2019 Football Roster
Jersey Number 32
Martell Pettaway
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- High School:
- Martin Luther King HS
- 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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