Doug Martin has passed away

[Swashbuckler]

Per TMZ

https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/19/doug-martin-dead/

Tragic. RIP. My prayers to his family

[GreatTimes]

Damn

[Doctor]

Wtf. That's heartbreaking. RIP the muscle hamster.

[IchabodCrane84]

This is sad.

So many questions.

RIP Muscle Hamster, hope you have found peace.

[Kona]

RIP Dougie. Prayers for his loved ones

[Bootz]

RIP. Terrible news.

[Babeinbucland]

Omg this breaks my heart!! RIP dearest Doug

[Backside]

Awful news. He and VJax were bright spots during the dark days of the 2010’s Bucs. Both gone way too young.

[Babeinbucland]

Awful news. He and VJax were bright spots during the dark days of the 2010’s Bucs. Both gone way too young.

He was young enough that he could have still been playing at 36 years old

[Sooner06]

Damn, he was really young. Wonder what happened? RIP

[TiccyBuc]

Absolutely heartbreaking and so young too. He will always be remembered as a fan favorite. Prayers to his family and friends. So very sad.

[wesmon]

In my old age I am starting to feel guilty about watching football and mma. The life afterwards doesn't seem so great for alot of them.

[CantonJester]

He was one of the lone bright spots on some otherwise meh teams (and those alarm clock uniforms). 36 is way too young.

RIP

[BuccaNOLEer]

36 is way too young to die. My prayers go out to his family

[Swashbuckler]

https://twitter.com/Geraldini93/status/198001 ... _&ref_url=

This hurts just to read

[Bootz]

This hurts just to read

Been trying to think of who the 5th is.

Vincent Jackson
Mike Williams
Daniel Teo*******
Doug Martin

He didn't play with Gaines Adams.

[Phantom]

Damnnnn

[CannonFire]

Too young.

[Pirate Life]

This hurts just to read

Been trying to think of who the 5th is.

Vincent Jackson
Mike Williams
Daniel Teo*******
Doug Martin

He didn't play with Gaines Adams.

Geno Hayes.

[Bootz]

Been trying to think of who the 5th is.

Vincent Jackson
Mike Williams
Daniel Teo*******
Doug Martin

He didn't play with Gaines Adams.

Geno Hayes.

WHAAA!! My God, I had no idea he passed away. All of these guys were far too young.

Interesting story about Hayes, I was at this lounge in Tampa called the Blue Martini and Hayes was as well. He got arrested that night because they wouldn't let one of his friends inside.

I feel for Gerald. That's a lot of loss.

[Phantom]

Geno Hayes.

WHAAA!! My God, I had no idea he passed away. All of these guys were far too young.

Interesting story about Hayes, I was at this lounge in Tampa called the Blue Martini and Hayes was as well. He got arrested that night because they wouldn't let one of his friends inside.

I feel for Gerald. That's a lot of loss.

holy crap I recall that Blue Martini was a place that had a special memory for me. Is it still in around?

[TonyLip]

God Bless Doug!
You’re a true TB blessing at a time we sorely needed one

[Bootz]

WHAAA!! My God, I had no idea he passed away. All of these guys were far too young.

Interesting story about Hayes, I was at this lounge in Tampa called the Blue Martini and Hayes was as well. He got arrested that night because they wouldn't let one of his friends inside.

I feel for Gerald. That's a lot of loss.

holy crap I recall that Blue Martini was a place that had a special memory for me. Is it still in around?

No, they closed a long time ago. I think maybe 2017 or 2018. It's Bar Louie now, which is just a restaurant and bar.

Edit- My bad, I forget the Bar Louie was always there. It's not this place called Rocco's Tacos. Their food is terrible.

[Phantom]

They’re all gone too young.

[BucsNBills]

This fucking sucks.

[Central_Buc]

RIP

[Jonny]

Very sad to read this. He was one of the only bright spots besides LVD during the Schiano and Lovie years.

Thank you Doug for a great couple of years as a Bucs. RIP.

[Pirate Life]

Martin may have died in police custody according to this tweet linked by Auman (I suggest not clicking to read the article, paywalled and pop up ads everywhere):

[Moozician]

Always gonna remember this one...

RIP Swole Mole.
https://www.thedrawplay.com/comic/the-muscle-hamster/

[Obsolete]

https://www.ktvu.com/news/ex-nfl-star-d ... ce-custody

[Beatles123]

As i said on PR, he was one of my fav players while he was here, and the night we drafted him was so special for me. I still remember the Raiders game. He was gonna be the future.

RIP Doug. You deserved a ring...

[Babeinbucland]

In my old age I am starting to feel guilty about watching football and mma. The life afterwards doesn't seem so great for alot of them.

I have been having some of these feelings myself with all the injuries we have had. I don’t begrudge any of these guys one dime of the money they make. I bet most of them spend the rest of their life in some kind of physical pain. And some of course have CTE etc.

[Grahamburn]

As i said on PR, he was one of my fav players while he was here, and the night we drafted him was so special for me. I still remember the Raiders game. He was gonna be the future.

RIP Doug. You deserved a ring...

Those were some rough years. Pretty sure he never even made a playoff game.

[Doctor]

https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/20/ex-nfl-s ... =social-tw


Damn, was Dougie pulling B&Es or did he get profiled in the area?

[Doctor]

WHAAA!! My God, I had no idea he passed away. All of these guys were far too young.

Interesting story about Hayes, I was at this lounge in Tampa called the Blue Martini and Hayes was as well. He got arrested that night because they wouldn't let one of his friends inside.

I feel for Gerald. That's a lot of loss.

holy crap I recall that Blue Martini was a place that had a special memory for me. Is it still in around?

There's still one in Brickle (Miami).