The 2025 NFL Draft is upon us, and so is your need to be prepared for all of tomorrow’s stars. Dive into our spotlight on Damien Martinez, featuring his scouting report, strengths and weaknesses, his recent draft projection, and where all the experts predict he could land.
Damien Martinez’s NFL Draft Scouting Report
Damien Martinez first showed up on the 2025 NFL Draft radar when he emerged as a consistent 1,000-yard runner at Oregon State in his first two seasons. In year three, he joined Cam Ward in Miami, cracking 1,000 yards while averaging a career-best 6.3 yards per carry.
Martinez’s resume as a receiving threat is still woefully barren, but he’s truly one of the most complete volume running backs in the entire 2025 NFL Draft class. At 6’0″, 217 pounds, he assuredly looks the part, and he checks almost every box.
Martinez is explosive and uber-physical rolling downhill, and yet, there’s a compelling finesse and calculation to his game. He’s a smooth footwork operator with spatial instincts, great diagnostic vision, and the fluidity to set up cuts just as well as crushing hits.
Damien Martinez’s NFL Draft Projection
In CSN’s 7-Round 2025 NFL Mock Draft from April 12, Martinez landed in Round 4 with the 168th overall pick.
And in CSN’s recent 2025 NFL Mock Draft for Day 2, Bjorn Bergstrom had this to say about Martinez’s selection to the Chicago Bears in Round 3 with the 72nd pick:
With David Montgomery dealing with injuries in 2024 and looking to be on the wrong end of his career, the Lions get a jump on replacing him with Martinez, who can sit and learn for a year before jumping into a rotation with star RB Jahmyr Gibbs.
2025 NFL Draft Landing Spots for Damien Martinez
Here are other potential landing spots that have found their way in recent mock drafts:
- Miami Dolphins
- Detroit Lions
- New England Patriots
Damien Martinez’s NFL Draft Profile
- Height: 5115
- Weight: 217 pounds
- Position: Running Back
- School: Miami-FL
- Arm: 3048
- Hand: 948
- 40-Yard Dash: 4.51
- 10-Yard Split: 1.56
- Broad Jump: 10’04”
- Vertical Jump: 35″
Damien Martinez’s College Stats
Career:
- Games: 38
- Rushes: 514
- Yards: 3,169
- Yards/Rush: 6.2
- TDs: 26
- Yards/Game: 83.4
- Receptions: 32
- Receiving Yards: 391
- Receptions TDs: 0
2024:
- Games: 13
- Rushes: 159
- Yards: 1,002
- Yards/Rush: 6.3
- TDs: 10
- Yards/Game: 77.1
- Receptions: 17
- Receiving Yards: 204
- Receptions TDs: 0
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