Taylor Todd Martinez (born September 15, 1990) is an American former college football quarterback who played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Martinez received multiple awards for his performance and led Centennial to a state championship win and a perfect season (15–0).

[2] The undefeated 2008 Huskies team won a California Interscholastic Federation state championship and finished the season ranked No.

After a three-way position battle, Martinez emerged over sophomore Cody Green and senior Zac Lee for the majority of the 2010 season as the University of Nebraska's starting quarterback.

At the University of Washington on September 18, Martinez ran an 80-yard touchdown run on the Husky defense in a 56–21 Husker win.

6 nationally in the AP College Football Poll by season's end) on December 4 as they finished 6–2 in conference play and first place in the Big 12 North Division under the direction of head coach Bo Pelini.

Unfortunately, a twisted ankle Martinez suffered back on October 30 in a 31–17 home win over Missouri wound up being a lingering injury.

[15] Martinez and his teammates rebounded from the Wisconsin loss, however, by recording the biggest comeback win in Nebraska history as the Cornhuskers overcame a 27–6 deficit versus Ohio State.

Nebraska responded with 28 unanswered points as the biggest play of the game may have been Martinez' screen pass to Burkhead who ran 30 yards into the end zone to tie the score at 27–27 with 7:35 left in the contest.

The spread option quarterback ran the ball 188 times for 874 rushing yards and scored nine touchdowns in 13 games.

Leading up to the 2012 season, Martinez was heavily criticized by fans and media for his awkward passing motion and tendency to turn the ball over.

[20] During the spring and summer of 2012, Martinez spent time working on his throwing motion with Steve Calhoun, a private quarterback's coach that operates a football camp in California called "Armed and Dangerous."

During the game, Martinez passed former Heisman winner Eric Crouch as the all-time leader in total yardage at Nebraska.

Martinez helped lead another comeback the following week against Penn State, where he rushed for 105 yards and threw for 171 more with 2 touchdowns and no interceptions.

Nebraska finished the regular season at 10–2, and headed to the Big Ten championship for a rematch with unranked, 7–5 Wisconsin.

Although he fell short of his 70% completion goal, it was clear that he had improved his passing while still being a major threat running the ball.

[27] Martinez had broken many QB records at Nebraska and headed into the 2013 season as one of the top dual threat QBs in the country.

Many sports analysts thought that if he continued to work with Steve Calhoun to improve his passing game in the offseason, he could have been a Heisman trophy candidate in 2013 barring injury.

[28] Martinez suffered a debilitating injury close to the ball of his left foot affecting the second and third toes.

The specifics of Martinez' 2013 injury were revealed in January as a "...plantar plate tear of the second metatarsal phalangeal joint.

The Eagles already had Nick Foles, Mark Sanchez and Matt Barkley on their roster, but the team reportedly planned to use Martinez as a wide receiver or defensive back.