Player Dossier

2020-2025

Toledo

Martez Poynter

DT • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Martez Poynter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

Martez Poynter built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 8, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Martez Poynter's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8417

Trinity Catholic · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Martez Poynter, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Toledo. Martez Poynter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
93
TFL
18.5
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
11

Quick Answers

Martez Poynter quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · DT
Career Tackles
93
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 37 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Toledo
Top game
Ball State
Recruit profile
3-star · Trinity Catholic · Toledo
High school pipeline
Trinity Catholic · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
43 tackles · DT 21st (top 10%) · Mid-American 85th (top 15%) · National 826th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonToledo11-0--036.7
2022 Regular SeasonToledo44-0--036.5
2023 PostseasonToledo111-0--016.2
2023 Regular SeasonToledo11141.51.52-016.2
2024 PostseasonToledo10611--046.2
2024 Regular SeasonToledo102462.5--046.2
2025 PostseasonToledo11621--072.9
2025 Regular SeasonToledo113785.59-072.9

Related Context

Martez Poynter played DT for Toledo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Martez Poynter recorded 93 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Toledo paired 25.5 primary output with 39.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 39.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Toledo

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

39.5

Usage

10.9

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 3. Kentucky: 0. Western Kentucky: 4. Western Michigan: 2.5. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 0.5. Kent State: 0. Washington State: 2. Miami (OH): 4. Ball State: 5. Central Michigan: 4.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisville: 6 by 55. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Western Kentucky: 5 by 60.8. Western Michigan: 5 by 45.8. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 4 by 21.7. Kent State: 3 by 12.5. Washington State: 4 by 36.7. Miami (OH): 5 by 60.8. Ball State: 5 by 70.8. Central Michigan: 2 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.9 · Games = 6 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 5 · -1.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Ball State

Result
Tue 12/23@ LouisvilleSplash gameL 22-2762210
Sat 11/29@ Central MichiganSplash gameW 21-3211.5010
Sat 11/22vs Ball StateSplash gameW 38-9522.501.500
Thu 11/13@ Miami (OH)Splash gameW 24-352110
Sat 10/25@ Washington StateSplash gameL 7-2842000
Sat 10/18vs Kent StateW 45-1030000
Sat 10/11@ Bowling GreenL 23-28410.5000
Sat 9/27vs AkronW 45-310000
Sat 9/20@ Western MichiganSplash gameL 13-14541.5010
Sat 9/6vs Western KentuckySplash gameW 45-2152110
Sat 8/30@ KentuckyL 16-2431000

Player Story

Martez Poynter story

Martez Poynter built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 8, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Martez Poynter's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, and 11.5 sacks across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Martez Poynter's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Toledo

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonToledo0
2021 Regular SeasonToledo04.20.70
2022 Regular SeasonToledo04.20.60
2023 PostseasonToledo510.23.15
2023 Regular SeasonToledo510.23.10
2024 PostseasonToledo10.5237.55.5
2024 Regular SeasonToledo10.5237.50
2025 PostseasonToledo25.539.510.915
2025 Regular SeasonToledo25.539.510.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 132 Ball State

Week 13 · W 38-9 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.4 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 100 Central Michigan

Week 14 · W 21-3 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 12 · W 24-3 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 2 · W 45-21

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Buffalo

Week 10 · W 31-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Toledo

25.5 primary output · 39.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage

72.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Toledo

72.9

25.5 primary · 39.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Toledo

46.2

10.5 primary · 23 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

12

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games