2020 Football Roster
Roster
Martin Emerson
- Position:
- CB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School/Previous School:
- Pine Forest HS
• 2020 PFF Honorable Mention All-America (Flex D)
• 2020 PFF Second-Team All-SEC (CB)
• 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 PFF Honorable Mention Freshman All-America (CB)
• 2019-20 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
2021 (Junior Season)
Started 12 games … Finished his career with 28 total starts … His 89.6 coverage grade was the highest by an SEC cornerback since 2020 … 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 … Allowed one or fewer receptions in six different games … Made 50 tackles, including 32 solo stops … Recorded 3.0 tackles for loss and broke up three passes … at Memphis (9/18): Made a season-high eight tackles with 1.0 for loss … No. 2 Alabama (10/16): Recorded seven tackles with 1.0 for loss … No. 9 Ole Miss (11/25): Turned in a season-high 77.5 coverage grade.
2020 (Sophomore Season)
Started all 11 games … 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) … at LSU (9/26): Finished with four tackles … Arkansas (10/3): 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 … at Kentucky (10/10): 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) … Texas A&M (10/17): Logged nine tackles, including four solo stops ... Broke up one pass ... Graded as State's top tackler (83.0), according to PFF … at Alabama (10/31): Totaled five stops … Vanderbilt (11/7): 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 … at Georgia (11/21): 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 grade (86.8) during Week 12 ... Graded as State's top defender (87.7) and was second in tackling (84.8), according to PFF …. at Ole Miss (11/28): Logged eight tackles and one pass breakup … Auburn (12/12): Posted four tackles - three solo … Missouri (12/19): 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 … vs. Tulsa (12/31): 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. vs. Louisiana (8/31): Made collegiate debut … Collected one tackle … Southern Miss (9/7): Grabbed first career interception in the fourth quarter, returning the pick 45 yards to set up an MSU touchdown … First Bulldog true freshman to record an interception since Johnathan Banks (2009) … at No. 7 Auburn (9/28): Totaled a season-high six tackles … Notched first career tackle for loss in the fourth quarter … No. 2 LSU (10/19): Made first career start in place of an injured Maurice Smitherman … Piled up five tackles … at Arkansas (11/2): Logged three tackles and one pass breakup … Forced first career fumble in the fourth quarter … Abilene Christian (11/23): Posted five tackles in a start … Combined with Brian Cole II on a first quarter tackle for loss … vs. Louisville (12/30): Recorded three tackles in start.
High School
Prepped at Pine Forest High School under head coach Jason McDonald … Three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Totaled 149 tackles, eight pass breakups, one forced fumble and one interception over his final two high school seasons … Earned Pensacola News Journal All-Area honors as a junior and senior … As a senior, finished third on the team with 91 tackles … Added 2.0 tackles for loss, four pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries … Junior year was only full season playing defensive back … Totaled team-high 58 tackles and five pass breakups … Helped PFHS to the Florida High School Athletic Association 5A region quarterfinals.
Personal
Born Martin Emerson Jr. on September 27, 2000 … Son of Tara Davidson and Martin Emerson Sr. … Has one older brother – Martel Emerson … Nickname is “MJ” … Twitter handle is @MartyMargg1.
