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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
RUVELL<br />
MARTIN<br />
WIDE RECEIVER<br />
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE<br />
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 220<br />
Fourth <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Fourth Packers Season<br />
Born: August 10, 1982<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 41/9<br />
Acquired: FA-06<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
MARTIN COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
Still young and developing<br />
wideout who will<br />
look to <strong>com</strong>pete for time<br />
in a deep receiving corps…Of his 31 receptions the past<br />
two seasons, 25 of them have gone for either a first down<br />
or a touchdown…Caught 15 passes for 149 yards and a<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
touchdown last season, and made a careerhigh<br />
five special teams tackles…Posted<br />
16 receptions in ’07, four touchdowns,<br />
and 15 of 16 overall produced either a first<br />
down or a TD…Also proved to be an effective downfield<br />
blocker, throwing several key blocks on long runs by Ryan<br />
Grant in the second half of ’07…Picked up where he left off<br />
after a strong finish to 2006, when he caught 12 passes for<br />
229 yards and a TD in three December games…Finished<br />
2006 with his first career 100-yard game (seven catches,<br />
118 yards) and added his first two-TD game in 2007…<br />
Took the long road to an <strong>NFL</strong> job, finally landed on the<br />
53-man roster out of his third training camp in 2006 after<br />
being cut by San Diego in 2004 and 2005 and spending the<br />
second half of ’05 on Green Bay’s practice squad…Always<br />
an intriguing prospect because of his size (6-foot-4, 220<br />
pounds) and his All-<strong>NFL</strong> Europe honors in 2005, when he<br />
led the league with 679 yards receiving and 12 TDs for<br />
the champion Amsterdam Admirals…Entered the <strong>NFL</strong> as a<br />
rookie free agent signed by San Diego after the 2004 draft,<br />
and credits working with former Chargers receivers coach<br />
and Pro Football Hall of Famer James Lofton for two years<br />
for part of his development…Won his first roster spot with<br />
a strong 2006 training camp that included a TD catch in the<br />
preseason…A four-year starter at Saginaw Valley State,<br />
finished his career there ranked second in school history<br />
in career receptions (152) and fifth in yards (1,968) and<br />
touchdowns (18)…Earned All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate<br />
Athletic Conference honors twice and academic all-conference<br />
recognition three times.<br />
2008 season<br />
Played in 13 games with one<br />
start and caught 15 passes for<br />
149 yards and a touchdown…Registered a career-high<br />
five special teams tackles…Inactive for games at Detroit<br />
(Sept. 14) and vs. Dallas (Sept. 21) with fractured finger<br />
originally sustained during the preseason…Vs. Atlanta<br />
(Oct. 5): Caught three passes for 31 yards…Vs. Indianapolis<br />
(Oct. 19): Made 17-yard catch from Aaron Rodgers<br />
down to the Colts’ 11, absorbing a big hit from LB<br />
Gary Brackett on the play; Grant scored on an 11-yard run<br />
on the next play…At New Orleans (Nov. 24): Posted<br />
first TD reception of the season with 4-yard score from<br />
Rodgers early in the fourth quarter, and caught pass for<br />
a two-point conversion on ensuing play…Vs. Carolina<br />
(Nov. 30): Posted season highs with four catches for 32<br />
yards, including a 17-yard grab in the fourth quarter…Vs.<br />
Houston (Dec. 7): Registered a career-high three special<br />
teams tackles.<br />
2007<br />
The biggest target among Packers’ wideouts,<br />
played in 15 of 16 games with five starts and<br />
appeared in both playoff contests…Caught 16 passes for<br />
242 yards and four touchdowns, with 15 of the catches<br />
►►Name is pronounced roo-VELL.<br />
►►25 of his 31 receptions the past<br />
two seasons were for either a<br />
first down or touchdown.<br />
►►Had the first two-TD game of<br />
his career, vs. Minnesota (Nov.<br />
11) in 2007.<br />
►►Made his first 53-man <strong>NFL</strong> ros- at a glance…<br />
ter in his third training camp<br />
(2006), having been cut by San Diego in 2004 and 2005.<br />
►►Led <strong>NFL</strong> Europe with 679 receiving yards and 12 TDs for<br />
2005 league champion Amsterdam Admirals.<br />
►►Was an all-state quarterback as a senior at Muskegon<br />
(Mich.) Catholic Central H.S.<br />
producing a first down or touchdown…Four of his five<br />
starts came with Packers starting in multiple-receiver sets;<br />
final start vs. Detroit (Dec. 30) was with Donald Driver and<br />
Greg Jennings sitting out (coach’s decision)…All four of<br />
his TD receptions came against NFC North opponents…<br />
At Minnesota (Sept. 30): Caught a 36-yard pass in<br />
the second quarter, the Packers’ longest reception of the<br />
game and tied for longest of his career (had 36-yard receptions<br />
twice in ’06)…Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11): Had<br />
four catches for 57 yards and a career-high two TD receptions.<br />
In the third quarter, caught an 8-yard touchdown<br />
on third-and-goal, giving Green Bay a 27-0 lead. On his<br />
second touchdown, caught a 17-yard pass in the fourth<br />
quarter; CB Cedric Griffin and S Darren Sharper collided<br />
and the ball was tipped into Martin’s hands for the final<br />
score of the game in a 34-0 shutout…Vs. Detroit (Dec.<br />
30): Made one catch, a 32-yard TD on fourth-and-2 from<br />
Craig Nall in the third quarter that gave Green Bay a 31-13<br />
lead in the 34-13 victory.<br />
2006<br />
Played in his initial 13 <strong>NFL</strong> games, with three<br />
starts, and was inactive for three contests…In<br />
on 439 offensive snaps, made 21 receptions — including<br />
several clutch catches — for 358 yards (17.0 avg.) and<br />
one TD…Also registered a pair of special teams tackles…<br />
Vs. Chicago (Sept. 10): Made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut, playing<br />
on special teams in the season opener…At Miami (Oct.<br />
22): Made his first career start with the team opening in<br />
a three-receiver set; notched his first <strong>NFL</strong> catch, a 6-yard<br />
reception from Brett Favre on fourth-and-1…At San<br />
Francisco (Dec. 10): Made his first career touchdown<br />
catch, a 36-yard first-quarter reception after Favre found<br />
him wide open in the end zone; sustained a chest injury in<br />
49ers contest and stayed behind in an area hospital under<br />
observation…Vs. Minnesota (Dec. 21): Returned after<br />
missing one game with the injury and caught three balls<br />
for 69 yards, none bigger than a 36-yard catch on a fourthquarter<br />
go route that led to the game-winning field goal…<br />
At Chicago (Dec. 31): In spirited 26-7 win, started for<br />
Jennings (excused for birth of his child) and enjoyed a<br />
game- and career-high seven receptions for 118 yards, his<br />
first career 100-yard receiving game, including catches of<br />
33 and 34 yards, both <strong>com</strong>ing on third-and-2.<br />
2005<br />
Re-signed in January by the Chargers, who allocated<br />
him to <strong>NFL</strong> Europe, was waived in San<br />
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