Marcus Mariota
American football player (born 1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota (born October 30, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, becoming the first player at the school and the first Hawaii-born athlete to win the Heisman Trophy among many other awards in 2014.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||
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Born: | (1993-10-30) October 30, 1993 (age 30) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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High school: | Saint Louis (Honolulu) | ||||||||||||||||
College: | Oregon (2011–2014) | ||||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||||||||||
Mariota was selected second overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2015 NFL draft, and led the Titans to three consecutive winning seasons from 2016 to 2018. He was replaced as starting quarterback by Ryan Tannehill halfway through the 2019 season. In 2020, Mariota signed with the Las Vegas Raiders, where he was a backup for two seasons. He then signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2022, where he started for most of the season. He spent the 2023 season as a backup for the Philadelphia Eagles.