#32

Martell Pettaway

Senior running back for Middle Tennessee. 2021: 372 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 5 catches.

RB · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #32

5′9″ · 196 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 34 · #263 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceMiddle Tennessee 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 465 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Middle Tennessee. 2021: 372 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 5 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 1,476 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20163 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Martin Luther King

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#465 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

1 coach

2016–2019

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

2021

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

Played his entire career under Rick Stockstill.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #263 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#250 / 409 · 39th pct

42.9%

Yards / carry#284 / 409 · 31st pct

4.7

EPA / carry#317 / 409 · 23rd pct

0.04

Explosive rate#342 / 409 · 16th pct

4.1%

TD rate#349 / 409 · 15th pct

2.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#77 / 343 · 77th pct

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Carries#216 / 343 · 36th pct

Yards / carry#216 / 343 · 36th pct

4.6

Rush TDs#200 / 343 · 36th pct

Rush yards#225 / 343 · 34th pct

372

Receptions#251 / 331 · 23rd pct

Rec yards#256 / 331 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	45.2	4.4	0.5
Road6g	29.7	4.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	10.5	2.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	52.8	6.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #263 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #263 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Middle Tennessee	81	372	4.6	3	--
2019	West Virginia	27	72	2.7	2	--
2018	West Virginia	98	623	6.4	6	--
2017	West Virginia	43	149	3.5	2	--
2016	West Virginia	49	260	5.3	1	--
Career		298	1,476	5.0	14	--

Season	Team
2021	Middle Tennessee	5	30	6.0	0	--
2019	West Virginia	2	7	3.5	0	--
2018	West Virginia	6	61	10.2	1	--
2017	West Virginia	2	28	14.0	0	--
2016	West Virginia	2	21	10.5	0	--
Career		17	147	8.6	1	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.47M.Pettaway rushed to FIU End Zone for 57 yards. M.Pettaway for 57 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 1 · Monmouth · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.74M.Pettaway rushed to MNM End Zone for 9 yards. M.Pettaway for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 10 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.53Martell Pettaway run for a loss of 4 yards to the MTnSt 33 Martell Pettaway fumbled, recovered by WKent Jaden Hunter
Week 8 · UConn · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.45Martell Pettaway run for 1 yd for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 8 · UConn · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Martell Pettaway run for 16 yds to the UConn 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Toledo · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA -1.44Martell Pettaway run for no gain to the MTnSt 43
Week 1 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.38Martell Pettaway run for a loss of 4 yards to the MTnSt 28 Martell Pettaway fumbled, recovered by MTnSt Martell Pettaway
Week 1 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.38Martell Pettaway run for 9 yds to the MTnSt 43
Week 1 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.36Martell Pettaway run for a loss of 2 yards to the MTnSt 34
Week 11 · Florida International · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.33N.Vattiato pass complete to FIU 42. Catch made by M.Pettaway at FIU 42. Gain of 10 yards. Tackled by FIU at FIU 32.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 50-15vs Monmouth	3	6	2.0	1	9
Wk 2	L 14-35@ Virginia Tech	3	9	3.0	0	10
Wk 3	L 13-27@ UTSA	6	23	3.8	0	8
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Liberty	3	4	1.3	0	5
Wk 8	W 44-13@ UConn	12	63	5.3	1	16
Wk 9	W 35-10vs Southern Miss	9	23	2.6	0	12
Wk 10	L 21-48@ Western Kentucky	9	4	0.4	0	6
Wk 11	W 50-10vs Florida International	11	95	8.6	1	57	Season-high 95 yds
Wk 12	L 17-24vs Old Dominion	13	57	4.4	0	11
Wk 13	W 27-17@ Florida Atlantic	5	75	15.0	0	65
Total		74	359	4.6	3	65

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Martell Pettaway

20163 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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