Fall 2021 All-PFL Honorable Mention
Fall 2021 Team Defensive Player of the Year
Fall 2021 Phil Steele All-PFL Third Team

Fall 2021: Named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year... Earned All-PFL Honorable Mention... Named to the Phil Steele All-PFL Third Team... Appeared in all 11 games and recorded 50 tackles including 28 solos, 10 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks... Also notched three fumble recoveries, two QB hurries, two forced fumbles, one blocked kick and one pass breakup... Led the PFL outright in fumble recoveries with three... Made a pair of fourth-quarter fumble recoveries on Sept. 18 vs. Dartmouth, becoming the first Valpo player with two fumble recoveries in a single game since 2005... Was named the College Sports Madness PFL Defensive Player of the Week following the game against Dartmouth... Blocked Drake’s potential game-tying field goal attempt with no time on the clock to seal Valpo’s 24-21 victory on Sept. 25 in Des Moines, earning PFL Special Teams Player of the honors... Had a season-high 12 tackles on Oct. 30 at San Diego including 4.5 tackles for loss, tied for the 14^th most in a single game in the FCS nation... Forced fumbles on Oct. 30 at San Diego and Nov. 20 vs. Morehead State and recovered a fumble in the Nov. 13 win at Butler.

Spring 2021: Played in all six games and made two starts… Had 16 tackles including 4.5 tackles for loss and a team-high three sacks… Had four tackles in the March 20 game vs. Drake… Accrued five tackles including 2.5 sacks on April 3 at Drake… His 2.5 sacks in the April 3 game totaled 19 yards as he notched the most sacks by a Valpo player in a single game since 2015… Member of PFL Academic Honor Roll… Received Valparaiso University Presidential Academic Honors.

2019: Played in 11 games and accrued 32 tackles during his first season on Valpo’s campus… Finished second on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss… Had his first career sack for an 11-yard loss on Sept. 28 vs. Charleston… Enjoyed a season-high five tackles including three tackles for loss on Oct. 5 vs. Drake… Forced a fumble for the first time in his Valpo career on Oct. 19 at San Diego.

Modesto Junior College (2018): Had 58 tackles, 17.5 TFLs and nine sacks, leading the team in all three categories… Beat San Francisco City College in a Bowl Game and was named the Bowl Game MVP… Was First Team All-League and Academic First Team All-State.

Linfield College (2017): Was a running back at the Division-III school in Oregon for his first year out of high school before returning home to play at Modesto Junior College.

Prep: Earned all-league, all-selection and all-state honors at Orestimba High School… Was a two-time all-league MVP and was an all-league performer on both sides of the ball at running back and linebacker… Broke the Orestimba High School season rushing record, gaining 2,081 yards as a senior and set the career rushing mark with 3,487 yards in his four years… Was a four-year varsity letter winner in baseball and was a four-time First Team All-League selection.

Personal: Birthday is Nov. 14… Majoring in civil engineering… Son of Helen and Mario Martins… Has two brothers, Dillon and Matthew.