Player Dossier

2020-2024

West Virginia

Sean Martin

DT • 6'5" • 295 lbs • Bluefield, WV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sean Martin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

98%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Player Story

Sean Martin built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Bluefield, WV wearing No. 5, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Sean Martin's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8804

Bluefield · Bluefield, WV

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Sean Martin, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · West Virginia. Sean Martin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
99
TFL
19
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Sean Martin quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · DT
Career Tackles
99
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · West Virginia
Top game
Oklahoma
Recruit profile
3-star · Bluefield · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Bluefield · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DT 75th (top 32%) · Big 12 204th (top 29%) · National 1,831st (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia122-0--09.1
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia12130.501-09.1
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1034842-066.2
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1127514-048.9
2024 PostseasonWest Virginia12510--066.4
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia12184.53.551066.4

Related Context

Sean Martin played DT for West Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sean Martin recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

West Virginia paired 15 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · West Virginia

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

20.5

Usage

9.3

Consistency

67.8

Best Game by takeover score

UAlbany

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 1. UAlbany: 3. Pittsburgh: 1. Kansas: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 1. Iowa State: 1. Kansas State: 1.5. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 2. Baylor: 2. UCF: 1. Texas Tech: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 5 by 30.8. UAlbany: 2 by 38.3. Pittsburgh: 1 by 14.2. Kansas: 4 by 21.7. Oklahoma State: 0 by 10. Iowa State: 1 by 14.2. Kansas State: 2 by 23.3. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 32.5. Baylor: 3 by 32.5. UCF: 1 by 14.2. Texas Tech: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UAlbany

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs UAlbany

Result
Wed 12/18vs MemphisL 37-4251100
Sat 11/30@ Texas TechL 15-5200001
Sat 11/23vs UCFW 31-2111000
Sat 11/16vs BaylorSplash gameL 35-4931110
Sat 11/9@ CincinnatiSplash gameW 31-2431110
Sat 10/26@ ArizonaW 31-2611000
Sat 10/19vs Kansas StateL 18-45200.5000
Sun 10/13vs Iowa StateL 16-28100.500.500
Sat 10/5@ Oklahoma StateW 38-1400000
Sat 9/21vs KansasW 32-28400.5000
Sat 9/14@ PittsburghL 34-3811000
Sat 9/7vs UAlbanySplash gameW 49-1422110

Player Story

Sean Martin story

Sean Martin built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Bluefield, WV wearing No. 5, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Sean Martin's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with West Virginia. 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 Sean Martin's production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across West Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Sean 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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    West Virginia

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia0
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia1.56.51.71.5
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1.56.51.70
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1428.21112.5
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1019.36.1-4
2024 PostseasonWest Virginia1520.59.35
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1520.59.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oklahoma

Week 11 · W 23-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs UAlbany

Week 2 · W 49-14

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Oklahoma

Week 11 · L 20-59 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Houston

Week 7 · L 39-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Baylor

Week 7 · W 43-40 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · West Virginia

15 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage

66.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · West Virginia

66.4

15 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

66.2

14 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 11 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games