Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-46@ Kansas | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 10-49@ Central Michigan | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Sam Martin
Junior defensive back on Temple's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Staten Island, NY
CFB Index 7 · #535 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceTemple 2023 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
RB recruit
No. 1395 nationally · Signed with Temple
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Temple's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2022.
Sam Martin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his second year in the same secondary at Temple. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Central Michigan, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Temple, 18 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
20223 games
- Signed with Temple3-star out of Curtis
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Temple
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Stan Drayton, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-18 over that span.
2022Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Pass-leaning
2023Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Pass-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 7.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
7 · #535 of 538 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #535 at the position.
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dontay Joyner’s 2023 season.
Matches Dontay on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Differs from Dontay on
TFL rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Alex Ford's sophomore season at Western Kentucky (2024).
Matches Alex on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Sam Martin
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology