157Carries

996Yards

22.3%Top-5 share

8.3%Stuffed rate

Just 22.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 8.3% of his carries. 3 carries for 3 yds vs Ball State; 14 for 179 vs Iowa State.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

38.7%Carry share

22.1%Q4-lead share

47.6%In competitive games

38.7% of carries overall (157/406) → 22.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/95) — 47.6% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

12/133rd/4th & short

8/22Inside-5 share