{"id":11751,"date":"2025-10-20T03:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11751\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T03:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:08:17","slug":"former-tampa-bay-buccaneers-rb-doug-martin-dead-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11751\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Doug Martin dead at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> fans had Sunday off as the team prepares for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/sports-media\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monday Night Football<\/a> showdown with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a>. However, the NFL world received some devastating news on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ is reporting that former Buccaneers running back Doug Martin has tragically passed away at the age of 36. The only details shared in the initial report from TMZ are, \u201cA source with direct knowledge confirmed to TMZ Martin passed away recently \u2026 though they did not share any further details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/rashee-rice-has-dominant-performance-for-chiefs-in-return-from-suspension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashee Rice has dominant performance for Chiefs in return from suspension<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Buccaneers Running Back Doug Martin Dead at 36 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5HIgOZEIni\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/5HIgOZEIni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pulmz73bDQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pulmz73bDQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1980006833549975926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 19, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Martin was drafted in the first round by the Buccaneers in the 2012 NFL Draft. The former Boise State Broncos star spent six seasons with the Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>His final season in the NFL was in 2018. Martin played his final season with the then-Oakland Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The former Buccaneers star had a strong resume during his time in Tampa Bay. In his rookie season, Martin rushed for over 1,000 yards, and he would hit the mark one more time in his seven-year career.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/chiefs-star-patrick-mahomes-tops-nfl-legend-peyton-manning-in-major-career-mark\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes tops NFL legend Peyton Manning in major career mark<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Martin would earn his second Pro Bowl selection of his career, as well as earning First-Team All-Pro honors.<\/p>\n<p>We will keep you updated on the situation as more details become available on Martin\u2019s tragic passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories on The Big Lead <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>CFB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/college-football-2025-3-biggest-headlines-from-week-8\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 biggest headlines from Week 8 of the 2025 college football season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/nfl-2025-3-teams-with-most-to-prove-in-week-7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 teams with most to prove in Week 7 of the 2025-26 NFL regular season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-sets-mlb-team-records-in-nlcs-game-4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers\u2019 Shohei Ohtani sets MLB, team records in NLCS Game 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MMA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/ufc-fight-night-262-results-reinier-de-ridder-quits-on-stool-after-brendan-allen-domination\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Fight Night 262 results: Reinier de Ridder quits on stool after Brendan Allen domination<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPORTS MEDIA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/theo-von-jokingly-says-to-end-tariffs-to-get-us-more-shoheis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Comedian Theo Von jokingly calls for end of tariffs to \u2018bring more Shohei Ohtanis\u2019 to MLB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIRAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/penn-state-football-if-shirts-meaning-poem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meaning behind Penn State football \u2018IF\u2019 shirts before game vs Iowa revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans had Sunday off as the team prepares for their Monday Night Football showdown with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10852,589,119,135,10904,137,136],"class_list":["post-11751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-doug-martin","tag-featured","tag-nfl","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneeers","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}