Tee Martin

Tee Martin

Date of birth:	July 25, 1978 (1978-07-25)
Place of birth:	Mobile, Alabama
Career information
Position(s):	QB
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
College:	Tennessee
High school:	Williamson HS (Mobile, AL)
NFL Draft:	2000 / Round: 5 / Pick: 163
Drafted by:	Pittsburgh Steelers
Organizations
As coach:
2009 2010-present	New Mexico Lobos (quarterbacks) Kentucky Wildcats (wide receivers)
As player:
2000–2001 2002 2002 2003 2004–2005	Pittsburgh Steelers Philadelphia Eagles* Rhein Fire Oakland Raiders Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Playing stats at CFL.ca
Playing stats at NFL.com

Tamaurice Nigel "Tee" Martin (born July 25, 1978 in Mobile, Alabama) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He is the current wide receivers coach for the University of Kentucky Wildcats..

College career

Martin was a backup to Peyton Manning during his freshman and sophomore years at the University of Tennessee. During his junior season, Martin led the 1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team to a 13–0 record and a Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State University, winning the school its first NCAA Division I-A national football championship since 1951. He was teammates with running back Jamal Lewis in his early years at Tennessee and Peerless Price, who each went on to play in the NFL.

In the 1998 season, Martin broke the NCAA record for consecutive completions. Against South Carolina, Martin completed his last 23 passes. Combined with a completion the previous week against Alabama, Martin's string of 24 completions set the new record.

In 1999, Martin led the Vols to their second consecutive BCS bowl. During Martin's two years as a starter at Tennessee, the Vols were undefeated against 4 of his main conference rivals, (2–0 vs Alabama, 2–0 vs Auburn, 2–0 vs Georgia, 2–0 vs Kentucky, and 1-1 vs Florida).

Professional career

Martin was drafted in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2004, Martin retired as an Oakland Raider after four NFL seasons. Martin spent one season in the NFL Europe league. During the 2002 season, he led the Rhein Fire to a league best 7–3 record. The Fire lost in the World Bowl, falling 20–26 to the Berlin Thunder.

Martin owns Playmakers Sports, a company specializing in sports event planning, quarterback training, and skills development and is a college football expert on Comcast Sports Southeast program Talkin' Football. He is a quarterback coach for the Nike Elite 11 Quarterback Camps, Nike Football Training Camps, and has trained many high school and Division 1 quarterbacks. In 2008, Martin created the "Dual Threat" Quarterback Camp and Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.

After one year as quarterbacks coach at New Mexico under Mike Locksley, Martin accepted the wide receivers position at the University of Kentucky to join new head coach Joker Phillips.

Video games

Martin appeared in a short season preview for NCAA Football 99 where a virtual rendering of himself throws a long pass for a touchdown.

Personal

Tee is married to the former Toya Rodriguez, a recording artist known professionally as Toya. They have a son, Kaden.

References

• 1999 Tennessee Volunteers Football Media Guide

Tee Martin's Official Lost Lettermen Interviews

Preceded by Peyton Manning

Tennessee Volunteers Starting Quarterbacks 1998-1999

Succeeded by A. J. Suggs