Sam Martin

P · DET/DEN/BUF/CAR · 2013–2026

Born February 27, 1990 · College Appalachian State · Drafted 2013, round 5, pick 165 (DET) · 6-1, 207 lb

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2013	DET	3	2	3	1.50	−3.406	−6.8	−0.15
2020	DEN	1	1	0	0.00	−0.007	−0.0	−0.02
Career	CAR	10	3	3	1.00	−2.273	−6.8	−0.17

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2013	DET	3	1
2015	DET	2	2
2018	DET	1	1
2019	DET	1	1
2022 playoffs	BUF	1	1
2025	CAR	1	1
Career	CAR	10	6

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
2013	DET	16	73	+0.36	+0.17−1.31 to +1.65	+0.74	31.5	13.7
2014	DET	16	68	+0.27	+0.16−1.35 to +1.68	+0.61	35.3	7.4
2014 playoffs	DET	1	4	−3.29		−8.24	25.0	0.0
2015	DET	16	80	+0.49	+0.27−1.18 to +1.73	−0.82	33.8	3.8
2016	DET	16	62	+2.60	+1.06−0.48 to +2.59	+1.27	38.7	4.8
2016 playoffs	DET	1	5	+6.25		+3.00	60.0	0.0
2017	DET	9	41	−3.14	−0.97−2.63 to +0.70	−1.88	26.8	14.6
2018	DET	16	74	+0.61	+0.27−1.22 to +1.76	−0.01	43.2	5.4
2019	DET	15	68	+1.24	+0.54−0.97 to +2.05	+0.15	41.2	10.3
2020	DEN	16	66	−0.21	−0.09−1.61 to +1.43	+0.53	31.8	6.1
2021	DEN	17	67	+1.76	+0.76−0.76 to +2.28	−0.51	41.8	4.5
2022	BUF	15	46	+1.40	+0.49−1.15 to +2.12	+1.74	34.8	10.9
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	9	−4.72		+1.94	33.3	11.1
2023	BUF	17	51	+0.57	+0.18−1.42 to +1.78	−0.22	47.1	5.9
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	5	−2.34		+1.25	40.0	0.0
2024	BUF	17	55	+0.36	+0.12−1.46 to +1.71	−0.21	45.5	9.1
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	6	−3.03		+1.98	50.0	16.7
2025	CAR	17	56	+1.48	+0.56−1.01 to +2.13	+1.14	50.0	5.4
2025 playoffs	CAR	1	3	+10.72		+5.25	100.0	0.0
2026	CAR	8	27	−0.10	−0.02−1.77 to +1.73	−0.68	55.6	7.4

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2018	DET	2	2	1.4	–	–
2020	DEN	1	1	1.3	–	–
2023 playoffs	BUF	1	1	1.3	–	–

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2026-09-13	vs CHI	L 37–59	3	−43.5	0
2	2026-09-20	@ ATL	W 34–3	4	+8.3	3
3	2026-09-27	@ CLE	L 18–21	3	+27.8	3
4	2026-10-04	vs DET	W 32–26	3	+10.5	2
6	2026-10-18	@ PHI	W 25–14	5	+2.1	3
7	2026-10-25	vs TB	L 13–43	2	−20.3	1
8	2026-10-29	@ GB	L 19–27	4	+9.6	2
9	2026-11-08	vs DEN	L 21–26	3	+2.8	1

2025 game log (18 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2025-09-07	@ JAX	L 10–26	–	–	–	–	2	+7.2	2
2	2025-09-14	@ ARI	L 22–27	–	–	–	–	2	−13.3	1
3	2025-09-21	vs ATL	W 30–0	–	–	–	–	3	+13.8	2
4	2025-09-28	@ NE	L 13–42	1	0.0	0	0	5	−58.8	1
5	2025-10-05	vs MIA	W 27–24	–	–	–	–	3	−2.4	0
6	2025-10-12	vs DAL	W 30–27	–	–	–	–	2	−10.2	0
7	2025-10-19	@ NYJ	W 13–6	–	–	–	–	6	+27.7	4
8	2025-10-26	vs BUF	L 9–40	–	–	–	–	4	+18.0	1
9	2025-11-02	@ GB	W 16–13	–	–	–	–	3	+3.4	1
10	2025-11-09	vs NO	L 7–17	–	–	–	–	4	+39.4	3
11	2025-11-16	@ ATL	W 30–27 OT	–	–	–	–	3	+12.2	2
12	2025-11-24	@ SF	L 9–20	–	–	–	–	4	+11.1	2
13	2025-11-30	vs LA	W 31–28	–	–	–	–	3	+3.7	2
15	2025-12-14	@ NO	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	3	+20.6	2
16	2025-12-21	vs TB	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	3	+6.2	2
17	2025-12-28	vs SEA	L 10–27	–	–	–	–	3	+1.0	2
18	2026-01-03	@ TB	L 14–16	–	–	–	–	3	+1.8	1
P19	2026-01-10	vs LA	L 31–34	–	–	–	–	3	+32.1	3

