Martez Poynter

Senior defensive tackle for Toledo. 2025: 6.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DT · Toledo · Sr. · #8

6′4″ · 290 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 92 · #7 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Toledo for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3 pm ETvs TempleGlass BowlToledo by 6

The numbers

6.5

sacks · 2025

10 TFL · 43 tackles · 9 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 2 TFL, 6 tackles, vs Louisville

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Toledo. 2025: 6.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2020.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

Martez Poynter

DT · Toledo · Sr · #8

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Martez Poynter has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Toledo. 2025 brought the first one: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 2 TFL against Louisville, Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

2025Toledo8-5HC: Robert Weiner · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

92All-America level #7 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#27 / 2975 · 99th pct

Sacks#55 / 2975 · 98th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

Tackles#804 / 2975 · 73rd pct

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.5	0.9	0.6	0.0
Road7g	4.1	0.9	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.8	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 330 FBS interior linemen by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

92 · #7 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #1 of 16 Mid-American DTs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	43	17	10.0	6.5	--	--	--
2024	Toledo	30	16	7.0	3.5	--	--	--
2023	Toledo	15	5	1.5	1.5	--	--	--
2022	Toledo	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Toledo	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		93	39	18.5	11.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 45–21

vs Western Kentucky

2 SOLO · 5 TOT · 2 QB HUR

Dominant 24-point win at home against Western Kentucky.

With T. Gleason — 155 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car) · C. Trayanum — 163 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 16-24@ Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	W 45-21vs Western Kentucky	5	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	L 13-14@ Western Michigan	5	4	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 5	W 45-3vs Akron	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 23-28@ Bowling Green	4	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 45-10vs Kent State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 7-28@ Washington State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 24-3@ Miami (OH)	5	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 38-9vs Ball State	5	2	2.5	1.5	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 14	W 21-3@ Central Michigan	2	1	1.5	1.0	—
Bowl	L 22-27@ Louisville	6	2	2.0	1.0	—
Total		43	17	10.0	6.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

43Tackles

17Solo

10TFL

6.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

43 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 21 sack
Week 41 sack
Week 121 sack
Week 131.5 sacks
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Toledo

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Toledo

Returning around him

2 Toledo players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -5 net (33 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Toledo · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #116 · 2026 recruiting class #121

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sean Martin’s 2024 season.

Sean Martin

86%match

West Virginia · 2024

Nate Clifton

Vanderbilt · 2023

81%

Dominic Bailey

Tennessee · 2025

81%

Tonka Hemingway

South Carolina · 2022

NFL Rd 4

78%

Amari McNeill

Colorado · 2024

78%

Matches Sean on

Weight

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Differs from Sean on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Dominic Bailey's graduate season at Tennessee (2025).

Dominic Bailey

80%match

Tennessee · 2025

Corey Suttle

Miami (OH) · 2024

All-MAC

78%

Jared Harrison-Hunte

SMU · 2024

All-ACC

71%

Amin Vanover

Penn State · 2024

70%

Tonka Hemingway

South Carolina · 2024

NFL Rd 4

69%

Matches Dominic on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Dominic on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Martez Poynter

Dennis Briggs Jr.

Illinois · 2024

94%

Jahvaree Ritzie

North Carolina · 2024

88%

Nahki Johnson

Tulsa · 2025

86%

Jack Sape

Ball State · 2023

85%

DJ Reed

Mississippi State · 2025

82%

The defensive line · Toledo

#8Martez PoynterDT · Sr.10 tackles for loss · 2025
#9Louce JulienDE · Sr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#55Doran RayDT · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#2Ezra OdinjorDE · Jr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#90Zach JohnsonDE · So.2 tackles for loss · 2025

21 more on the roster · Toledo team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

Players who play like Martez Poynter

The defensive line · Toledo