Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023New Mexico
Donte Martin
CB • 5'10" • 193 lbs • Oxnard, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donte Martin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
Donte Martin built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Donte Martin's career was his defensive production: 126...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Donte Martin, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · New Mexico. Donte Martin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 126
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 28
Quick Answers
Donte Martin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · CB
- Career Tackles
- 126
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Rio Mesa · New Mexico
- High school pipeline
- Rio Mesa · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · CB 142nd (top 35%) · Mountain West 149th (top 29%) · National 1,753rd (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico | 12 | 41 | 2 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 28.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico | 9 | 28 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico | 8 | 23 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 44.1 |
Related Context
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Donte Martin played CB for New Mexico. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donte Martin recorded 126 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 5 primary output with 17.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
21.3
Usage
3.9
Consistency
54.2
Best Game by takeover score
Texas A&M
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 3. New Mexico State: 0. Wyoming: 0. Hawai'i: 1. UNLV: 1. Boise State: 1. Fresno State: 1.5. Utah State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 8 by 63.3. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 2 by 18.3. UNLV: 2 by 18.3. Boise State: 2 by 18.3. Fresno State: 3 by 27.5. Utah State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Texas A&M
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs Utah State | L 41-44 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Fresno State | W 25-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ Boise State | L 14-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs UNLV | L 14-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Hawai'i | W 42-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Wyoming | L 26-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs New Mexico State | L 17-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Texas A&MSplash game | L 10-52 | 8 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Donte Martin story
Donte Martin built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Donte Martin's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with New Mexico. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Donte Martin's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 116 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.
The arc is straightforward: Donte Martin 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
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New Mexico
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico | 11 | 23.4 | 3.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico | 5 | 17.5 | 6.4 | -6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico | 6 | 18.2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico | 7.5 | 21.3 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico | 7.5 | 21.3 | 3.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas A&M
Week 1 · L 10-52
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Utah State
Week 13 · L 27-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 3 · W 27-10
3
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Boise State
Week 12 · L 0-37 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Wyoming
Week 8 · L 10-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · New Mexico
5 primary output · 17.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
44.1
7.5 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · New Mexico
41.6
11 primary · 23.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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