Player Dossier

2023-2025

South Alabama

PJ Martin

RB • 5'10" • 202 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

PJ Martin leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.3 efficiency.

Usage Score

13.4

Efficiency

55.3

Consistency

65.8

Season Value

58.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

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PJ Martin, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama. PJ Martin leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.3 efficiency.

PJ Martin played RB for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, PJ Martin recorded 499 rushing yards, 106 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 375 primary output with 55.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 55.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

46.9

Efficiency

55.3

Usage

13.4

Consistency

65.8

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 40. Tulane: 18. Auburn: 30. Coastal Carolina: 72. North Texas: 102. Troy: 51. Arkansas State: 58. Georgia State: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 8 by 52.1. Tulane: 3 by 62.5. Auburn: 11 by 28.4. Coastal Carolina: 10 by 77.9. North Texas: 13 by 70.2. Troy: 9 by 59. Arkansas State: 8 by 78.4. Georgia State: 3 by 13.9

Split Comparison

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

Losses55.2 · Games = 6
First Half40 · Games = 4 · -13.8 vs Second Half
Second Half53.8 · Games = 4 · +13.8 vs First Half
All Games46.9 · Games = 8

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

78.4 vs Arkansas State

Result
Thu 10/23@ Georgia StateW 38-31341.3001.3
Tue 10/14vs Arkansas StateL 14-157547.701147.3
Sat 10/4@ TroyL 24-319515.7005.7
Sat 9/27@ North TexasL 22-361060603427.8
Sat 9/20vs Coastal CarolinaL 20-389697.700137.2
Sat 9/13@ AuburnL 15-3111302.7002.7
Sat 9/6vs TulaneL 31-33318606
Sat 8/30vs Unknown840515

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonSouth Alabama9951.44.7
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama9951.44.70
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama13162.45.332
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama13162.45.30
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama37555.313.4244

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

72

Primary metric

72 scrimmage yards and 12.8 usage.

#2

Eastern Michigan

53

Primary metric

Win with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

53 scrimmage yards and 6.7 usage.

#3

North Texas

102

Primary metric

Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 20.6 usage.

#4

Coastal Carolina

72

Primary metric

Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

72 scrimmage yards and 15.2 usage.

#5

Arkansas State

58

Primary metric

Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · South Alabama

375 primary output · 55.3 efficiency · 13.4 usage

58.4

#2

2023 Postseason · South Alabama

33.7

99 primary · 51.4 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · South Alabama

33.7

99 primary · 51.4 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8304

De La Salle · New Orleans, LA

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

605

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.