Games Played/Started: (2006, 8/0); (2007, 16/3) Total 24/3
Veteran player with a great blend of quickness and athletic ability
Can play both inside and outside
Enters 2008 having played in 24-career games, with 3 starts and has 27-career tackles from scrimmage (24 solo), 8 PD and 2 INTs in those contests
A special teams standout who finished 4th on the team with a career-high 17 special teams tackles and a special teams FR in 2007
Selected with the 208th overall selection in the 6th round of the 2006 Draft, with 1 of the Ravens’ 4 compensatory picks
Martin is the 1st player in Ravens franchise history to be selected out of Wyoming
2007: Played in 16 games, starting 3 (1st starts of his career) and recorded career highs with 26 tackles, 8 PD, 2 INTs, 17 special teams tackles and a special teams FR
2007 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Subbed and netted 4 solo tackles, a career-high 4 PD and an INT in game 15 at Sea. (12/23)
Started for Samari Rolle (shoulder) and netted 5 tackles and 1 PD in game 13 vs. Ind. (12/9)
Also had a special teams tackle against the Colts
Started for Rolle (illness) and posted a career-high 6 tackles (all solo) and had a QB hit in game 9 vs. Cin. (11/11)
Started his 1st-career game for Rolle (illness) and had 2 solo tackles in game 8 at Pit. (11/5)
Recorded his 1st-career INT (part of the Ravens’ franchise-single-game-record 5 INTs) and had a special teams tackle in the 22-3 win in game 6 vs. STL (10/14)
2006: Saw action in 8 games, posting 1 tackle from scrimmage and 4 special teams tackles on the year
2006 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Netted his 1st-career tackle from scrimmage and posted 1 special teams tackle in the 31-7 win in game 15 at Pit. (12/24)
Posted 2 solo special teams tackles in the 27-17 win in game 14 vs. Cle. (12/17)
Was a game-day inactive in games 9-11
Saw action on special teams, posting 1 tackle in the 26-20 win in game 8 vs. Cin. (11/5)
Saw action in his 1st-career NFL game and had 2 solo special teams tackles in game 6 vs. Car. (10/15)
Was a game-day inactive in games 1-5
Totaled 134 tackles (92 solo), 21 PD, 6 INTs (1 returned for a TD), 3 FRs, 2 FFs and 2 sacks at Wyoming
Played in 30 games, starting 24 at Wyoming
Also returned 6 KOs for 135 yards (22.5 avg.) and blocked 3 punts, returning 2 for TDs
Named All-Mountain West honorable mention as a junior, leading a defense that finished 1st in the conference in pass defense (207.4 ypg)
Earned All-Mountain West Conference 2nd-team honors as a sophomore in 2004
Martin also led the team with a career-high 17 PD and returned 5 KOs for 109 yards (21.8 avg.)
He finished 2nd on the team (9th in the MWC) with 3 INTs, which he returned 36 yards and scored on a blocked punt return (17 yards)
Martin was named the National Defensive Player of the Week by the Bronko Nagurski Award committee following his outstanding performance against Ole Miss on 9/25/04
Posted a season-high 9 tackles, had a career-high 7 PD and had a spectacular, diving INT in the end zone to thwart a potentially game-tying drive by the Rebels
Had an immediate impact as a freshman in 2003, playing in 7 games, starting 4, finishing the season with 27 tackles, including 17 solo and 2 FRs
Began his collegiate career with a splash as he returned a blocked punt 6 yards for a TD in the season opener vs. Montana State
Martin also blocked a punt of his own against Oklahoma State
Attended Thomas Jefferson (Denver, CO) HS
Earned All-Colorado and All-State Class 5A honors from The Denver Post as a senior
Also named the MVP of the Denver Prep 5A league as a senior
Led his team to the quarterfinals of the 2001 state playoffs and to the 2002 state semifinals
Compiled a 38-10 record and won 4 city championships while playing QB and RB
Completed 96 of 185 passes for 1,475 yards and 10 TDs, as well as rushing 138 times for 830 yards and 3 TDs as a senior
Martin also earned All-City honors and was the team captain as a point guard on the basketball team
Was part of his school’s 4x100 meter relay team that placed 1st in the state championships during his senior year
Was on the honor roll all 4 years at Thomas Jefferson, as well as being named to the Mayor’s Mile High Academic Scholar squad
Also earned Renaissance Academic Scholar honors 2 years
Derrick helped refurbish homes with Sandtown, MD Habitat for Humanity in Sep. 2006
Was a personal shopper at the 2nd Annual Holiday Helpers where teammates Derrick Mason, Samari Rolle and Kyle Boller provided $150 gift certificates and helped underprivileged children in the Baltimore area shop for holiday gifts for themselves and their families in Dec. 2006
Also participated in the Ravens annual Spring Football Festival, signing autographs and speaking at fan forums in April 2007 and ‘08
Participated with teammates, at Dick's Sporting Goods to provide the 16 young men of Aunt Hattie's Place with $250 gift certificates in Dec. 2006
In July 2007, Martin visited youth and participated in group activities at Camp Shoresh in Federick MD
Derrick, along with teammates Gerome Sapp and Jamaine Winborne, worked to refurbish a home for a Baltimore family with Santown Habitat for Humanity in Sep. 2007
In Nov. 2007, Martin participated in Autumn Harvest, teaming with 200 volunteers to distribute food baskets to Baltimore families in need at M&T Bank Stadium
Derrick joined teammate Bart Scott for Scott's holiday party for 200 Baltimore youth at Port Discovery Museum in Baltimore; the evening featured a holiday meal, gift distribution and bike giveaway
Founded the Derrick Martin Foundation (in 2007), which improves lives of underprivileged kids and single parent homes
Martin joined teammates in Nov. 2007 for the ACT Auction Party benefiting the RACTF and players foundations
In Nov. 2007, as part of teammate Bart Scott's Thanksgiving event, Derrick helped serve Thanksgiving meals at the Helping Up Mission in Baltimore
Derrick hosted the inaugural Derrick Martin Sportsfest in Denver, which included free football and cheerleading clinics, a celebrity basketball game, celebrity bowling and a silent auction May 31-June 1, 2008
Derrick and his wife, Alexa, have a son, Derrick Jerome Martin III, born 3/17/08
