Sean Martin: DT · West Virginia · #5.
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Sean Martin
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at West Virginia: Neal Brown and Chad Scott. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Memphis, Bowl, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 | West Virginia | 23 | 8 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 27 | 15 | 5.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 34 | 17 | 8.0 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 99 | 45 | 19.0 | 8.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs UAlbany | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-38@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 32-28vs Kansas | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-28vs No. 11 Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-45vs No. 17 Kansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-26@ Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-49vs Baylor | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 15-52@ Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 37-42vs No. 25 Memphis | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 8 | 5.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%6 TFLSack rate
15%4 sacksHurry rate
22%5 hurries23 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Neal Brown — 26-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Scott
Pass share
41.8%
372 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at West Virginia, 99 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Neal Brown.
