Once he showed some aptitude as a kicker, he talked to interested schools about the possibility of playing both sports, and when he chose Appalachian State, he figured he'd give this football thing a year and see how it went.
"So I was like, all right, sure, I'll roll the dice on it and see how it goes," Martin said.
The only problem was that Martin may not have been prepared for college conditioning.
"They scholarshipped me to be the kicker that year, but I'd never lifted a weight in my life, and they just blew my legs up, so I couldn't kick to save my life," he laughed. "So they redshirted me, and the junior that ended up starting had a good year, so they're like, if you want to play next year, learn how to punt. So I spent that redshirt year working on punting."
The rest, as they say, is history, as Martin went on to earn All-American Honors for the Mountaineers and was chosen in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL draft.