Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024NC State
KJ Martin
S • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Charleston, WV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
KJ Martin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- West Virginia • Akron • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Player Story
KJ Martin built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Charleston, WV wearing No. 19, spending time with Akron, NC State, and West Virginia. The clearest part of KJ Martin's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Liberty
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
KJ Martin, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Akron. KJ Martin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 160
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 13
Quick Answers
KJ Martin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · S
- Career Tackles
- 160
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Huguenot · Liberty
- High school pipeline
- Huguenot · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · S 350th (top 64%) · ACC 368th (top 48%) · National 2,880th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | West Virginia | 11 | 50 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 45.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 44 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.2 |
Related Context
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KJ Martin played S for West Virginia, Akron, and NC State. Across 6 tracked seasons, KJ Martin recorded 160 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Akron paired 10.5 primary output with 27.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Akron, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · NC State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
20.6
Usage
2.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Northern Illinois: 2. Syracuse: 0
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. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 7 by 49.2. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Northern Illinois
Player Story
KJ Martin story
KJ Martin built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Charleston, WV wearing No. 19, spending time with Akron, NC State, and West Virginia. The clearest part of KJ Martin's career was his defensive production: 160 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Akron. 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 KJ Martin's production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron, NC State, and West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: KJ 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
West Virginia
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
NC State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | West Virginia | 7.5 | 25.7 | 4.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | — | — | -7.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 6 | 25.5 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 10.5 | 27.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 2 | 20.6 | 2.7 | -8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Buffalo
Week 5 · L 10-13 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Buffalo
Week 14 · L 22-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Bowling Green
Week 5 · L 28-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
69.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio
Week 6 · L 34-55 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Michigan State
Week 2 · L 0-52
1
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Akron
10.5 primary output · 27.1 efficiency · 4.7 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Akron
47.8
6 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · West Virginia
45.7
7.5 primary · 25.7 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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