Punter, Rice, 2008–⁠11

Kyle Martens

Number: No. 41
Height: 6′6″
Hometown: Spearfish, SD

Kyle Martens played punter at Rice (2008–⁠11).

All-America: AFCA 2010; Walter Camp second team 2010; AP third team 2010

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,953

2,094

2,391

3,403

10–⁠32–⁠104–⁠84–⁠8

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2008*	Rice	51	1,953	38.3	57
2009	Rice	48	2,094	43.6	63
2010	Rice	52	2,391	46.0	71
2011	Rice	78	3,403	43.6	65
Career		229	9,841	43.0	71

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Rice	41	P
2009	Rice	41	P
2010	Rice	41	P
2011	Rice	41	P	6′6″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Rice 12 games, 78 punts, 43.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	atTexas	L 9–⁠34	5	243	57
Sep 10	vs.Purdue	W 24–⁠22	7	351	65
Sep 24	atBaylor	L 31–⁠56	5	221	48
Oct 1	atSouthern Miss	L 24–⁠48	9	397	54
Oct 8	vs.Memphis	W 28–⁠6	7	310	61
Oct 15	atMarshall	L 20–⁠24	6	245	55
Oct 22	vs.Tulsa	L 20–⁠38	6	276	55
Oct 27	atHouston	L 34–⁠73	8	336	49
Nov 5	vs.UTEP	W 41–⁠37	3	97	52
Nov 12	atNorthwestern	L 6–⁠28	8	327	54
Nov 19	vs.Tulane	W 19–⁠7	6	276	62
Nov 26	atSMU	L 24–⁠27	8	324	63

2010 Rice 12 games, 52 punts, 46.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.Texas	L 17–⁠34	7	315	71
Sep 11	atNorth Texas	W 32–⁠31	6	296	59
Sep 18	vs.Northwestern	L 13–⁠30	6	300	65
Sep 25	vs.Baylor	L 13–⁠30	3	136	54
Oct 2	vs.SMU	L 31–⁠42	3	140	49
Oct 9	atUTEP	L 24–⁠44	7	339	56
Oct 16	vs.Houston	W 34–⁠31	4	199	61
Oct 23	atUCF	L 14–⁠41	6	272	58
Nov 6	atTulsa	L 27–⁠64	3	115	39
Nov 13	atTulane	L 49–⁠54	1	46	46
Nov 20	vs.East Carolina	W 62–⁠38	2	88	53
Nov 27	vs.UAB	W 28–⁠23	4	145	42

2009 Rice 9 games, 48 punts, 43.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	atUAB	L 24–⁠44	4	174	51
Sep 12	atTexas Tech	L 10–⁠55	4	152	45
Sep 19	atOklahoma State	L 24–⁠41	4	196	63
Sep 26	vs.Vanderbilt	L 17–⁠36	9	423	62
Oct 3	vs.Tulsa	L 10–⁠27	9	450	55
Oct 10	vs.Navy	L 14–⁠63	5	209	48
Oct 17	atEast Carolina	L 13–⁠49	7	259	48
Oct 24	vs.UCF	L 7–⁠49	4	133	58
Nov 14	vs.Tulane	W 28–⁠20	2	98	61

2008 Rice 13 games, 51 punts, 38.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 29	vs.SMU	W 56–⁠27	2	78	39
Sep 6	atMemphis	W 42–⁠35	4	140	48
Sep 13	atVanderbilt	L 21–⁠38	4	157	47
Sep 20	atTexas	L 10–⁠52	3	117	42
Sep 27	vs.North Texas	W 77–⁠20	5	195	43
Oct 4	atTulsa	L 28–⁠63	4	138	52
Oct 18	vs.Southern Miss	W 45–⁠40	5	186	44
Oct 25	atTulane	W 42–⁠17	4	141	40
Nov 1	atUTEP	W 49–⁠44	5	209	57
Nov 8	vs.Army	W 38–⁠31	3	116	48
Nov 22	vs.Marshall	W 35–⁠10	3	130	50
Nov 29	vs.Houston	W 56–⁠42	5	208	50
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Western Michigan	W 38–⁠14	4	138	47

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2012
Height	6′4⅞″
Weight	226 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	9″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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