Justin Martin: DB · Tennessee · #8.
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Justin Martin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Tennessee secondary. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Vanderbilt — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Indiana State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-26@ No. 24 Florida | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 17-13vs Massachusetts | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-41vs No. 7 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-15vs South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-29@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-50@ Missouri | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-30vs No. 21 LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-42vs Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL37 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
44.1%
319 pass / 405 run
Plays / game
60.3
12 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
363 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tennessee, 56 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Butch Jones.
