Mariota was born on October 30, 1993, to parents Alana Deppe-Mariota and Toa Mariota in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has German ancestry from his mother’s side and Samoan ancestry from his father. He plays quarterback for the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons.
The Tennessee Titans selected him in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. At Oregon, where he played collegiate football, from 2012 to 2014, Mariota was the team’s starting quarterback.
Mariota won the Heisman Trophy as a junior in 2014, making history as the first athlete from Hawaii and a player for the University of Oregon.
Mariota led the Titans to three consecutive winning seasons, the most since the team was known as the Houston Oilers, beginning with his second season as the team’s starting quarterback after the Titans had only won five games combined in the previous two seasons.
Halfway through the 2019 season, the team benched him and Ryan Tannehill, who they had acquired through trade earlier in the summer, took over as the starting quarterback.
The following year, Mariota joined the Las Vegas Raiders and served as Derek Carr’s backup before joining the Falcons in 2022.
Where Is Marcus Mariota Now?
American football player, Mariota and the Atlanta Falcons reached a two-year, $18.75 million contract on March 21, 2022. He presently wears jersey number #1 and is the team’s quarterback.