Martinez, who wore No. 4 at Stanford, wasn't going to be able to wear his old number in the pros. Linebackers are only allowed to wear numbers 40 through 59 and 90 through 99.
Not knowing a ton about Packers history, Martinez was offered a dozen numbers from which to pick for his uniform.
He chose No. 50, previously worn by inside linebacker A.J. Hawk.
"They gave me like 12 options and I was just kind of going through it and not really thinking the No. 50 and I was like, ‘50’s a great number,'" Martinez said. "Then all of a sudden, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, you’ve got A.J. Hawk’s number.’ I was like, ‘Ohhhh, yep, here we go.’
"But it’s a great number and
I’ll do everything I can to kind of live up to his legacy and all of what he’s done."
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