| Date |
Oppenent |
Result |
| Sept. 2 |
Youngstown State |
L (28-6) |
| Sept. 10 |
Florida Atlantic |
W (44-0) |
| Sept. 17 |
Notre Dame |
L (31-13) |
| Sept. 24 |
Central Michigan |
W (45-7) |
| Oct. 1 |
Ohio St. |
W (10-7) |
| Oct. 15 |
Michigan |
W (28-14) |
| Oct. 22 |
Wisconsin |
W (37-31) |
| Oct. 29 |
Nebraska |
L (24-3) |
| Nov. 5 |
Minnesota |
W (34-21) |
| Nov. 12 |
Iowa |
W (37-21) |
| Nov. 19 |
Indiana |
W (55-3) |
| Nov. 26 |
Northwestern |
W (31-17) |
| Dec. 3 |
Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship)
|
L (42-39) |
CAREER NOTES: Explosive playermaker and three-year letterwinner already ranks eighth in MSU history in kick return yards (1,070), 12th in punt return yards (385) and 18th in all-purpose yards (2,819) . . . has appeared in 34 career games, including seven starts . . . has 61 catches for 937 yards (15.4 avg.) with six touchdowns . . . also has 427 rushing yards (9.5 avg.) . . . has scored 10 total touchdowns . . . has been involved in a touchdown five different ways in his career: receiving (6 in his career), rushing (1 vs. Minnesota 2009), passing (1 vs. Notre Dame 2009), punt return (1 vs. Wisconsin 2010) and kick return (1 vs. Minnesota 2009) . . . over the past three seasons, Martin leads the team with 46 plays of 20-plus yards and 13 plays of 40-plus yards.
2010 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 11 games, including five starts at Z receiver . . . also returned kickoffs and punts . . . missed two games (Iowa, Minnesota) with a sprained ankle . . . was named to the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, which is awarded to the nation's most versatile player . . . ranked first in the Big Ten and 11th nationally in punt returns (14.2 avg.) . . . named first-team All-Big Ten as a punt returner by Rivals.com, CollegeFootballNews.com and Phil Steele . . . ranked eighth in the Big Ten in all-purpose yards (103.1 ypg.) . . . ranked third on the team with 32 receptions and 394 receiving yards . . . also third on the team in rushing with 157 yards (8.7 avg.) . . . led team with 41 receiving yards on three catches, including a 36-yard reception, in the 2011 Capital One Bowl against Alabama . . . produced 59 all-purpose yards in win at Penn State (two rushes for 41 yards, 12 kick return, 6 receiving) . . . after missing two games with an ankle injury, returned to action against Purdue and recorded 95 all-purpose yards (four catches for 38 yards; two rushes for 13 yards; 3 punt return yards) . . . did not play against Minnesota or No. 18 Iowa and missed a majority of the Northwestern game with an Achilles injury . . . compiled 123 all-purpose yards in victory at No. 18 Michigan, including a team-high six catches for 69 yards . . . named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time in his career and also the National Punt Returner of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards after compiling 190 all-purpose yards in win over No. 11 Wisconsin, including a 74-yard punt return for a touchdown; it marked MSU's first punt return for a TD since 2002 . . . totaled 124 all-purpose yards (41 kick return, 36 receiving, 35 punt return, 12 rushing) against Northern Colorado . . . named Spartan Co-Offensive Player of the Week after hauling in a career-high eight catches for 96 yards, including a 6-yard TD reception, in overtime win against Notre Dame; 68 of his 96 yards came after the catch . . . collected more than 200 all-purpose yards (89 kick return, 62 punt return, 53 receiving) vs. Florida Atlantic at Ford Field; his 47-yard punt return set up MSU's first TD of the game . . . rushed for 43 yards on two carries (21.5 avg.) in the season opener against Western Michigan.
2009 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Named to ESPN.com's Big Ten All-Bowl Team . . . third-team All-Big Ten selection as a punt returner by Phil Steele . . . appeared in all 13 games in 2009, including two starts (vs. Wisconsin and Texas Tech) . . . accounted for a team-best 1,451 all-purpose yards, averaging 18.1 yards every time he touched the football (80 total touches) . . . ranked third in the Big Ten in all-purpose yards, averaging 111.6 per game . . . produced 1,043 all-purpose yards in his last five games, averaging 208.6 yards per game during the stretch . . . finished third in the Big Ten and No. 11 in the NCAA, averaging 28.9 yards on 23 kickoff returns . . . his 665 kick return yards rank as the seventh-highest single-season total in MSU history . . . led the Big Ten in kickoff returns (33.6 avg.) in conference games . . . ranked third on the team in rushing (18 carries for 219 yards) and sixth in receptions (18 for 411 yards) . . . led the team in yards per catch (22.8 avg.) and yards per carry (12.2 avg.) . . . his 169 yards after the catch (YAC) ranked second on the team during the regular season . . . 10 of his 18 receptions (56 percent) resulted in either a first down or a TD . . . returned 21 punts for 156 yards (7.4 avg.) . . . his seven touchdowns (five receiving, one rushing and one kickoff return) ranked second on the team . . . six of his scoring plays covered 48 yards or more . . . produced a team-best 26 plays that resulted in gains of 20-plus yards (17 kickoff returns, six receptions, two runs and one punt return) . . . was the only NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision player who recorded 80-yard scoring plays in three different ways in 2009: 84-yard run vs. Minnesota, 91-yard reception from Keith Nichol vs. Wisconsin and 93-yard kickoff return vs. Minnesota . . . accounted for 238 all-purpose yards in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl vs. Texas Tech, the third-highest single-game total in Spartan bowl history . . . his 149 kickoff return