Texas Tech University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Xavier Martin
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cibolo, Texas
- High School:
- Steele
2020 SEAS0N (JUNIOR)
Moved to a full-time role as a defensive back as a junior โฆ appeared in four games overall, playing primarily on special teams โฆ inserted into the first four games of the season against Houston Baptist (9/12), Texas (9/26), Kansas State (10/3) and Iowa State (10/10) โฆ recorded his first career touchdown of his collegiate career versus the Longhorns after falling on a muffed punt in the end zone โฆ touchdown cut Texasโ lead to 31-28 following a quick opening drive to start the second half โฆ marked the first fumble return for a touchdown by a Red Raider since the 2018 game versus Iowa State.
2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Split time between the quarterback and wide receiver rooms for majority of sophomore season โฆ saw action in two games overall which came against UTEP (9/7) and Iowa State (10/19) โฆ tabbed as Texas Techโs emergency quarterback for most of Big 12 play after an injury to Alan Bowman โฆ totaled five rushing yards on one attempt and five receiving yards on one reception overall โฆ all 10 all-purpose yards came against Iowa State (10/19) โฆ often served as Texas Techโs scout team quarterback.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Made his lone appearance of the year against Lamar (9/8) โฆ inserted late in the game as a wide receiver ... scout team member at quarterback.ย
2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season ... scout team member ... did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas โฆ three-year letterwinner at Steele, one of the top high school programs in the state โฆ helped lead Cibolo to a 14-2 record and an appearance in the Texas Class 6A Division II title game as a senior โฆ ended the year with 2,248 passing yards and 22 touchdowns while rushing for 739 yards and 10 touchdowns โฆ threw for 2,110 yards and 21 touchdowns with just three interceptions as a junior โฆ added 698 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground, averaging more than seven yards per carry โฆ registered 373 yards of total offense and six touchdowns playing multiple positions as a sophomore โฆ became latest product of Steele High School to join Red Raider football program under Coach Kingsbury โฆ joins the likes of Justin Stockton, Antoine Wesley and Terence Steele to arrive at Texas Tech from Steele โฆ three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and ESPN โฆ named a four-star recruit by 247Sports โฆ rated among the best quarterbacks in the state of Texas by all four publications โฆ CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Colorado State, New Mexico and Tulane as well as interest from Oregon and Texas.
PERSONAL
Xavier Martin ... son of Patrick and Andrea Martin ... has a sister named Kaila ... anย economics major at Texas Tech.
