Taylor Martinez
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| No. -- Free agent | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | September 15, 1990 |
| Place of birth: | Corona, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Corona (CA) Centennial |
| College: | Nebraska |
| Undrafted: | 2014 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Nebraska Career Total Offense (10,233 yards) | |
Taylor Todd Martinez (born September 15, 1990) is an American football quarterback, currently a free agent. He played college football at Nebraska.
Martinez played his senior year of high school football at Centennial High School in Corona, California, where he was a teammate of Vontaze Burfict and Will Sutton. At Centennial he passed for over 3,000 yards, including 28 touchdowns with a 61 percent pass completion. Taylor also rushed for 750 yards with 12 touchdowns. Martinez received multiple awards for his performance and led Centennial to a state championship win and a perfect season (15–0). Centennial High School finished the 2007 season with a 13–2 record and ranked 24 by USA Today. The undefeated 2008 Huskies team won a California Interscholastic Federation state championship and finished the season ranked No. 2 in the nation by USA Today.
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Martinez committed to the University of Nebraska on August 22, 2008. Martinez wasn't heavily recruited by Football Bowl Subdivision schools as the only football scholarship offer he received to play quarterback was from Nebraska.
Martinez was redshirted for the entire year.
After a three-way position battle, Martinez emerged over sophomore Cody Green and senior Zac Lee for the majority of the 2010 season as the University of Nebraska's starting quarterback. In October, Martinez was named as a semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award.
Three impressive performances by Martinez came on the road with games against Washington, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State. At the University of Washington on September 18, Martinez ran an 80-yard touchdown run on the Husky defense in a 56–21 Husker win. Martinez finished with three touchdowns while rushing 19 times for 137 yards and completing 7-of-11 passes for 150 yards. Against Kansas State on October 7 Martinez ran 15 times for 241 yards and completed 5-of-7 passes for 128 yards which included a 79-yard touchdown pass to Kyler Reed in the third quarter. Martinez had touchdown runs of 14, 35, 80, and 41 yards during the contest. Nebraska beat Kansas State, 48–13. His 241 yards rushing set a school record for most rushing yards in a game by a quarterback and most rushing yards in a game by a freshman. On October 23, in a 51–41 victory against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, he completed 23-of-35 passes for 323 yards that included five touchdown passes with three of those going to wide receiver Brandon Kinnie for 45, nine, and eight yards. Martinez ran 19 times for 112 yards in the contest at Stillwater, Oklahoma. He Set a Freshman all-time record for most passing yards and passing touchdowns in a single game in Huskers record book.
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