Marcus Mariota was born 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 grew up admiring fellow Samoan Jeremiah Masoli’s quarterback skills. Masoli excelled at both the Saint Louis School and the University of Oregon. Mariota identifies as a devout Christian. Matt, Mariota’s younger brother, is a football player as well.
Marcus Mariota is an American football quarterback for the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons in American football (NFL). 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.
Age
Marcus will be 29 years old in a few days’ time. He was born on October 30, 1993
Height
He’s 1.93 m
Weight
The American is 101 kg.
Trade
He is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
Jersey number
He wears Jersey No. 1 for QB1.
Salary
Falcons paying Marcus Mariota $18.75M over 2 years, per report.
College Stats
Marcus Mariota has made a lot of strides in her career while in college. Ultimately, his university (the University of Oregon) polled alumni and supporters on social media in 2020, asking them to choose four Oregon graduates for a hypothetical Mount Rushmore for the school.
Mariota was one of the top four picks, along with Nike co-founder and university patron Phil Knight, legendary Ducks running star Steve Prefontaine, and rising basketball sensation Sabrina Ionescu.
Position
He’s a Quarterback