Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota is an American football quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans second overall in the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon, where he was the starting quarterback from 2012 to 2014. As a Junior in 2014, Mariota became the first University of Oregon player, as well as the first Hawaii-born athlete, to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota is an American football quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans second overall in the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon, where he was the starting quarterback from 2012 to 2014. As a Junior in 2014, Mariota became the first University of Oregon player, as well as the first Hawaii-born athlete, to win the Heisman Trophy. Mariota was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 30, 1993, to Alana Deppe-Mariota and Toa Mariota; he is of Samoan descent on his father’s side and German descent onhis mother’s side. He grew up admiring the quarterback play of fellow Samoan Jeremiah Masoli, who was also a standout quarterback at the Saint Louis School and the University ofOregon. He has a younger brother Matt who also plays football. He is a member of the Hawaii Football Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of fame in 2011. He also has a brother, Matt Mariota, who played football for the Honolulu Dons in the 1990s and 2000s. In high school, he was a two-sport star in football and track; he was named PrepStar Magazine All-West Region and Interscholastic League of Honolulu Offensive Player of the Year. In track, he earned fourth-place finishes in both the 200-meter dash and the long jump, while also placing tenth in the 100-meter Dash event at 11. 63 seconds. He won the 2010 National Underclassman Combine’s \”Fastest Man\” and \”Combine King\” awards after running a 4.
48-second 40-yard dash. He attended an Oregon football camp in the summer of 2010, which allowed Mark Helfrich, Oregon’s then offensive coordinator, to be one of the first recruiters to discover Mariota. After his senior season, he was rated the No. 2 recruiting prospect in the state of Hawaii and No. 12 dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com. He was only offered a scholarship by Memphis and Oregon. In 2012, he helped lead Oregon to a 12–1 record and a No. 2 final season ranking. He earned the 2013 Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP Award as he guided the Ducks to a 35–17 victory over #5 Kansas State. His athletic versatility was exhibited against Arizona State, when he caught pass, threw a touchdown, and ran for an 86-yard touchdown, all in 12 minutes 12 minutes. He suffered a partial tear of the MCL on October 26, 2013, against UCLA, but then left the game with still three scores with still in half time. Starting in all 13 games, he threw for 2,597 yards on 165-of-225 passing attempts, including 32 touchdowns against only five interceptions, and also rushed the ball 60 times for 455 yards and seven touchdowns. In the 2013 Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team, he also earned thePac-12 Defensive MVP Award for the second consecutive year after setting a record by attempting 353 passes without an interception.
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