Ingle Martin

Ingle Martin

Infobox NFLactive
name=Ingle Martin


currentteam=Kansas City Chiefs
currentnumber=15
currentposition=Quarterback
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|8|15
birthplace=Memphis, Tennessee
heightft=6
heightin=2
weight=220
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Green Bay Packers
college=Furman
draftyear=2006
draftround=5
draftpick=148
pastteams=
* Green Bay Packers (2006)
* Tennessee Titans (2007-2008)*
* Kansas City Chiefs (2008-present)
status=Active
statweek=17
statseason=2007
statlabel1=TD - INT
statvalue1=0-0
statlabel2=Passing yards
statvalue2=0
statlabel3=QB Rating
statvalue3=0.0
nfl=MAR626486

Harry Ingle Martin, IV (born August 15, 1982 in city-state|Memphis|Tennessee) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Furman.

On September 9, 2008, Martin was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs for a spot on their 53-man roster.

Martin has also played for the Tennessee Titans.

Early years

Martin attended Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, soccer, and baseball. Martin led Montgomery Bell to three consecutive Tennessee State Championships with 32 straight wins and final "USA Today" National Top 25 rankings in both 1999 and 2000.

While at Montgomery Bell, He was named to the "Parade" All-American team, while also adding national honors from "Prep Star", "Super Prep" and "National Bluechips". He was ranked among the nation's top twenty quarterbacks by 'Prep Football Report" and "Super Prep" ranked him the top player in Tennessee. He was also, a two-time Division II Player of the Year in Tennessee.

As a junior, he completed 97 out of 140 passes for 1,450 yards and 14 touchdowns. As a senior in 2000, he completed 62 out of 137 passes for 964 yards with seven touchdowns and he also rushed for 935 yards. In 2000, he was 6-of-9 on field goal attempts in 2000 with three field goals of better than 50 yards, including a school-record 56 yards. [ [http://www.packers.com/draft/2006/inglemartin.phtml Packers 2006 Draft | Ingle Martin | Quarterback | Furman | 6'2" - 220 lbs.] ]

College career

Ingle was heavily recruited by Tennessee, Louisiana State, Alabama and Virginia before enrolling at Florida.

Florida

In 2001, Martin was a member of Florida's scout team. He won Florida's John Eibner Award, which is presented annually to the scout team "unsung hero".

In 2002, Martin played in 12 of 13 games. He served as the backup quarterback to Rex Grossman but served also as the starting punter in seven games. Martin also played wide receiver in eight games. He completed 7 of 10 passes for 96 yards. Martin also caught two passes for 14 yards and rushed 11 times for 51 yards. As punter, he averaged 35.2 yards on 46 punts.

In 2003, Martin started the first four games of the season before new head coach Ron Zook replaced him in the starting lineup with Chris Leak, one of the nation's top freshmen quarterbacks, for the rest of the season after Martin suffered a concussion against the Miami Hurricanes, placing Martin in limbo as to where his career at Florida was going.

Martin started against San Jose State, Miami (Fla.), Florida A&M and Tennessee. He completed 47 of 77 passes, a 61.0% completion percentage, for 654 yards and three touchdowns, for a quarterback rating of 140.5 efficiency rating.

Furman

Upon completion of his sophomore year, Martin transferred South Carolina's Furman University, where he had two successful years and set a number of passing records.

In 2004, his first season at Furman, Martin led the most balanced offense in school history (226.2 ypg rush/228.8 ypg pass). He started all 13 games, completing 198 of 320 passes (61.9%) for 2,792 yards, 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Martin also carried 62 times for 292 yards (4.7 avg) and three touchdowns. He gained 3,084 yards on 382 plays, an average of 237.2 yards per game in total offense. Martin also punted 10 times for 308 yards (30.8 avg), with six of his kicks being downed inside the 20-yard line.

In 2005, Martin was selected as an All-American Second-team choice as a quarterback by "The Sports Network", and First-team honors as a punter from 1-AA.org. He also won All-Southern Conference First-team honors at both quarterback and punter. Martin was named All-South Carolina as a quarterback by the South Carolina state sportswriters. He also won, Furman's Vince Perone (Team MVP) Award following his senior season.

Martin served as team captain, starting 14 games. On the season he completed 212-of-349 passes (60.7%) for 2,959 yards a new single seaon record, 20 touchdowns (second behind his 2004 total) and 13 interceptions. He also carried 77 times for 232 yards (3.0 avg) and five touchdowns. Martin accounted for 3,193 yards in total offense, also a school record, on 426 plays, an average of 227.9 yards per game. He punted 34 times for 1,446 yards (43.2 avg., the third-best season total in school history behind Ronnie McCutchan 43.7, 1993, and Paul Stombaugh 44.7, 1949) with the longest being 70 yards, as 11 kicks were downed inside the 20-yard line and eight others resulted in fair catches. Only 13 of Martin's punts were returned, finishing with a 38.79-yard net average.

Martin started every game during his two seasons at Furman, setting new school records for passing yards (5,761 breaking Furman's career-record of 5,379 yards by Braniff Bonaventure) (1992-1996), passing touchdowns (42), and total offense (6,277) while finishing second in career touchdown completions (50, surpassing the old mark of 41 by Bobby Lamb) (1982-1985) and passer rating (147.65), and third in completion percentage (61.3%, 410-of-669). Martin also rushed the ball 139 times for 524 yards (3.8 avg) and eight touchdowns, accounting for 6,275 yards in total offense on 808 plays. He also punted 44 times for 1,754 yards (39.9 avg) with 17 kicks downed inside the 20-yard line while only 24 of his punts were returned, finishing with a 36.27-yard net average.

He also, holds the top two season performances in school annals with 3,084 yards in total offense in 2004 and 3,193 yards in 2005.

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

Martin was selected in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.

Martin signed with the Packers on July 28, 2006. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/transactions?team=gnb&year=2006 Green Bay Packers Transactions - 2006] ] He served as the Packers third-string quarterback behind former first round pick Aaron Rodgers and starter Brett Favre.

On August 25, 2007, he was released by the Packers. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/transactions?team=gnb&year=2007 Green Bay Packers Transactions - 2007] ]

Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans signed Martin to their practice squad on September 2, 2007. In 2007, Martin did not make any appearances in regular season games for the Titans as their third-string quarterback behind Vince Young and Kerry Collins.

Martin was released during final cuts on August 30, 2008 and re-signed to the Titans' practice squad.

Kansas City Chiefs

After Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Brodie Croyle suffered a shoulder injury in the team's regular season opener, the Chiefs signed Martin to their active roster off Tennessee's practice squad.

References

External links

* [http://gatorzone.com/football/bios.php?year=2003&sub=team&bio=martin.html Florida Gators bio]
* [http://furmanpaladins.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/martin_ingle00.html Furman Paladins bio]
* [http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/player/martin_ingle_2006/ Green Bay Packers bio]
* [http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/ingle_martin/ Kansas City Chiefs bio]
* [http://www.titansonline.com/team/players/bio.php?PRKey=421 Tennessee Titans bio]


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