Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 40-0vs Prairie View A&M | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | Season-high 1 yds |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
#25
Joseph Martinez
Former running back at Michigan State. 2024: 1 rushing yard.
5′9″ · 198 lb · Holt, MI
Michigan State 2024 — college career complete
The story
Former running back at Michigan State. 2024: 1 rushing yard.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Michigan State in 2020.
Recruiting
2★
WR recruit
No. 3396 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJoseph Martinez
Joseph Martinez has been at Michigan State through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 1 rush yds against Prairie View A&M — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan State, 7 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Signed with Michigan State2-star out of Holt Senior
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Michigan State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coaches2023
Michigan State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mel Tucker → Jonathan Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2024Michigan State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 YDS/g, 1.0 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology