SMU’s bruising, productive feature back with proven big-game juice
In the 2007 season, DeMyron Martin remained one of SMU’s most reliable chain-movers, finishing with 1,628 career rushing yards at that point and seven 100-yard games, a sign of a back who can carry an offense when the script gets gritty[3]. He was also a Doak Walker Award candidate in 2006 and had already shown he could beat quality opponents, including a 118-yard, two-touchdown outing against TCU in 2005[7][15]. The differentiator: at 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, he’s a downhill, contact-loving back with toughness and workload value, not just box-score flash[1].
