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"Jersey" Joe Martinek (born February 8, 1989) is an American football fullback who is currently playing for the Parma Panthers of the Italian Football League. He is the all-time high school leading rusher in New Jersey state history with 7,589 yards and was a running back at Rutgers . He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants after the 2012 NFL draft. ==High school== Martinek was a average athlete at Hopatcong High School in Hopatcong, New Jersey, playing American football and track & field but he soon came to be one of the best. As a senior running back at Hopatcong High School, Martinek was named the state's 2006 Gatorade player of the year after finishing the season with 2,081 yards rushing and a career total of 7,589 yards for the Chiefs. He became the first player in New Jersey to gain more than 7,000 yards, and at the time of graduation was ranked 38th on the all-time high school football rushing list. Martinek was seventh in the state in scoring as a senior with 160 points and had the second-best single-game rushing total in New Jersey as a senior with 396 yards on 31 carries and four touchdowns vs. Jefferson High School. He garnered First Team All-State honors by the Associated Press and the Star-Ledger. He was invited to play in the NY/NJ High School All-Star Classic. Martinek also excelled on the other sides of the ball. On defense at linebacker, he recorded 54 tackles, four sacks, three interceptions and nine pass breakups. On special teams, he was 31-of-34 on field goal attempts (and 6-for-6 on attempts of 50 yards or longer) and punted 16 times with a net average of 46.6 yards. Joe appeared in the January 11, 2007 edition of Sports Illustrated in the “Faces in the Crowd” section, highlighting his New Jersey state rushing record and tremendous special teams statistics. Joe was also a standout track performer who won the state title in the javelin in 2007. 〔 Martinek was a four-year starter at Hopatcong under head coach Paul Reduzzi. Coach Reduzzi on Martinek: “Joe is a tremendous individual and tremendous athlete. With the success we had on the field the last four years was a result of Joe helping his teammates and making them better on and off the field.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Martinek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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