Player Dossier

2009-2012

Marshall

Martin Ward

RB • 5'10" • Jonesboro, GA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Martin Ward leans balanced backfield option traits and 3.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

1

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

11

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Martin Ward built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Jonesboro, GA wearing No. 29, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Martin Ward's career was his backfield work: 756...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.78

Ardrey Kell · Charlotte, NC

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Martin Ward, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Marshall. Martin Ward leans balanced backfield option traits and 3.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
819
Rushing yards
756
Receiving yards
63
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Martin Ward quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
819
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
2-star · Ardrey Kell
High school pipeline
Ardrey Kell · 10 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2012
2012 Scrimmage yards rank
1 scrimmage yards · RB 495th (top 100%) · Conference USA 212th (top 100%) · National 2,232nd (top 100%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonMarshall1173721251
2009 Regular SeasonMarshall113243186151
2010 Regular SeasonMarshall1040134556167.8
2011 Regular SeasonMarshall420200029.4
2012 Regular SeasonMarshall2110014.7

Related Context

Martin Ward played RB for Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Martin Ward recorded 756 rushing yards, 63 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Marshall paired 401 primary output with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 3.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Loss with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

0.5

Efficiency

3.5

Usage

1.8

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 1. UCF: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

3.5 vs West Virginia

Result
Sun 10/28vs UCFL 17-54
Sat 9/1@ West VirginiaL 34-69310.3000.3

Player Story

Martin Ward story

Martin Ward built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Jonesboro, GA wearing No. 29, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Martin Ward's career was his backfield work: 756 rushing yards, 184 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 63 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 63 receiving yards and 89 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Martin Ward's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Marshall

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonMarshall39741.213.5
2009 Regular SeasonMarshall39741.213.50
2010 Regular SeasonMarshall40135.422.84
2011 Regular SeasonMarshall2063.91.9-381
2012 Regular SeasonMarshall13.51.8-19

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs West Virginia

Week 2 · L 21-24

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106

Scrimmage Yards

86.6 takeover

106 scrimmage yards and 25.5 usage.

#2

vs SMU

Week 12 · W 34-31 · Conference game

138

Scrimmage Yards

85.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

138 scrimmage yards and 41.3 usage.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 3 · L 7-44

12

Scrimmage Yards

68.8 takeover

Loss with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

12 scrimmage yards and 2.2 usage.

#4

@ Ohio

Week 1 · W 21-17 · Postseason

73

Scrimmage Yards

61.1 takeover

Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.

#5

@ UTEP

Week 13 · L 21-52 · Conference game

61

Scrimmage Yards

54.2 takeover

Loss with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

61 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Marshall

401 primary output · 35.4 efficiency · 22.8 usage

67.8

#2

2009 Postseason · Marshall

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397 primary · 41.2 efficiency · 13.5 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Marshall

51

397 primary · 41.2 efficiency · 13.5 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games