Sam Martin
Carolina PanthersPos P
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 165 · Detroit Lions · 2013
Appalachian St.
Taken
#165
where he actually went
Consensus board
355th
average of the public big boards that spring
He went well ahead of consensus.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.