2021 Football Roster
Roster
Martin Emerson
- Position:
- CB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School/Previous School:
- Pine Forest HS
โข 2020 PFF Honorable Mention All-America (Flex D)
โข 2020 PFF Second-Team All-SEC (CB)
โข 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
โข 2019 PFF Honorable Mention Freshman All-America (CB)
โข 2019-20 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
2021 (Junior Season)
Started 12 games โฆ Finished his career with 28 total starts โฆ His 89.6 coverage grade was the highest by an SEC cornerback since 2020 โฆ Only targeted on 50 of 375 snaps in coverage (13.3 percent) and was only targeted on 59 of his 388 snaps in coverage (15.2 percent) in 2020 โฆ Allowed one or fewer receptions in six different games โฆ Made 50 tackles, including 32 solo stops โฆ Recorded 3.0 tackles for loss and broke up three passes โฆ at Memphis (9/18): Made a season-high eight tackles with 1.0 for loss โฆ No. 2 Alabama (10/16): Recorded seven tackles with 1.0 for loss โฆ No. 9 Ole Miss (11/25): Turned in a season-high 77.5 coverage grade.
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2020 (Sophomore Season)
Started all 11 games โฆ Graded as the No. 7 cornerback in the FBS and No. 3 in the SEC in coverage grade (82.9) by PFF (min. 200 coverage snaps) ... Tied for No. 11 in forced incompletions (11) among Power Five cornerbacks, according to PFF (min. 200 coverage snaps) โฆ at LSU (9/26):ย Finished with four tackles โฆย Arkansas (10/3):ย Recorded eight stops with one tackle for loss ... Graded as State's top defender (74.8) and best in coverage (73.0) according to PFF ... Allowed just 18 yards on four targets โฆ at Kentucky (10/10):ย Posted one tackle and one pass breakup ... Part of a defense that allowed only 157 yards of total offense, the fewest yielded by the Bulldogs in an SEC contest since 2008 against Vanderbilt (107 yards) โฆย Texas A&M (10/17):ย Logged nine tackles, including four solo stops ... Broke up one pass ... Graded as State's top tackler (83.0), according to PFF โฆย at Alabama (10/31):ย Totaled five stops โฆ Vanderbilt (11/7):ย Finished with 10 tackles, including five solo ... Added half a tackle for loss and one pass breakup ... Combined with Aaron Brule for a tackle for loss on second-and-goal during State's defensive stand from the 1-yard line in the second quarter โฆย at Georgia (11/21):ย Recorded 11 tackles, all solo stops, to lead the team ... Broke up a career-high four passes, including back-to-back throws to the end zone in the fourth quarter ... Helped hold Georgia to eight yards rushing, the fewest yards allowed by State in an SEC game since at least 2006 ... Led the team and ranked 15th in the country in coverage gradeย (86.8) during Week 12 ... Graded as State's top defender (87.7) and was second in tackling (84.8), according to PFF โฆ.ย at Ole Miss (11/28):ย Logged eight tackles and one pass breakup โฆย Auburn (12/12):ย Posted four tackles - three solo โฆย Missouri (12/19):ย Made seven tackles ... Broke up one pass ... Pressured the quarterback on a blitz, which led to Emmanuel Forbes' fourth-quarter interception that was returned for a touchdown โฆย vs. Tulsa (12/31):ย Logged five stops ... Broke up two passes ... First pass breakup came on third down to stop Tulsa's opening drive of the game and force a punt from the MSU 39.
2019 (True Freshman Season)
Appeared in 13 games with five starts.ย vs. Louisiana (8/31):ย Made collegiate debut โฆ Collected one tackle โฆ Southern Miss (9/7):ย Grabbed first career interception in the fourth quarter, returning the pick 45 yards to set up an MSU touchdown โฆ First Bulldog true freshman to record an interception since Johnathan Banks (2009) โฆย at No. 7 Auburn (9/28):ย Totaled a season-high six tackles โฆ Notched first career tackle for loss in the fourth quarter โฆย No. 2 LSU (10/19):ย Made first career start in place of an injured Maurice Smitherman โฆ Piled up five tackles โฆย at Arkansas (11/2):ย Logged three tackles and one ย pass breakup โฆ Forced first career fumble in the fourth quarter โฆ Abilene Christian (11/23):ย Posted five tackles in a start โฆ Combined with Brian Cole II on a first quarter tackle for loss โฆย vs. Louisville (12/30):ย Recorded three tackles in start.
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High School
Prepped at Pine Forest High School under head coach Jason McDonald โฆ Three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals โฆ Totaled 149 tackles, eight pass breakups, one forced fumble and one interception over his final two high school seasons โฆ Earned Pensacola News Journal All-Area honors as a junior and senior โฆ As a senior, finished third on the team with 91 tackles โฆ Added 2.0 tackles for loss, four pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries โฆ Junior year was only full season playing defensive back โฆ Totaled team-high 58 tackles and five pass breakups โฆ Helped PFHS to the Florida High School Athletic Association 5A region quarterfinals.
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Personal
Born Martin Emerson Jr. on September 27, 2000 โฆ Son of Tara Davidson and Martin Emerson Sr. โฆ Has one older brother โ Martel Emerson โฆ Nickname is โMJโ โฆ Twitter handle is @MartyMargg1.
