page_title: Taylor Martinez
section_title: 2010
hierarchical_section_title: Taylor Martinez / College career / 2010
caption_attribution_description: English: Taylor Martinez (3) during the October 16, 2010 game against Texas.
context_page_description: Taylor Todd Martinez is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Nebraska.
context_section_description: After a three-way position battle, Martinez emerged over sophomore Cody Green and senior Zac Lee for the majority of the 2010 season as the University of Nebraska's starting quarterback. In October, Martinez was named as a semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award.
  Three impressive performances by Martinez came on the road with games against Washington, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State.  At the University of Washington on September 18, Martinez ran an 80-yard touchdown run on the Husky defense in a 56–21 Husker win.  Martinez finished with three touchdowns while rushing 19 times for 137 yards and completing 7-of-11 passes for 150 yards. Against Kansas State on October 7 Martinez ran 15 times for 241 yards and completed 5-of-7 passes for 128 yards which included a 79-yard touchdown pass to  Kyler Reed in the third quarter.  Martinez had touchdown runs of 14, 35, 80, and 41 yards during the contest.  Nebraska beat Kansas State, 48–13. His 241 yards rushing set a school record for most rushing yards in a game by a quarterback and most rushing yards in a game by a freshman. On October 23, in a 51–41 victory against the Oklahoma State Cowboys,  he completed 23-of-35 passes for 323 yards that included five touchdown passes with three of those going to wide receiver Brandon Kinnie for 45, nine, and eight yards.  Martinez ran 19 times for 112 yards in the contest at Stillwater, Oklahoma. He set a freshman all-time record for most passing yards and passing touchdowns in a single game for the Huskers.
  In November Martinez received the 2010 All-Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year award.  The Cornhuskers reached the Big 12 Championship Game to face Oklahoma (12–2, ranked No. 6 nationally in the AP College Football Poll by season's end) on December 4 as they finished 6–2 in conference play and first place in the Big 12 North Division under the direction of head coach Bo Pelini.  Unfortunately, a twisted ankle Martinez suffered back on October 30 in a 31–17 home win over Missouri wound up being a lingering injury.  Oklahoma edged Nebraska, 23–20, as Martinez struggled to get on track while completing 12-of-24 passes for 143 yards.  The Sooners defense kept the Husker ground game in check as Nebraska managed just 145 yards off 43 rushes.
  Martinez finished the season completing 116-of-196 passing attempts for 1,631 yards with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 13 games.  The 6–1, 205-pound redshirt freshman ran 162 times for 965 yards while running forward and scoring 12 touchdowns. Nebraska went 10–4 and was ranked No. 19 and No. 20 by the Coaches and AP Polls respectively.
caption: Taylor Martinez (3) during the October 16, 2010 game against Texas.
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