Nate Martey: DT · Arkansas State · #45.
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Nate Martey
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at Arkansas State. The first one came in 2024: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Tulsa — Week 2, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arkansas State | 27 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 36 | 14 | 8.5 | 5.5 | -- |
| Career | 63 | 26 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Central Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-24vs Tulsa | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-52@ No. 20 Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 18-16vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-55@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20@ Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21vs UL Monroe | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-31vs Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2024
W 34-31
0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles · 1 hurry
Edged out Central Arkansas at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
15%4 hurries27 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Butch Jones — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
48.1%
442 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
70.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
475 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Arkansas State, 63 tackles — the college career is complete.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
From Orleans, ON — one of 83 players from Canada in FBS this season.