yards against the Red Raiders rank second in MSU bowl history . . . accounted for two TDs in the Alamo Bowl, scoring on a 48-yard bomb from Kirk Cousins in the second quarter and throwing an 8-yard TD pass to Blair White in the third quarter . . . produced 146 all-purpose yards in the regular-season finale vs. No. 13 Penn State, including two receptions for 74 yards and three kickoff returns for 72 yards . . . scored on a 71-yard bomb from Keith Nichol late in the fourth quarter against the Nittany Lions . . . accounted for 236 all-purpose yards at Purdue, as Michigan State rallied from an 11-point fourth quarter deficit for a 40-37 victory . . . had two touches in the fourth quarter against the Boilermakers that resulted in 130 yards . . . his 45-yard run to the Purdue 9 set up Cousins' third touchdown pass as MSU took a 37-34 lead with 6:59 left in the game . . . after the Boilermakers tied the score at 37 on a 49-yard field goal with 2:38 to play, returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards to the Purdue 11 to set up Brett Swenson's 21-yard game-winning field goal . . . returned five kickoffs for 166 yards against Purdue, averaging 33.2 yards per return . . . his 166 kickoff return yards rank as the seventh-best single-game total in school history . . . also led the team in rushing against the Boilermakers, with 70 yards on just three carries (23.3 avg.) . . . generated 139 all-purpose yards in MSU's 49-14 non-conference win over Western Michigan . . . selected Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week after accounting for a career-best 284 all-purpose yards and two TDs in the Spartans' 42-34 loss at Minnesota . . . also named Kickoff Returner of the Week (shared honor with six other players) by the College Football Performance Awards . . . his 284 all-purpose yards rank as the sixth-best single-game total in Spartan history . . . in addition, his 284 all-purpose yards were the highest single-game figure in the Big Ten and the 32nd-best single-game total in the NCAA FBS in 2009 . . . returned four kickoffs for 176 yards (44.0 avg.) against the Golden Gophers, scoring on a 93-yard runback to open the second half (MSU's first kickoff return for a TD since 2005 vs. Indiana) . . . his 176 kickoff return yards are the third-highest single-game total in school history . . . also scored on an 84-yard reverse later in the third quarter vs. Minnesota . . . set career highs for receptions (4), receiving yards (139) and TD receptions (2) in MSU's 38-30 loss at Wisconsin . . . scored the first TDs of his career on grabs of 15 and 91 yards from Nichol in the fourth quarter . . . his 91-yard TD reception marked the second-longest passing play in Spartan history (school-record 93-yarder from Tony Banks to Nigea Carter vs. Indiana in 1994) . . . his 91-yard grab tied as the ninth-longest passing play recorded in the NCAA FBS in 2009 . . . averaged 34.8 yards per catch while recording the first 100-yard receiving game of his career . . . threw his first career TD pass at Notre Dame, a 30-yard strike to White in the second quarter.
2008 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 10 games as a true freshman in 2008 . . . multi-talented athlete accounted for 234 all-purpose yards . . . caught 11 passes for 132 yards (12.0 avg.) . . . 111 of his 132 receiving yards (84 percent) came after the catch . . . rushed nine times for 51 yards (5.7 avg.) and completed 2-of-3 passes for 59 yards . . . returned two kickoffs for 50 yards (25.0 avg.) and three punts for 1 yard . . . sat out the last two games of the regular season with a broken clavicle . . . accounted for 94 combined yards vs. Wisconsin (7 rushing, 35 passing, 29 receiving and 23 returns). . . matched his season high with three catches for 29 yards against the Badgers, and his 35-yard completion to White in the second quarter helped set up a field goal . . . accumulated 60 combined yards at Michigan (gained 25 yards on a lateral, caught two passes for 10 yards and completed a 24-yard pass to Brian Hoyer) . . . had one catch for 14 yards and one rush for 10 yards vs. Ohio State . . . took a quick-screen pass from Hoyer and turned it into a 42-yard gain to set up a second-quarter touchdown at Northwestern . . . had three receptions for 31 yards at Indiana.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation's top wide receivers by Rivals.com (No. 80) . . . rated among the state's top seniors by the Detroit Free Press (No. 10), Rivals.com (No. 14), Lansing State Journal (No. 17) and The Detroit News (No. 20) . . . all-state (Division 1) selection as a defensive back in 2007 . . . named to The Detroit News All-Metro West Team as a senior . . . earned all-conference honors as a quarterback after accounting for 1,551 total yards and 17 touchdowns in 2007 . . . completed 28-of- 62 passes (.452) for 685 yards and seven TDs as a senior . . . rushed 100 times for 866 yards (8.7 avg.) and 10 TDs . . . recorded seven 100-yard rushing games in 2007 . . . recorded 26 tackles (20 solos, 6 assists) and returned two interceptions for scores as a senior . . . produced 227 all-purpose yards and a TD as a junior . . . returned six punts for 104 yards (17.3 avg.) . . . two-year starter for Coach Todd DeLuca at John Glenn High School in Westland, Mich. . . . saw action at wide receiver, defensive back and quarterback during his prep career . . . also participated in basketball and track . . . two-year starter for Coach Dan Young on the Rockets' basketball team . . . averaged 12.3 points and 5.2 assists as a senior while helping John Glenn get off to a 14-1 start . . . averaged 11.2 points and 5.4 assists as a junior . . . son of Charles McKissick and Tracy Martin . . . born March 15, 1990 . . . majoring in sociology.