2024 game log (20 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2024-09-08	vs ARI	W 34–28	2	−2.8	1
2	2024-09-12	@ MIA	W 31–10	3	+5.5	2
3	2024-09-23	vs JAX	W 47–10	1	−10.3	0
4	2024-09-29	@ BAL	L 10–35	6	−14.1	2
5	2024-10-06	@ HOU	L 20–23	8	−0.8	5
6	2024-10-14	@ NYJ	W 23–20	3	−0.1	0
7	2024-10-20	vs TEN	W 34–10	5	−21.2	1
8	2024-10-27	@ SEA	W 31–10	3	+31.6	2
9	2024-11-03	vs MIA	W 30–27	1	+5.7	1
10	2024-11-10	@ IND	W 30–20	2	+24.0	2
11	2024-11-17	vs KC	W 30–21	3	+2.1	2
13	2024-12-01	vs SF	W 35–10	3	−2.2	1
14	2024-12-08	@ LA	L 42–44	3	+5.9	1
15	2024-12-15	@ DET	W 48–42	1	+11.2	1
16	2024-12-22	vs NE	W 24–21	4	+3.2	2
17	2024-12-29	vs NYJ	W 40–14	3	−7.5	1
18	2025-01-05	@ NE	L 16–23	4	−11.5	1
P19	2025-01-12	vs DEN	W 31–7	1	+10.8	1
P20	2025-01-19	vs BAL	W 27–25	3	−3.0	1
P21	2025-01-26	@ KC	L 29–32	2	−26.0	1

2023 game log (19 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2023-09-11	@ NYJ	L 16–22 OT	3	+11.4	1
2	2023-09-17	vs LV	W 38–10	1	+9.2	1
3	2023-09-24	@ WAS	W 37–3	1	+4.9	0
4	2023-10-01	vs MIA	W 48–20	2	+23.7	1
5	2023-10-08	vs JAX	L 20–25	6	+10.1	2
6	2023-10-15	vs NYG	W 14–9	3	+18.0	2
7	2023-10-22	@ NE	L 25–29	1	−14.8	0
8	2023-10-26	vs TB	W 24–18	4	+16.7	3
9	2023-11-05	@ CIN	L 18–24	3	−15.5	0
10	2023-11-13	vs DEN	L 22–24	3	−42.2	0
11	2023-11-19	vs NYJ	W 32–6	3	−10.6	1
12	2023-11-26	@ PHI	L 34–37 OT	4	−21.6	2
14	2023-12-10	@ KC	W 20–17	4	−23.9	1
15	2023-12-17	vs DAL	W 31–10	2	−5.8	0
16	2023-12-23	@ LAC	W 24–22	4	+23.1	3
17	2023-12-31	vs NE	W 27–21	6	+45.3	6
18	2024-01-07	@ MIA	W 21–14	1	+0.8	1
P19	2024-01-15	vs PIT	W 31–17	3	+8.0	2
P20	2024-01-21	vs KC	L 24–27	2	−19.7	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
2	2022-09-19	vs TEN	W 41–7	–	–	–	–	3	+19.6	1
3	2022-09-25	@ MIA	L 19–21	–	–	–	–	1	−2.0	1
4	2022-10-02	@ BAL	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	3	+5.0	1
5	2022-10-09	vs PIT	W 38–3	–	–	–	–	2	−7.8	0
6	2022-10-16	@ KC	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	2	+4.0	0
8	2022-10-30	vs GB	W 27–17	–	–	–	–	2	−8.3	1
9	2022-11-06	@ NYJ	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	2	+10.3	1
10	2022-11-13	vs MIN	L 30–33 OT	–	–	–	–	3	+10.9	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CLE	W 31–23	–	–	–	–	2	+22.6	2
12	2022-11-24	@ DET	W 28–25	–	–	–	–	4	−30.1	2
13	2022-12-01	@ NE	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	3	−0.1	1
14	2022-12-11	vs NYJ	W 20–12	–	–	–	–	8	+15.7	2
15	2022-12-17	vs MIA	W 32–29	–	–	–	–	5	+11.8	2
16	2022-12-24	@ CHI	W 35–13	–	–	–	–	3	+27.3	1
18	2023-01-08	vs NE	W 35–23	–	–	–	–	3	−17.3	1
P19	2023-01-15	vs MIA	W 34–31	1	0.0	0	0	5	−36.9	2
P20	2023-01-22	vs CIN	L 10–27	–	–	–	–	4	−5.5	1

