Player Dossier

2018-2022

Kansas State

Adrian Martinez

QB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Adrian Martinez is a balanced quarterback profile with 26.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

75%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a quarterback

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Reliability

71

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Nebraska • Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Player Story

Adrian Martinez built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a quarterback from Fresno, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas State and Nebraska. The clearest part of Adrian Martinez's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9423

Clovis West · Fresno, CA

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Adrian Martinez, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska. Adrian Martinez is a balanced quarterback profile with 26.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
12,680
Passing yards
9,752
Rushing yards
2,928
Touchdowns
96

Quick Answers

Adrian Martinez quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · QB
Career Total Offense
12,680
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
Top game
Wisconsin
Recruit profile
4-star · Clovis West · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Clovis West · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2022 Total offense rank
1,888 total offense · QB 99th (top 27%) · Big 12 9th (top 8%) · National 99th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska113,2462,6176292578
2019 Regular SeasonNebraska102,5821,9566261771
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska71,5761,0555211166.1
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska113,3882,8635252782.4
2022 PostseasonKansas State1012012060.4
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State101,8761,2616151660.4

Related Context

Adrian Martinez played QB for Nebraska and Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Adrian Martinez recorded 9,752 passing yards, 2,928 rushing yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 3,388 primary output with 67.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 63.8 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Kansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

295.1

Efficiency

63.8

Usage

33.8

Consistency

77.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 304. Michigan: 10. Purdue: 414. Wisconsin: 441. Northwestern: 288. Minnesota: 401. Bethune-Cookman: 206. Ohio State: 338. Illinois: 345. Michigan State: 163. Iowa: 336

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. Colorado: 35 by 77.7. Michigan: 22 by 33.1. Purdue: 60 by 66.2. Wisconsin: 55 by 69.3. Northwestern: 48 by 59.2. Minnesota: 44 by 87.2. Bethune-Cookman: 24 by 57.7. Ohio State: 53 by 67.5. Illinois: 47 by 68.1. Michigan State: 44 by 50.4. Iowa: 55 by 64.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins278.8 · Games = 4 · -25.7 vs Losses
Losses304.4 · Games = 7 · +25.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

87.2 vs Minnesota

Result
Fri 11/23@ Iowa3+ TD · Dual-threatL 28-31263826068.42164.917764.50118
Sat 11/17vs Michigan StateW 9-6163714543.20050.47182.60017
Sat 11/10vs Illinois3+ TD · Dual-threatW 54-35243429070.63168.113554.20130
Sat 11/3@ Ohio State3+ TD · Dual-threatL 31-36223326666.71067.520723.60224
Sat 10/27vs Bethune-CookmanW 45-9152221368.22157.72-7-3.5000
Sat 10/20vs Minnesota3+ TD · Dual-threatW 53-28252927686.23087.2151258.30153
Sat 10/13@ NorthwesternL 31-34253525171.41259.213372.80013
Sat 10/6@ Wisconsin300-yard game · 3+ TDL 24-41244238457.12069.313574.40128
Sat 9/29vs Purdue300-yard game · Dual-threatL 28-42254232359.52166.218915.10023
Sat 9/22@ MichiganL 10-567152246.70133.17-12-1.70015
Sat 9/8vs Colorado3+ TD · Dual-threatL 28-33152018775.01177.7151177.80241

Player Story

Adrian Martinez story

Adrian Martinez built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a quarterback from Fresno, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas State and Nebraska. The clearest part of Adrian Martinez's career was his passing role: 9,752 passing yards, 51 touchdown passes, 1,239 attempts, and 2,928 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Nebraska. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 2,928 rushing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State and Nebraska.

The arc is straightforward: Adrian Martinez moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kansas State

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska3,24663.833.8
2019 Regular SeasonNebraska2,58262.332.6-664
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska1,57670.631.3-1,006
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska3,38867.731.21,812
2022 PostseasonKansas State1,88865.626.9-1,500
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State1,88865.626.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wisconsin

Week 6 · L 24-41 · Conference game

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

441

Total Offense

89.8 takeover

441 total offense with 69.3 efficiency.

#2

@ Oklahoma

Week 4 · W 41-34 · Conference game

382

Total Offense

89.2 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

382 total offense with 72.4 efficiency.

#3

@ Rutgers

Week 16 · W 28-21 · Conference game

412

Total Offense

87.8 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

412 total offense with 75.3 efficiency.

#4

@ Iowa State

Week 6 · W 10-9 · Conference game

323

Total Offense

86.8 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

323 total offense with 75.9 efficiency.

#5

vs Purdue

Week 5 · L 28-42 · Conference game

414

Total Offense

86.7 takeover

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

414 total offense with 66.2 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Nebraska

3,388 primary output · 67.7 efficiency · 31.2 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

78

3,246 primary · 63.8 efficiency · 33.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Nebraska

71

2,582 primary · 62.3 efficiency · 32.6 usage

Milestones

17

250+ passing yards

22

300+ total offense

19

3+ TD games

36

Above avg efficiency