Derrick Martin
Derrick Jerome Martin is an American former professional football player who was a football position)|safety] in the National Football League. He played college football for the Wyoming Cowboys and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL draft.
He also played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, New England Patriots, and Chicago Bears. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the following year with the Giants, he won Super Bowl XLVI over the Patriots.
Early life
Martin attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, CO where he led his team to the quarter-final stage of the 2001 state playoffs and also the 2002 state semifinals. Martin also excelled at basketball where he was team captain. He was named Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior.College career
Martin was recruited to play football for the Wyoming Cowboys by head coach Joe Glenn and his coaching staff.As a Wyoming Cowboy, he became an immediate contributor as a defensive back his freshman season, recovering a blocked punt and running it into the end zone for a touchdown in the season opener against Montana State.
Martin earned Second-team All-Conference honors as a sophomore, and helped lead the Wyoming Cowboys to a win over a heavily favored UCLA team by a score of 24-21 in the Las Vegas Bowl.
At the end of Martin’s junior season in 2005, he made the decision to enter the NFL Draft.
Martin played in a total of 30 games, making 24 starts and finishing his college career with 134 tackles and six interceptions.
Professional career
Baltimore Ravens
Martin was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round in the 2006 NFL draft. He was the first-ever player to be selected by the Ravens out of the University of Wyoming. In his rookie season, he played in eight games posting four tackles. He made his NFL debut versus the Carolina Panthers on October 15. In the 2007 season, he made 32 tackles.Green Bay Packers
On September 5, 2009, Martin was traded to the Green Bay Packers for tackle Tony Moll. He was the Packers' Special Team ace in the 2009 season and was one of the Packers' two Special Teams captains in Green Bay's playoff loss at Arizona.Martin was placed on injured reserve when he sustained a knee injury against the Washington Redskins on October 10, 2010. Martin also recorded an interception, which he returned 15 yards that season.
On March 2, 2011, Martin was released by the Packers.