Damien Martinez - NFL Player Stats

Damien Martinez (born January 31, 2004) is an American professional football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and the Miami Hurricanes. Martinez was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft. Early life Martinez attended Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas, where he rushed for 4,341 yards and 66 touchdowns on 532 carries for the football team. He was an all-state running back and earned District Offensive Player of the Year and District MVP honors. Martinez committed to play college football at Oregon State over Georgia Tech and Kansas. College career As a freshman in 2022, Martinez had a slow start to the first seven games of the year rushing for 340 yards and two touchdowns on 57 carries. However, in the eighth game he rushed for 178 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries in a win over Colorado, earning Pac-12 Conference freshman of the week honors. Martinez was named the Pac-12 freshman of the week two more times, one against Arizona State on November 21, after rushing for 138 yards and two touchdowns, and again against Oregon after getting 15 carries for 103 yards in a 38–34 rivalry win. He finished the year with 982 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 162 carries, and caught four passes for 61 yards. Martinez was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the year and first-team All-Pac 12, as well as a Freshman All-American by College Football News.