A member of the Atlanta Falcons football team, Marcus Mariota plays professionally in football. He performs the duties of a quarterback. He weighs 101 kg, and his height is 1.93 meters. While a student at Saint Louis School, he excelled in both football and track. According to the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, he was the offensive player of the year in high school in 2010.
Following his high school graduation, he enrolled at the University of Oregon, where he represented the Oregon Ducks in college football from 2011 to 2014. He redshirted his first academic year. In 2012, as a redshirt freshman, he became the first Ducks rookie in 22 seasons to start the season’s first game.
He was selected to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team in 2013 as a sophomore after breaking a Pac-12 record from the end of the 2012 season into the 2013 campaign. In the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft, the Tennessee Titans selected Mariota with the number two overall pick. He pledged to spend four years playing for the Tennessee Titans.
The Las Vegas Raiders and he reached a two-year contract in March 2020. In March 2022, he reached an agreement with the Atlanta Falcons for a two-year, $18.75 million deal. On July 28, 2022, he was selected as the Falcons’ starting quarterback following a competition.
Is Marcus Mariota Married?
Yes. Marcus Mariota got married in July 2021 to his college sweetheart, Kiyomi Cook.