Tyas Martin is a defensive lineman at Marshall who has not played in Marshall's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Marshall lists 22 defensive linemen this season.
Marshall is 5-3. Next: at Georgia Southern, Sat Nov 7.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Mike Sanford Jr. and Tony Gibson. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas State, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-45@ No. 5 Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs Missouri State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 38-7
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 31-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%2 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries19 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
362 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #216 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #33 of 48 Sun Belt DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr. and Tony Gibson.
