Honors
- MVFC President's Council Academic Excellence Award: 2022
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2022
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: (Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
2022
Did not play in any games in his first season at Missouri State ... Was in uniform for 7 games, including road games at UCA (9/1/22) and Arkansas (9/17/22) ... MVFC President's Council Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll recipient ... Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
Mt. San Antonio (Calif.) College
Earned first-team all-conference honors in 2021 for the Mounties of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. ... Was part of an 8-3 team in 2021 that averaged 202.7 yards per game on the ground and passed for 253.0 yards per game ... Named team's offensive lineman of the year.
Colorado
Originally signed with Colorado out of high school where he redshirted in 2018 ... Spent 2019-20 academic year at Glendale (Calif.) Community College where he was a four-time offensive player of the week and named the team's offensive MVP for the season ... Spent the spring of 2021 at Iowa Western Community College.
High School
Was a standout two-way lineman at South Pasadena (Calif.) High where he was part of a 6-5 season as a senior in 2017 for the Tigers ... Earned All-Rio Hondo League honors on the offensive line as a senior ... His teams were 26-15 in his four years of high school, including 8-3 as a sophomore and 7-3 as a junior under coach C.B. Richards ... Also participated in track (shot put) at South Pasadena where he won the conference shot title as a junior and was a two-time runner-up ... Team won four straight conference track titles during his tenure.
Personal
Benjamin Charles Martinez was born 3/4/00 in Los Angeles ... Son of George and Jean Burke Martinez of South Pasadena, Calif. ... Has two brothers, George and Eddie, and a sister, Katy ... Majoring in General Studies.
