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.
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 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.
How Good Is Marcus Mariota?
Marcus Mariota is the 31st best quarterback in the NFL, per a league poll.
What Happened To Marcus Mariota?
Mariota outsold Winston of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, who held the league’s second- and third-highest selling jerseys, respectively, in May 2015.
Mariota remarked, “It’s strange for me, it’s really an honor.” “For me, it’s one of those transactions that, when I look back on it in the future, is definitely a wild, insane bargain.”
On July 21, 2015, Mariota and the Titans reached a contract agreement. Mariota became the final first-round pick to be signed as a result, and the Titans were the final team to sign a first-round pick for the second year in a row.
Mariota and the Tennessee Titans agreed to a four-year, $24,213,974 contract. This comprises a signing bonus of $15.9 million