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2021-09-12	@ NYG	W 27–13	2	−7.8	0
2	2021-09-19	@ JAX	W 23–13	4	+2.5	3
3	2021-09-26	vs NYJ	W 26–0	3	−6.3	1
4	2021-10-03	vs BAL	L 7–23	10	−16.9	4
5	2021-10-10	@ PIT	L 19–27	4	+28.7	4
6	2021-10-17	vs LV	L 24–34	4	−12.2	2
7	2021-10-21	@ CLE	L 14–17	4	+17.6	0
8	2021-10-31	vs WAS	W 17–10	3	+13.2	3
9	2021-11-07	@ DAL	W 30–16	3	+1.0	0
10	2021-11-14	vs PHI	L 13–30	4	+37.2	1
12	2021-11-28	vs LAC	W 28–13	3	+9.3	2
13	2021-12-05	@ KC	L 9–22	3	+17.5	0
14	2021-12-12	vs DET	W 38–10	3	−0.5	0
15	2021-12-19	vs CIN	L 10–15	6	+3.2	2
16	2021-12-26	@ LV	L 13–17	5	+16.6	3
17	2022-01-02	@ LAC	L 13–34	3	+4.6	1
18	2022-01-08	vs KC	L 24–28	3	+8.4	2

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2020-09-14	vs TEN	L 14–16	–	–	–	–	5	+31.6	4
2	2020-09-20	@ PIT	L 21–26	1	0	0	−0.0	4	−7.7	2
3	2020-09-27	vs TB	L 10–28	–	–	–	–	6	−97.1	0
4	2020-10-01	@ NYJ	W 37–28	–	–	–	–	1	−6.2	0
6	2020-10-18	@ NE	W 18–12	–	–	–	–	2	−8.6	1
7	2020-10-25	vs KC	L 16–43	–	–	–	–	3	+12.0	1
8	2020-11-01	vs LAC	W 31–30	–	–	–	–	6	−14.7	1
9	2020-11-08	@ ATL	L 27–34	–	–	–	–	5	+12.6	4
10	2020-11-15	@ LV	L 12–37	–	–	–	–	4	+25.8	0
11	2020-11-22	vs MIA	W 20–13	–	–	–	–	3	+15.6	1
12	2020-11-29	vs NO	L 3–31	–	–	–	–	7	−9.5	0
13	2020-12-06	@ KC	L 16–22	–	–	–	–	3	−8.5	1
14	2020-12-13	@ CAR	W 32–27	–	–	–	–	4	+14.1	1
15	2020-12-19	vs BUF	L 19–48	–	–	–	–	6	+38.1	2
16	2020-12-27	@ LAC	L 16–19	–	–	–	–	3	−13.7	1
17	2021-01-03	vs LV	L 31–32	–	–	–	–	4	+2.7	2

