Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Marshall
Martin Ward
RB • 5'10" • Jonesboro, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Martin Ward leans balanced backfield option traits and 3.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Marshall | 11 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 324 | 318 | 6 | 1 | 51 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Marshall | 10 | 401 | 345 | 56 | 1 | 67.8 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Marshall | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Marshall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 |
Related Context
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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
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.4 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 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Marshall
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
40.1
Efficiency
35.4
Usage
22.8
Consistency
70.7
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 37. West Virginia: 106. Bowling Green: 41. Ohio: 45. Southern Miss: 34. UCF: 36. East Carolina: 39. UAB: 16. Memphis: 43. SMU: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 8 by 52.6. West Virginia: 12 by 86.8. Bowling Green: 14 by 30.5. Ohio: 18 by 26. Southern Miss: 11 by 34.4. UCF: 12 by 30.1. East Carolina: 12 by 30.7. UAB: 8 by 9.4. Memphis: 11 by 39.4. SMU: 3 by 13.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins34.7 · Games = 3 · -7.8 vs Losses
Losses42.4 · Games = 7 · +7.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
86.8 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | @ SMU | L 17-31 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Memphis | W 28-13 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.9 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ UAB | W 31-17 | 6 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ East Carolina | L 10-37 | 8 | 22 | 2.80 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3.3 |
| Thu 10/14 | vs UCF | L 14-35 | 11 | 31 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Sun 10/3 | @ Southern Miss | L 16-41 | 9 | 31 | 3.40 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Ohio | W 24-23 | 18 | 45 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Bowling Green | L 28-44 | 14 | 41 | 2.90 | 1 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Fri 9/10 | vs West Virginia100 rush yards | L 21-24 | 11 | 101 | 9.20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8.8 |
| Thu 9/2 | @ Ohio State | L 7-45 | 6 | 32 | 5.30 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4.6 |
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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- 1
Marshall
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Marshall | 397 | 41.2 | 13.5 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Marshall | 397 | 41.2 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Marshall | 401 | 35.4 | 22.8 | 4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Marshall | 20 | 63.9 | 1.9 | -381 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Marshall | 1 | 3.5 | 1.8 | -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
51
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
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