With the Cleveland Browns, 2023. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Mississippi State, 2019–⁠21

Martin Emerson

Number: No. 1
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 195 lb
Class (2021): Junior
Hometown: Pensacola, FL
Born: Sep 27, 2000

Martin Emerson played cornerback at Mississippi State (2019–⁠21). The Cleveland Browns took Emerson in round 3, No. 68 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 72; Tackles, 2020 (Mississippi State, 4–⁠7)
Drafted: No. 68; Round 3, 2022 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

11tackles, career highat Georgia, 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

6–⁠74–⁠77–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD	Hur
2019	Mississippi State	29	16	1.5	1	1	0
2020	Mississippi State	72	44	1.5	0	11	1
2021	Mississippi State	49	31	3	0	3	0
Career		150	91	6	1	15	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Mississippi State	1	CB	Fr.
2020	Mississippi State	1	CB	So.
2021	Mississippi State	1	CB	Jr.	6′2″	195

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

2021 Mississippi State 12 games, 49 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 4	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 35–⁠34	5	3	0	1
Sep 11	vs.NC State	W 24–⁠10	6	5	0.5	0
Sep 18	atMemphis	L 29–⁠31	8	5	1	1
Sep 25	vs.LSU	L 25–⁠28	3	2	0	0
Oct 2	atTexas A&M	W 26–⁠22	5	4	0	0
Oct 16	vs.Alabama	L 9–⁠49	6	3	1	0
Oct 23	atVanderbilt	W 45–⁠6	3	1	0.5	0
Oct 30	vs.Kentucky	W 31–⁠17	1	1	0	0
Nov 6	atArkansas	L 28–⁠31	3	2	0	0
Nov 13	atAuburn	W 43–⁠34	4	4	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Tennessee State	W 55–⁠10	1	0	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Ole Miss	L 21–⁠31	4	1	0	1

2020 Mississippi State 11 games, 72 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 26	atLSU	W 44–⁠34	4	1	0	0
Oct 3	vs.Arkansas	L 14–⁠21	8	5	1	0
Oct 10	atKentucky	L 2–⁠24	1	1	0	1
Oct 17	vs.Texas A&M	L 14–⁠28	9	4	0	1
Oct 31	atAlabama	L 0–⁠41	5	2	0	0
Nov 7	vs.Vanderbilt	W 24–⁠17	10	5	0.5	1
Nov 21	atGeorgia	L 24–⁠31	11	11	0	4
Nov 28	atOle Miss	L 24–⁠31	8	5	0	1
Dec 12	vs.Auburn	L 10–⁠24	4	2	0	0
Dec 19	vs.Missouri	W 51–⁠32	7	5	0	1
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Tulsa	W 28–⁠26	5	3	0	2

2019 Mississippi State 12 games, 29 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Louisiana	W 38–⁠28	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Southern Miss	W 38–⁠15	–	–	–	–	1	–
Sep 14	vs.Kansas State	L 24–⁠31	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Kentucky	W 28–⁠13	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 28	atAuburn	L 23–⁠56	6	4	1	0	0	0
Oct 12	atTennessee	L 10–⁠20	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 19	vs.LSU	L 13–⁠36	5	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 26	atTexas A&M	L 30–⁠49	2	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 2	atArkansas	W 54–⁠24	3	3	0	0	0	1
Nov 16	vs.Alabama	L 7–⁠38	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Abilene Christian	W 45–⁠7	5	2	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 28	vs.Ole Miss	W 21–⁠20	1	1	0	0	0	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′1⅝″
Weight	201 lb
Arm length	33½″
Hand size	10⅛″
Wingspan		79½″^W
40-yard dash	4.53 s
10-yard split		1.52 s
Vertical jump		32″^W
Broad jump		10′4″^W
Bench press		17 reps^W
3-cone drill		6.90 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.14 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 53 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2022	Cleveland Browns	17	59	1	0
2023	Cleveland Browns	16	56	0	4
2024	Cleveland Browns	17	76	0	0
2026 (so far)	New Orleans Saints	3	6	0	0
NFL career		53	197	1	4

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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