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| Free agent | |||
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| Position: | Running back | ||
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| Born: | September 4, 1995 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | Harrisburg (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) | ||
| College: | Rutgers | ||
| Undrafted: | 2018 | ||
| Career history | |||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
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Robert Martin (born September 4, 1995) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Rutgers and was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2018.
American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, and otherwise they turn over the football to the defense; if the offense succeeds in advancing ten yards or more, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.
A running back (RB) is an American and Canadian football position, a member of the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block. There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a halfback, a wingback or a fullback. A running back will sometimes be called a "feature back" if he is the team's starting running back.
College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
