Guess the Player
Welcome to SA Snap Count’s Guess the Player. You get five clues to name this week’s player. Clue 1 is the hardest, and each one after it gets easier. Tap a clue to open it, make your guess, and only open the next one if you’re stumped.
The answer is the player’s first and last name, and it can be any active or former player from the CoFL, UFL, XFL, USFL, or CFL. If you still don’t have it after five clues, open the answer at the bottom.
The clues
Clue 1 (hardest)
He grew up in California’s Central Valley, and as a high school junior he was named the Fresno Bee’s football player of the year after passing for 2,562 yards and running for 1,462 more. A torn labrum from basketball wiped out his senior football season [1].
Clue 2
He was the first true freshman ever to open a season as his school’s starting quarterback, then transferred for his final college year and helped his new team win a Big 12 championship in 2022 [1].
Clue 3
He went undrafted in 2023 and was cut by the Detroit Lions before signing with a spring football team on Christmas Eve 2023 [1].
Clue 4
In his one UFL season he led the league in rushing as a quarterback, with 528 yards, and set the UFL single-game record with four touchdown passes against Memphis [2].
Clue 5 (easiest)
He was the 2024 UFL MVP and the MVP of the first UFL Championship Game, scoring all three of the Birmingham Stallions’ touchdowns in a 25-0 shutout of the San Antonio Brahmas [2][3][4].
How’d you do?
- Clue 1: Hall of Famer
- Clue 2: All-Pro
- Clue 3: Starter
- Clue 4: Practice squad
- Clue 5: Back to the film room
Reveal the answer
Adrian Martinez
A dual-threat quarterback from Hanford, California, he starred at Clovis West High School and chose Nebraska, where he became the first true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback for the Cornhuskers [1]. After four seasons in Lincoln he transferred to Kansas State for 2022, sharing the job with Will Howard and running for 10 touchdowns as the Wildcats won the Big 12 [1]. He went undrafted in 2023, and after a stint with the Detroit Lions he signed with the Birmingham Stallions. In 2024 he led the UFL in rushing, won league MVP, and then accounted for all three touchdowns in the 25-0 UFL Championship win over the San Antonio Brahmas in St. Louis to earn Championship Game MVP [1][2][3][4]. He has since spent time with the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers, taking his first NFL snap for San Francisco in November 2025 [1].
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Sources
Show sources (spoiler: they name the player)
- Wikipedia: Adrian Martinez (American football)
- UFL: Birmingham Stallions Quarterback Adrian Martinez Named UFL Most Valuable Player (June 10, 2024)
- UFL: Stallions Clinch Three-peat, Shut Out Brahmas in Inaugural UFL Championship Game (June 16, 2024)
- KSAT: Stallions shut out Brahmas 25-0 to win the first UFL championship game (June 17, 2024)