Kam Martin

#9 · RB · Sr. · Auburn5′10″ · 189 lb · Port Arthur, TX · Port Arthur Memorial

Kam Martin: RB · Auburn · #9.

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Kam Martin

RB · Auburn · Sr · #9

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four seasons in the Auburn backfield to date. One game to point at: 84 rushing yards against Arkansas — Week 8, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Auburn in the news

Auburn GM Brian Kloman firedYahoo Sports Oct 26
Xavier Atkins dismissed from AuburnOct 21
Auburn ends losing streak to GeorgiaUSA Today Oct 18
Georgia starter ruled out for AuburnOn3 Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Auburn	61	333	5.5	2	52
2018	Auburn	96	444	4.6	1	20
2017	Auburn	74	453	6.1	2	61
2016	Auburn	44	320	7.3	3	51
Career		275	1,550	5.6	8	61

Season	Team
2019	Auburn	3	21	7.0	0	10
2018	Auburn	9	61	6.8	0	17
2017	Auburn	3	56	18.7	1	41
2016	Auburn	2	52	26.0	0	42
Career		17	190	11.2	1	42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-21vs No. 11 Oregon	4	11	2.8	0	7
Wk 2	W 24-6vs Tulane	10	32	3.2	0	8
Wk 3	W 55-16vs Kent State	7	71	10.1	1	35
Wk 5	W 56-23vs Mississippi State	8	31	3.9	1	16
Wk 6	L 13-24@ No. 10 Florida	5	29	5.8	0	15
Wk 8	W 51-10@ Arkansas	10	84	8.4	0	52	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 9	L 20-23@ No. 2 LSU	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	W 20-14vs Ole Miss	7	33	4.7	0	10
Wk 13	W 52-0vs Samford	8	39	4.9	0	12
Bowl	L 24-31vs No. 16 Minnesota	1	1	1.0	0	1
Total		61	333	5.5	2	52

Signature game

Week 5 · 2019

W 56-23

vs Mississippi State

31 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 33-point win at home against Mississippi State.

With B. Nix — 335 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.2 · 56 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · S. Williams — 8 rec · 161 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Kent State · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.77Kam Martin run for 35 yds for a TD, (Anders Carlson KICK)
Week 8 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Kam Martin run for 52 yds to the Ark 11 for a
Week 2 · Tulane · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Bo Nix pass complete to Kam Martin for 10 yds to the Aub 41 for a
Week 5 · Mississippi State · 1st and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.20Kam Martin run for 7 yds for a TD, (Anders Carlson KICK)
Week 10 · Ole Miss · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Bo Nix pass complete to Kam Martin for 10 yds to the Miss 35 for a
Week 10 · Ole Miss · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Kam Martin run for 10 yds to the Miss 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Samford · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.44Kam Martin run for 4 yds to the Aub 44 for a
Week 1 · Oregon · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.22Kam Martin run for 3 yds to the Aub 35 for a
Week 3 · Kent State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.21Kam Martin run for 13 yds to the Aub 30 for a
Week 5 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA −1.19Kam Martin run for a loss of 1 yard to the Aub 40

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

61 car · 333 yds · 2 TD

61 of 61 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

45%60 carries

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

8%of carries

5 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

43%of carries

26 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

36%of carries

22 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

13%of carries

8 carries

5.5 yds/carry on 61 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 45% success rate.

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 35-18 over that span.

2016Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2017Auburn10-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2018Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2019Auburn9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#167 / 448 · 63rd pct

5.5

Success rate#195 / 448 · 56th pct

45.0%

Explosive rate#241 / 448 · 46th pct

6.6%

EPA / carry#326 / 448 · 27th pct

0.05

TD rate#329 / 448 · 27th pct

3.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#97 / 326 · 69th pct

5.5

Long run#152 / 326 · 53rd pct

Rush yards#236 / 326 · 28th pct

333

Carries#257 / 326 · 21st pct

Rush TDs#245 / 326 · 19th pct

Rec yards#261 / 314 · 17th pct

Receptions#258 / 314 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

23rd → 27th percentile

Success rate

49th → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 46th percentile

Yards / carry

25th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

6th → 27th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	41.2	5.4	0.4
Road3g	38.3	5.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	29.2	4.5	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	39.5	5.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Gus Malzahn

Pass share

42.3%

393 pass / 536 run

Plays / game

71.5

13 games

Team sack rate

4.3%

421 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

61 carries and 3 catches in 10 games

Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kam Martin

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Auburn in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Rushing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

61 carries and 3 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Auburn

2016 6 games