{"id":91106,"date":"2025-10-21T00:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/91106\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:38:07","slug":"doug-martin-death-former-buccaneers-running-back-died-in-custody-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/91106\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Martin death: Former Buccaneers running back died in custody, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The statement said police had been in contact with Martin\u2019s family since the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe family has requested privacy as they grieve this tragic loss,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cNo additional details are being released at this time, as this remains an ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">The officers involved in the incident have been placed on paid administrative leave, in accordance with Oakland Police Department policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Martin spent six of his seven NFL seasons with Tampa Bay after starring at Boise State University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Diminutive by NFL standards at just 1.75m, he was known for his physical play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Martin piled up 5356 yards and 30 touchdowns in his NFL career, his best season a 1402-yard campaign in 2015 that included six touchdowns, an additional 271 passing reception yards and a TD catch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">He finished his NFL career with the then-Oakland Raiders in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The statement said police had been in contact with Martin\u2019s family since the incident. \u201cThe family has requested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1863,61686,68388,179,2223,11928,634,6179,47530,5504,2740,78,17709,5133,111,139,69,23421,675,8808,5659,213,7235,47642,1865,102],"class_list":["post-91106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-back","tag-breakin","tag-buccaneers","tag-california","tag-confirmed","tag-custody","tag-death","tag-died","tag-doug","tag-following","tag-former","tag-in","tag-investigating","tag-martin","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-officers","tag-police","tag-running","tag-say","tag-sports","tag-struggle","tag-tampa","tag-today","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}