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2019 Football

15 Alex Martinez

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Position QB
  • Major Marketing
  • Hometown Burbank, Ill.
  • Prev School St. Laurence HS

Biography

• NAIA All-American Honorable Mention (2019)
• MSFA Midwest League Offensive Player of the Year (2019)
• All-MSFA Midwest League First Team (2019)
• Six-time MSFA Midwest League Player of the Week (10/24/16; 9/11/17; 10/23/17; 9/9/19; 10/28/19)

2019

NAIA Rankings

• Passing Yards per Game - 1st (317.0)
• Total Passing Yards - 3rd (3,805)
• Total Offense - 4th (3,676)
• Total Offense Yards per Game - 5th (306.3)
• Passing Efficiency - 23rd (140.2)

MSFA Rankings

• Total Offense Yards per Game - 1st (306.3)
• Total Offense - 1st (3,676)
• Passing Yards per Game - 1st (317.1)
• Passing Yards - 1st (3,805)
• Passing Efficiency - 5th (140.2)

Started all 12 games as a senior, throwing for 3,800 yards and 32 TDs throughout the year ... completed 330 of 524 passes (63.0%) ... threw four TDs in the season-opening win at Lawrence Tech (Mich.) on Sept. 7, completing 20 of 28 passes for 273 yards ... tallied 376 yards against No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater on Sept. 21, throwing two TDs ... completed all 16 pass attempts in the win over Trinity International, throwing for 189 yards and two TDs ... threw four touchdowns in three consecutive games, in wins at Robert Morris on Oct. 12, at Missouri Baptist on Oct. 19, and at home against St. Francis (Ill.) on Oct. 26 ... compiled a season-high 432 passing yards during the win at St. Ambrose on Nov. 2 ... finished 20-for-29 for 343 yards and four TDs in the win over Olivet Nazarene on Nov. 9 ... threw for 353 yards and two TDs in the win at St. Francis (Ill.) on Nov. 16 ... had 340 passing yards and one TD in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round win at No. 8 Northwestern (Iowa) on Nov. 23.

2018

Started the first five games of the season as a junior, before missing the rest of the year to injury ... completed 69 of 121 passes for 850 yards and five TDs ... averaged 170.0 yards per game ... threw for 171 yards on 17-of-32 passing in the season opener at #15 Marian on Aug. 25 ... threw two touchdowns, completing 17 of 31 passes for 232 yards in the win over Missouri Baptist on Sept. 8 ... tallied a season-high 341 yards, going 21-for-28 with three TDs in the win at Lindenwood-Belleville on Sept. 15.

2017

NAIA Rankings

• Passing Yards per Game - 27th (231.9)
• Total Passing Yards - 28th (2,319)
• Total Offense - 37th (2,230)
• Total Offense Yards per Game - 38th (223.0)
• Passing Efficiency - 45th (128.0)

MSFA Rankings

• Passing Yards per Game - 4th (231.9)
• Total Offense - 5th (223.0)
• Passing Efficiency - 9th (128.0)

Played in ten games as a sophomore, leading the team with 2,319 passing yards and 22 TDs ... threw for a season-high 346 yards and a career-high six TDs in the win at Missouri Baptist on Sept. 9 ... collected 315 passing yards and 4 TDs in the win over St. Ambrose on Oct. 21.

2016:  SXU Student-Athlete Bronze Medal winner ... MSFA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 24) ... was 118-for-192 for 1,501 yards and completed 61.5 percent of his passes ... tossed 17 touchdowns with nine interceptions ... posted a 147.0 efficiency rating ... had 36 carries for -41 yards ... had 1,460 yards of total offense.

Prep:  Played football at St. Laurence High School in Burbank, Ill.

Date of Birth:  Jan. 24, 1998 ... Parents:  Kim Martinez

Career Passing Stats
Year GP Pass Eff. Comp. Att. Pct. Yds. TD Int. Long Yds./Gm.
2016 6 147.0 118 192 61.5 1,501 17 9 56 250.2
2017 10 128.0 205 358 57.3 2,319 22 7 66 231.9
2018 5 126.4 69 121 57.0 850 5 2 66 170.0
2019 12 139.8 330 524 63.0 3,800 32 11 50 316.7
Career 33 136.1 722 1,195 60.4 8,470 76 29 66 256.7

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