Bills release veteran punter Sam Martin after 3 seasons
Dec 8, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; Buffalo Bills punter Sam Martin (8) during the game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Buffalo Bills released veteran punter Sam Martin on Thursday with one year left on his contract.
Martin, 35, spent the past three seasons with the Bills, and in 2024 he averaged 46.7 yards per punt with a long of 65 yards, five touchbacks (9.3 percent of 54 punts) with 25 inside the opponents' 20-yard line (46.3 percent).
Martin played 50 regular-season games and seven postseason games for Buffalo. He had six punts for a 49.3-yard average in three playoff games in 2024.
The Detroit Lions selected Martin in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Martin has played for the Lions (2013-19), Denver Broncos (2020-21) and Bills and averaged 46.2 yards per punt (long of 72), with four punts blocked out of 755 kicked in 189 games.
--Field Level Media
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