Four Zack Martin stats that are as great as Dallas Cowboys icon's career 11-year career has been so far

The Dallas Cowboys are losing right guard Zack Martin for the rest of the 2024 NFL season as he's set to undergo his third surgery on his right ankle.

It might also be it for his career, as the future Hall of Famer admitted to considering retirement earlier this year. Although that remains to be confirmed, this is as good a time as any to reflect on how great Martin's career has been so far. 

So I put together four stats as great as the Cowboys icon's run has been through 2024: 

1. Martin earned All-Pro honors in 100% of his healthy seasons

So here's the math I came across while writing the news on Zack Martin's season-ending injury:

• 11 seasons in the NFL
• 7 First-Team All-Pros
• 2 Second-Team All-Pros
  

His only two years with no All-Pro honors of any caliber have been 2020, when he played only 10 games, and the current season, in which he's essentially guaranteed to not be All-Pro as injuries derailed his season even before Thursday's news as his play rapidly declined in 2024. 

That's a wild stat. But it gets crazier.

 2. Seven career holding calls, seven All-Pro years

If you're a diehard Cowboys fan, you probably already know this one. According to Pro Football Reference, Martin has been called for seven holdings in his career. He's got seven first-team All-Pro seasons. If you want to do false starts, those are impressive as well. He's got eight of those versus nine total All-Pro honors. 

I believe it's one of the best ways to describe Martin's career. Just unbelievable consistency up front. 

 3. Some trivia on Odell Beckham Jr.'s rookie season

When OBJ arrived at the NFL level in 2014, he did so with a bang. He led the NFL in average yards per game with 108.8 as he hauled in 95 catches for 1,305 total yards and 12 touchdowns. Despite missing four games, Beckham Jr. finished Top 10 in all of those categories. Had he played a full season, he likely would've received a spot on that year's All-Pro team. 

Even still, he didn't run away with Offensive Rookie of the Year. His competition? Martin, who stole seven of 50 votes to end up as runner up for the award. Mike Evans finished in third place. 

 4. Complete seasons

In football, it is often said availability is the best ability. And for a long time, Martin had one of the best track records in the NFL as far as missing games goes. In four of his five years in the league, he missed zero games. The one exception was 2018, when he missed only a couple of matchups and still earned first-team All-Pro honors. 

Martin added another three full years after that. Again, consistency comes to mind when talking about the future Hall of Famer.