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Sam Martin

Punter, Carolina Panthers · #6.

Player facts

Team: Carolina Panthers
Position: Punter
Number: 6
Born: Feb 27, 1990 (age 36)
Birthplace: Fayetteville, GA, USA
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: App State
Experience: 14 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Punting

	PUNTS	AVG	LNG	YDS	TB	TB%	IN20	IN20%	ATT	YDS	AVG	NET
Regular Season	13	47.2	61	613	1	7.69	8	61.54	3	31	10.3	43.2
Career	824	46.3	72	38,141	62	7.52	322	39.08	350	2,931	8.4	42.4

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result	PUNTS	AVG	LNG	YDS	TB	TB%	IN20	IN20%	ATT	YDS	NET
Sun, Oct 4	vs DET	W 32-26	3	44.7	52	134	0	0.00	2	67.00	0	0	44.7
Sun, Sep 27	@ CLE	L 21-18	3	46.3	52	139	0	0.00	3	100.00	1	1	46.0
Sun, Sep 20	@ ATL	W 34-3	4	48.3	54	193	0	0.00	3	75.00	1	7	46.5
Sun, Sep 13	vs CHI	L 59-37	3	49.0	61	147	1	33.33	0	0.00	1	23	41.3

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Sam Joseph Martin (born February 27, 1990) is an American professional football punter and kickoff specialist for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Appalachian State Mountaineers, and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sam Martin (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Martin was lettered for soccer for four years and also received all-state recognition in his junior season at Starr's Mill High School.

College career

In his senior season at Appalachian State University, he was selected to the Associated Press All-America First team. He also was named to the first-team All-America by College Sports Journal and third-team all-America by The Sports Network in his senior season.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sam Martin (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