Martinez's statistics for the season had him completing 162-of-288 passes for 2,089 yards with 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Though trailing the Series two games to one, the Cubs were leading by a score of 8—0 in the fourth game when the Athletics mounted a 10- rally in the seventh inning.
The 6—1, 205-pound redshirt freshman ran 162 times for 965 yards while running forward and scoring 12 touchdowns.
He hit his 200th career home run at Ebbets Field on June 18 — only the fourth player ever to do so, behind Ruth, , and Hornsby — but then fell into a protracted slump, and was benched in late May.
Against Kansas State on October 7 Martinez ran 15 times for 241 yards and completed 5-of-7 passes for 128 yards which included a 79-yard touchdown pass to Kyler Reed in the third quarter.
Nebraska went 10—4 and was ranked No.