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Curtis Martin (born May 1, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is an American
football running back, an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh, and
currently plays for the NFL's New York Jets.
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September 2001: Martin plows through PatriotsMartin entered the NFL in 1995,
as a third round draft pick of the New England Patriots. Martin won the
offensive rookie of the year award) and was named to the Pro Bowl. The
following year, the Patriots went to the Super Bowl, but lost to the Green
Bay Packers. Though he was much less effective in 1996 than he was in his
rookie season, Martin was again named to the Pro Bowl squad. 1997 was
Martin's last year as a Patriot, as he would sign a Jets offer sheet that
went unmatched after the season. Since then, Martin has missed only one game,
in Week 6 of the 1998 season, and earned three more Pro Bowl selections.
Martin won the NFL rushing title in the 2004 NFL season with 1,697 yards (one
more than runner-up Shaun Alexander). He also won the FedEx Ground Player of
the Year Award in 2004.
Martin has rushed for over 1,000 yards in his first 10 professional seasons,
only the legendary Barry Sanders has accomplished the feat. Curtis Martin is
seeking to become the only man to have 11 1,000 yard campaigns in his first
11 years of the league in the 2005 NFL season. On November 6. 2005, he
scored his 100th career touchdown, joining an elite group of only 16 players
to do so. Martin is 4th on the all-time rushing yardage list, and on
November 27, 2005, in the first quarter against the New Orleans Saints, he
became the 4th running back in NFL history behind Emmitt Smith, Walter
Payton, and Barry Sanders to pass the 14,000-yard rushing mark.
Martin attended Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh.
He gets spotted courtside at Knicks games and attends shows at New York
movie premieres. He made Esquire Magazine's best-dressed list in 2004. In
earlier years, he was linked romantically to singer Toni Braxton, an
outdated fact he later asked the Jets to remove from his media-guide
biography (along with a child to whom he was a godfather, not father). He
has been linked recently with Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams, a
fellow devout Christian.[1]
In 2005, he failed in his quest to become the first running back in NFL
history to start his career with 11 straight 1,000 yard seasons. He missed
the December 11th game vs. the Oakland Raiders with a knee injury and was
placed on injured reserve shortly thereafter, meaning that he will miss the
remainder of the season. Martin finished with 735 rushing yards
Profile:
Position: RB
Height: 5-11
Weight: 210
Born: 05/01/1973
College: Pittsburgh
NFL Experience: 11 |
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