MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State senior quarterback Adrian Martinez has been named to the Maxwell Award watch list as a midseason addition, the Maxwell Football Club announced Wednesday. He is the second K-State player up for the award, as running back Deuce Vaughn was on the initial watch list in July.
Martinez was one of 13 midseason additions to the watch list on Wednesday for the award that is presented to the most outstanding player in college football. His inclusion on the list marks the third-straight season a K-State signal caller has been in the running for the award, as Skylar Thompson was a preseason watch list member each of the previous two seasons.
In six games this season, Martinez has thrown for 900 yards and four touchdowns on 86-of-138 aim with no interceptions, and he has been stellar rushing the football by accounting for nine touchdowns and 546 yards on the ground.