Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota was born on October 30,1993 and is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
58 Facts About Marcus Mariota
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Marcus Mariota was drafted second overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2015 NFL Draft.
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Marcus Mariota was benched and replaced by Ryan Tannehill as starting quarterback halfway through the 2019 season, who the team had traded for earlier that offseason.
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Marcus Mariota signed with the Las Vegas Raiders the following season and backed up Derek Carr before signing with the Falcons in 2022.
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Marcus Mariota is of Samoan descent on his father's side and German descent on his mother's side.
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Marcus Mariota grew up admiring the quarterback play of fellow Samoan Jeremiah Masoli, who was a standout quarterback at the Saint Louis School and the University of Oregon.
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Marcus Mariota attended the Saint Louis School in Honolulu, where he was a two-sport star in football and track.
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Marcus Mariota threw for 2,597 yards on 165-of-225 passing attempts, including 32 touchdowns against only five interceptions.
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Marcus Mariota rushed the ball 60 times for 455 yards and seven touchdowns.
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Marcus Mariota was named to the NUC All World Game alongside eventual 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.
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Also a standout track and field athlete, Marcus Mariota was a state track qualifier in the sprinting and jumping events.
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Marcus Mariota 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 Marcus Mariota.
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Marcus Mariota was recruited by the Oregon Ducks, Hawaii, Memphis, Utah, Oregon State, Washington, Arizona, Notre Dame, UCLA, and USC but was only offered a scholarship by Memphis and Oregon.
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Marcus Mariota rushed the ball 106 times for 752 yards and five touchdowns.
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Marcus Mariota earned Pac-12 All-Conference 1st Team honors for the second consecutive year after setting a Pac-12 record from the end of the 2012 season into the 2013 season by attempting 353 passes without an interception.
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Marcus Mariota threw a touchdown pass to Josh Huff with 29 seconds remaining to give Oregon the come-from-behind victory over the Beavers.
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Marcus Mariota finished the 2013 season with 4,380 yards of total offense, becoming the only player in Oregon history to eclipse 4,000 yards in a season.
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On December 11,2014, at the annual College Football Awards show in Orlando, Florida, Marcus Mariota won the Davey O'Brien Award for the nation's best quarterback, and the Walter Camp and Maxwell Awards, both awarded to the nation's best football player.
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The next day back in Eugene, Marcus Mariota graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree in General Sciences, with an emphasis on human physiology, accomplishing one of his goals in returning to play after the 2013 season.
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On December 13,2014, Marcus Mariota became the first Oregon Duck and Hawaii-born athlete to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Marcus Mariota was one of the top four selections, alongside Nike cofounder and university benefactor Phil Knight, Ducks track legend Steve Prefontaine, and recently graduated basketball superstar Sabrina Ionescu.
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Marcus Mariota was selected with the second overall pick in the first round by the Tennessee Titans in the 2015 NFL Draft behind Jameis Winston.
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In May 2015, Marcus Mariota had the best-selling NFL jersey in the league, beating out Winston of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, who had the second and third highest selling jerseys, respectively.
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Marcus Mariota signed a four-year, $24,213,974 contract with the Tennessee Titans.
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Marcus Mariota played his first career regular-season game on September 13 against 2015's first overall draft pick Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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On his fourth career pass attempt, Marcus Mariota threw his first NFL touchdown on a 52-yard throw to wide receiver Kendall Wright.
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Marcus Mariota became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw four touchdown passes in the first half of his NFL debut.
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Marcus Mariota is the youngest quarterback to reach the perfect passer rating, surpassing Robert Griffin III.
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Marcus Mariota became the youngest quarterback since the franchise moved to Tennessee to throw for over 300 yards in a game.
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Marcus Mariota became the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to have two games with four touchdowns and no interceptions and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Saints.
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In Week 13, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Marcus Mariota went 20-of-29, throwing for 268 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.
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Marcus Mariota ran for 112 yards on the day, including an 87-yard run for a touchdown.
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Marcus Mariota became the first quarterback in franchise history to catch a touchdown reception.
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Marcus Mariota became the first NFL player since Walter Payton in the 1983 season to pass for a touchdown, rush for a touchdown and catch a touchdown pass of at least 40 yards.
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In Week 15, Marcus Mariota completed 3-of-6 passes for 32 yards against the New England Patriots before leaving the game in the second quarter with a knee injury.
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The next day, it was revealed that Marcus Mariota was diagnosed with another MCL sprain, and the Titans announced that he would miss the remainder of the season.
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In 12 games of his rookie year in 2015, Marcus Mariota had 2,818 passing yards with 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
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Marcus Mariota underwent surgery and was out for the final game of the season.
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Marcus Mariota finished the 2016 season with a career-high 3,426 passing yards with 26 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
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Marcus Mariota was ranked 50th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017 and was named a Pro Bowl first alternate.
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On September 10,2017, against the Oakland Raiders in the season opener, Marcus Mariota recorded a rushing touchdown in the first quarter for the Titans' first points of the 2017 season.
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Marcus Mariota finished the regular season with 3,232 passing yards, 13 passing touchdowns, 15 interceptions, 312 rushing yards, and five rushing touchdowns.
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Brad Johnson is the only other player to throw a touchdown pass to himself, although Marcus Mariota is the only quarterback to do so in the playoffs.
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Marcus Mariota missed Week 2 against the Houston Texans due to his injury.
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Marcus Mariota returned to the starting lineup in Week 4 and completed 30 of 43 passes for 344 yards, two passing touchdowns, and an interception along with 46 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.
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Marcus Mariota finished the 2018 season with a career-low 11 touchdowns, 8 interceptions, and a career-low 2,528 passing yards.
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Marcus Mariota remained the backup for the rest of the season.
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On March 25,2020, Marcus Mariota signed a two-year, $17.6 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Marcus Mariota was placed on injured reserve on September 7,2020.
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Marcus Mariota made his Raiders debut in the first quarter of a Week 15 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers after starter Derek Carr left the game with a groin injury.
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Marcus Mariota entered the season as the backup to Derek Carr.
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On March 21,2022, Marcus Mariota signed a two-year, $18.75 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons.
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On July 28,2022, Marcus Mariota was named the Falcons' starting quarterback after engaging in an open competition for the starting quarterback job with rookie Desmond Ridder during the offseason.
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On December 8,2022, Marcus Mariota was benched in favor of Ridder for the Falcons Week 15 game against the New Orleans Saints.
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Marcus Mariota was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury on December 14,2022.
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On March 20,2023, Marcus Mariota signed a one-year, $5 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Marcus Mariota's wife gave birth to their first child on December 13,2022.
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Marcus Mariota was recorded on-and-off the field during the 2022 NFL season for a Netflix and NFL Films documentary series, Quarterback, which will debut in the middle of 2023.