Senior cornerback on New Mexico's 2023 roster.
5′10″ · 193 lb · Oxnard, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 cornerback on New Mexico's roster.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 3759 nationally · Signed with New Mexico
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonDonte Martin
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Five seasons at New Mexico, two different head coaches: Bob Davie and Danny Gonzales. His first career honor landed in 2022: All-Mountain West. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Texas A&M, Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at New Mexico, 126 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bob Davie → Danny Gonzales. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #258 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Mexico | 23 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 28 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 25 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | New Mexico | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | New Mexico | 41 | 30 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
| Career | 126 | 87 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 28 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-52@ Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-27vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-35@ Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-21vs Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-56vs UNLV | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42@ Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-17@ Fresno State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 41-44vs Utah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Chris McDonald’s 2023 season.
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Differs from Chris on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Stone's graduate season at Hawai'i (2023).
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Player DNA