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Martell Pettaway #32 RB

  • Position:
    Running Back
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    205
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Detroit, Mich.
  • High School:
    Martin Luther King HS

Summary

Biography

  • Has played in 28 career games, including four starts

2018 (Jr.)

  • Has played in 28 career games, including four starts
  • Second-leading ground gainer for hte Mountaineers with 623 yards on 97 carries, averaging 6.4 yards per carry and six touchdowns
  • Had six catches for 61 yards and a touchdown
  • Ranks No. 13 in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game (51.9) and 14th in rushing touchdowns (6)
  • Finished with 61 yards on four carries, a 15.2 yards per carry average with a long of 51 against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
  • Secured his second multiple-touchdown game with 15 carries for 76 yards and two scores vs. Oklahoma
  • Finished with five carries for 28 yards to go along with a career long 34-yard reception at Oklahoma State
  • Carried the ball 12 times for 59 yards and a touchdown vs. TCU, to go along with a 15-yard catch
  • WVU Offensive Champion: Texas
  • Registered second career 100-yard game at Texas, rushing nine times for 121 yards and two touchdowns
  • Also tallied a career long 55-yard rush for a score against the Longhorns
  • Scored his first rushing touchdown of the season against Baylor; finished with four carries for 35 yards, including a then-career-long of 33
  • Finished with eight carries for 30 yards, including a long of 16, at Iowa State
  • Caught his first career touchdown pass vs. Kansas to go along with eight rushes for 40 yards
  • Ran six times for 31 yards, including a long of 12, at Texas Tech
  • Earned the start against K-State, rushing six times for 18 yards; also caught one pass for one yard
  • Tallied 77 yards on 12 carries against Youngstown State, an average of 6.4 yards per rush
  • Earned his first career start against Tennessee, rushing nine times for a team-high 56 yards

2017 (So.)

  • WVU’s third-leading rusher with 43 carries for 149 yards and two touchdowns
  • Season-high seven carries and scored his second rushing touchdown at Oklahoma
  • Season-high 39 rushing yards on six carries, and scored first rushing touchdown against Delaware State
  • Had a 12-yard reception against East Carolina and a 16-yard catch against Delaware State
  • Averaged 4.0 yards per carry with a long of seven yards at Baylor
  • Finished with five carries for 18 yards with a long of 11 yards against Iowa State
  • Had two carries for 19 yards with a long of 17 against Virginia Tech

2016 (Fr.)

  • WVU Scout Team Champion: Kansas
  • Was going to redshirt until injuries forced him into action at Iowa State
  • Ran for 181 yards on 30 carries and a touchdown in his collegiate debut
  • WVU’s fifth-leading rusher with 260 yards on 49 carries and a touchdown
  • Recorded 63 yards on 16 carries against Baylor
  • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Iowa State)

High School

  • Played his senior season for coach Dale Harvell at Martin Luther King High
  • Played in the 2016 Semper Fidelis All-American Game
  • Rushed for 1,629 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior
  • Played sophomore and junior seasons at St. Clair Shores South Lake High
  • Rushed for more than 1,300 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior, and more than 1,400 yards with 14 scores and a long run of 96 yards as a sophomore

Personal

  • Son of Mark and Theresa Pettaway
  • Majoring in multidisciplinary studies

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2016Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 203 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2017Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'10" 208 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2018Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 210 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2019Senior

    Running Back
    5'9" 205 lbs
    32
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