![]() Martin visits the Kentucky Army National Guard in 2010
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Position: | Offensive Coordinator | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | July 25, 1978 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Mobile, Alabama | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Mobile (AL) Williamson | ||||||||||||
College: | Tennessee | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 5 / Pick: 163 | ||||||||||||
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Completion %: | 37.5 |
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TD–INT: | 0–1 |
Passing yards: | 69 |
Passer rating: | 25.3 |
Rushing yards: | 36 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Completion %: | 42.1 |
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TD–INT: | 1–4 |
Passing yards: | 458 |
Passer rating: | 43.2 |
Rushing yards: | 64 |
As player:
Tamaurice Nigel "Tee" Martin (born July 25, 1978) is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He is the current offensive coordinator for the University of Southern California Trojans.
Martin was a backup to Peyton Manning during his freshman and sophomore years at the University of Tennessee. During his junior season, Martin led the 1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team to a 13–0 record and a Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State University, winning the school its first NCAA Division I-A national football championship since 1951. He was teammates with running back Jamal Lewis in his early years at Tennessee and Peerless Price, who each went on to play in the NFL.
In the 1998 season, Martin broke the NCAA record for consecutive completions. Against South Carolina, Martin completed his first 23 passes. Combined with a completion on his last pass the previous week against Alabama, Martin's string of 24 consecutive completions set a new record, breaking the previous one by Dominique Davis, formerly of East Carolina, who had completed 23 in a row.
In 1999, Martin led the Vols to their second consecutive BCS bowl. During Martin's two years as a starter at Tennessee, the Vols were undefeated against 5 out of 6 of the program's main conference rivals, (2–0 vs Alabama, 2–0 vs Auburn, 2–0 vs Georgia, 2–0 vs Vanderbilt, 2-0 vs Kentucky, and 1–1 vs Florida).