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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Michigan State
Nikai Martinez
DB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Apopka, FL, USA
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Nikai Martinez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF • Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Nikai Martinez built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Apopka, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Michigan State and UCF. The clearest part of Nikai Martinez's career was his...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Nikai Martinez, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State. Nikai Martinez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Nikai Martinez quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Apopka · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Apopka · 41 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · DB 391st (top 41%) · Big Ten 212th (top 28%) · National 1,808th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 17 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 45 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 11 | 51 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 24 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.7 |
Related Context
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Nikai Martinez played DB for UCF and Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nikai Martinez recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 7.5 primary output with 26.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCF, Michigan State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
25
Usage
4.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Youngstown State: 0. USC: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Youngstown State: 2 by 8.3. USC: 7 by 29.2. Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Minnesota: 10 by 41.7
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Minnesota
Player Story
Nikai Martinez story
Nikai Martinez built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Apopka, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Michigan State and UCF. The clearest part of Nikai Martinez's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nikai Martinez's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UCF
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 4.5 | 10.5 | 2.1 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 3.5 | 21.7 | 6.8 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 3.5 | 21.7 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7.5 | 26.1 | 7.1 | 4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 25 | 4.7 | -7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas Tech
Week 12 · L 23-24 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#2
vs South Carolina State
Week 1 · W 56-10
2.5
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 13 · W 24-17 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Villanova
Week 3 · W 48-14
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Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 8 · W 32-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Michigan State
7.5 primary output · 26.1 efficiency · 7.1 usage
59.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
54.7
0 primary · 25 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · UCF
34.4
3.5 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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