Kelvin Martin (American football)
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Position: | Wide receiver Return specialist | ||||||||||
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Born: | San Diego, California, U.S. | May 14, 1965||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 163 lb (74 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Jean Ribault (Jacksonville, Florida) | ||||||||||
College: | Boston College | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1987 / Round: 4 / Pick: 95 | ||||||||||
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Kelvin Brian Martin (born May 14, 1965) is an American former professional
Early years
At Jean Ribault High School in 1982, he made first-team All-City and All-Conference, while leading all Jacksonville wide receivers in catches (47), yards (746) and touchdowns (7).
Martin accepted a scholarship to play for Boston College, where he was a three-year starter and is recognized as one of the top wide receivers in school history.
In 1985, he was named as an All-East
As a punt return specialist, he led the nation in yardage in 1985 (510). He set Boston College records for career returns (79 for 1,012 yards), single season yardage (510), single game yardage (166), and scored four touchdowns on punt runbacks.
- 1983: 6 catches for 119 yards with 1 TD
- 1984: 37 catches for 715 yards with 10 TD
- 1985: 49 catches for 958 yards with 9 TD
- 1986: 41 catches for 545 yards with 8 TD
In 2000, he was Inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame. He still holds the career touchdown receptions record with 28, remains second in career yardage (2,337 yards) and fifth in receptions (133). Overall, he scored 194 career points.
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys (first stint)
Martin was drafted in the fourth round of the
He was used mostly as a punt and kickoff returner as a rookie after missing the first 8 games with injury. Nicknamed "K-Mart", by his second season he was named the starter wide receiver alongside Michael Irvin and finished third on the team with 49 receptions.[2] In 1989, he led the team in receptions (46) and receiving yards (644), even though he was placed on the injured reserve list on November 21, with a left knee interior cruciate ligament injury.[3] The next year, he repeated as the team leader in receptions (64) and receiving yards (732).
With the arrival of Alvin Harper in 1991, he was limited to a third down role and as a punt returner, where he ranked third in the NFC with an 11.6 average. Against the Philadelphia Eagles, he returned a punt 85 yards for a game-winning touchdown in a 25–13 win and also set a franchise record with 124 total punt return yards in a game.
Martin caught 32 passes for 359 yards and three
After the season, the Cowboys couldn't resign him because of
Seattle Seahawks
Martin signed with the
In two years with the team, he registered 113 receptions, 1,479 yards and six
Jacksonville Jaguars
He was selected by the
Philadelphia Eagles
After his release he signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles,[6] and appeared in nine games during the 1995 season, catching 17 passes for 206 yards. He was placed on the injured reserve list on December 13, 1995.[7]
Dallas Cowboys (second stint)
Martin re-signed with the Cowboys in 1996, catching 25 passes for 380 yards. He retired at the end of the season, finishing his career with 367 passes for 4,768 yards, 15 touchdowns, 261 punt returns for 2,567 yards and 76 kickoff returns for 1,453 yards.
Personal life
He was a
References
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ AP (August 5, 1988). "Landry eyeing Martin for help at receiver". The Victoria Advocate.
- ^ AP (November 21, 1989). "Cowboys lose top wide receiver". The Item.
- ^ AP (January 18, 1995). "Martins, Edmunds among six Hawks left for new teams". The Spokesman-Review.
- ^ "NFL Expansion Draft". Tampa Bay Times. February 16, 1995. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Transactions". Gettysburg Times. December 14, 1995.
- ^ "College football: Martin hired at UNT". The Victoria Advocate. April 26, 2001.
- ^ "Thursday's transactions". Eugene Register-Guard. September 13, 2002.
- ^ "Former Cowboy and current North Texas coach Kelvin Martin arrested". Plainview Daily Herald. August 30, 2002.