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
2	2019-09-15	vs LAC	W 13–10	–	–	–	–	4	+17.6	2
3	2019-09-22	@ PHI	W 27–24	–	–	–	–	5	−11.6	2
4	2019-09-29	vs KC	L 30–34	1	0.0	0	0	3	+2.6	0
6	2019-10-14	@ GB	L 22–23	–	–	–	–	4	+11.7	2
7	2019-10-20	vs MIN	L 30–42	–	–	–	–	3	+22.4	2
8	2019-10-27	vs NYG	W 31–26	–	–	–	–	2	−5.1	0
9	2019-11-03	@ LV	L 24–31	–	–	–	–	2	−19.1	0
10	2019-11-10	@ CHI	L 13–20	–	–	–	–	6	+23.5	4
11	2019-11-17	vs DAL	L 27–35	–	–	–	–	6	+24.4	5
12	2019-11-24	@ WAS	L 16–19	–	–	–	–	4	+15.0	1
13	2019-11-28	vs CHI	L 20–24	–	–	–	–	5	−4.1	3
14	2019-12-08	@ MIN	L 7–20	–	–	–	–	7	−0.4	3
15	2019-12-15	vs TB	L 17–38	–	–	–	–	5	+21.0	1
16	2019-12-22	@ DEN	L 17–27	–	–	–	–	5	−11.2	1
17	2019-12-29	vs GB	L 20–23	–	–	–	–	7	−3.4	2

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2018-09-10	vs NYJ	L 17–48	1	0.0	0	0	3	−48.5	0
2	2018-09-16	@ SF	L 27–30	–	–	–	–	5	+12.9	4
3	2018-09-23	vs NE	W 26–10	–	–	–	–	2	+6.3	1
4	2018-09-30	@ DAL	L 24–26	–	–	–	–	4	+1.7	2
5	2018-10-07	vs GB	W 31–23	–	–	–	–	5	+29.8	3
7	2018-10-21	@ MIA	W 32–21	–	–	–	–	1	−2.1	0
8	2018-10-28	vs SEA	L 14–28	–	–	–	–	4	−8.6	1
9	2018-11-04	@ MIN	L 9–24	–	–	–	–	5	−20.1	1
10	2018-11-11	@ CHI	L 22–34	–	–	–	–	4	−15.2	1
11	2018-11-18	vs CAR	W 20–19	–	–	–	–	6	+36.2	3
12	2018-11-22	vs CHI	L 16–23	–	–	–	–	5	−30.9	1
13	2018-12-02	vs LA	L 16–30	–	–	–	–	6	+19.6	2
14	2018-12-09	@ ARI	W 17–3	–	–	–	–	7	+20.7	4
15	2018-12-16	@ BUF	L 13–14	–	–	–	–	7	+5.1	3
16	2018-12-23	vs MIN	L 9–27	–	–	–	–	6	+0.2	3
17	2018-12-30	@ GB	W 31–0	–	–	–	–	4	+36.2	3

2017 game log (9 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
8	2017-10-29	vs PIT	L 15–20	3	−16.8	1
10	2017-11-12	vs CLE	W 38–24	4	−12.2	1
11	2017-11-19	@ CHI	W 27–24	4	+9.1	3
12	2017-11-23	vs MIN	L 23–30	4	−11.8	0
13	2017-12-03	@ BAL	L 20–44	6	−26.4	1
14	2017-12-10	@ TB	W 24–21	5	−18.9	1
15	2017-12-16	vs CHI	W 20–10	4	+6.4	2
16	2017-12-24	@ CIN	L 17–26	5	−17.1	2
17	2017-12-31	vs GB	W 35–11	6	−37.6	0

2016 game log (17 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2016-09-11	@ IND	W 39–35	4	+44.8	2
2	2016-09-18	vs TEN	L 15–16	5	+32.7	5
3	2016-09-25	@ GB	L 27–34	2	+16.1	0
4	2016-10-02	@ CHI	L 14–17	5	+24.0	2
5	2016-10-09	vs PHI	W 24–23	3	+9.0	1
6	2016-10-16	vs LA	W 31–28	2	+13.6	1
7	2016-10-23	vs WAS	W 20–17	3	+3.8	1
8	2016-10-30	@ HOU	L 13–20	5	−36.0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ MIN	W 22–16 OT	5	+6.9	0
11	2016-11-20	vs JAX	W 26–19	6	+23.4	3
12	2016-11-24	vs MIN	W 16–13	4	+6.9	2
13	2016-12-04	@ NO	W 28–13	2	−15.2	1
14	2016-12-11	vs CHI	W 20–17	2	+6.7	1
15	2016-12-18	@ NYG	L 6–17	6	−11.8	1
16	2016-12-26	@ DAL	L 21–42	4	+23.9	2
17	2017-01-01	vs GB	L 24–31	4	+12.4	2
P18	2017-01-07	@ SEA	L 6–26	5	+31.3	3

