Justin Martin

Defensive back for Tennessee. 2017: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 37 tackles.

DB · Tennessee · #8

6′1″ · 196 lb · Antioch, TN

Tennessee 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 11 nationally · Joined Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive back for Tennessee. 2017: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 56 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#11 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#839 / 2682 · 68th pct

Tackles#1054 / 2682 · 60th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2125 / 2682 · 18th pct

0.5

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road3g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tennessee	37	26	0.5	1	1	--
2016	Tennessee	19	14	0.0	1	--	--
Career		56	40	0.5	2	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week