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2015-09-13	@ LAC	L 28–33	–	–	–	–	5	−11.9	3
2	2015-09-20	@ MIN	L 16–26	–	–	–	–	4	−32.3	2
3	2015-09-27	vs DEN	L 12–24	–	–	–	–	5	+15.0	1
4	2015-10-05	@ SEA	L 10–13	–	–	–	–	8	−20.9	3
5	2015-10-11	vs ARI	L 17–42	–	–	–	–	4	+13.2	3
6	2015-10-18	vs CHI	W 37–34 OT	–	–	–	–	4	+17.6	0
7	2015-10-25	vs MIN	L 19–28	–	–	–	–	6	+2.2	1
8	2015-11-01	@ KC	L 10–45	–	–	–	–	6	−22.1	0
10	2015-11-15	@ GB	W 18–16	1	0.0	0	0	7	+20.6	4
11	2015-11-22	vs LV	W 18–13	–	–	–	–	5	−2.7	1
12	2015-11-26	vs PHI	W 45–14	–	–	–	–	4	+2.1	0
13	2015-12-03	vs GB	L 23–27	–	–	–	–	6	+18.2	2
14	2015-12-13	@ LA	L 14–21	–	–	–	–	7	−2.0	2
15	2015-12-21	@ NO	W 35–27	–	–	–	–	3	−4.9	1
16	2015-12-27	vs SF	W 32–17	1	0.0	0	0	3	+24.8	3
17	2016-01-03	@ CHI	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	3	+21.6	1

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2014-09-08	vs NYG	W 35–14	2	−12.0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ CAR	L 7–24	5	−1.8	1
3	2014-09-21	vs GB	W 19–7	2	−11.3	0
4	2014-09-28	@ NYJ	W 24–17	6	+22.6	2
5	2014-10-05	vs BUF	L 14–17	7	+29.4	4
6	2014-10-12	@ MIN	W 17–3	7	−2.7	2
7	2014-10-19	vs NO	W 24–23	5	+21.1	3
8	2014-10-26	@ ATL	W 22–21	3	−5.8	2
10	2014-11-09	vs MIA	W 20–16	3	−19.7	1
11	2014-11-16	@ ARI	L 6–14	6	−7.5	2
12	2014-11-23	@ NE	L 9–34	5	+35.5	2
13	2014-11-27	vs CHI	W 34–17	3	+5.7	1
14	2014-12-07	vs TB	W 34–17	3	−8.5	0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIN	W 16–14	6	−25.5	2
16	2014-12-21	@ CHI	W 20–14	1	−1.3	1
17	2014-12-28	@ GB	L 20–30	4	−0.1	1
P18	2015-01-04	@ DAL	L 20–24	4	−13.2	1

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2013-09-08	vs MIN	W 34–24	1	0	0	−4.2	0	0.0	0	0	4	+7.5	2
2	2013-09-15	@ ARI	L 21–25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	+29.2	0
3	2013-09-22	@ WAS	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	+3.0	0
4	2013-09-29	vs CHI	W 40–32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	−10.0	1
5	2013-10-06	@ GB	L 9–22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	+35.7	2
6	2013-10-13	@ CLE	W 31–17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	+51.3	3
7	2013-10-20	vs CIN	L 24–27	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	4	+1.5	3
8	2013-10-27	vs DAL	W 31–30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	−11.4	0
10	2013-11-10	@ CHI	W 21–19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	−1.4	1
11	2013-11-17	@ PIT	L 27–37	1	3	0	−2.6	0	0.0	0	0	3	+4.2	0
12	2013-11-24	vs TB	L 21–24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	−58.4	1
13	2013-11-28	vs GB	W 40–10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	+7.0	1
14	2013-12-08	@ PHI	L 20–34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	+0.2	2
15	2013-12-16	vs BAL	L 16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	−14.3	3
16	2013-12-22	vs NYG	L 20–23 OT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	+8.2	2
17	2013-12-29	@ MIN	L 13–14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	−26.1	2