Marcus Mariota

Marcus Mariota is an American football player who plays for the team Tennessee Titans as a quarterback in the National Football League. Born and brought up in Hawaii, Marcus has played American football since his school days while he was attending Saint Louis School. Once he graduated from the high school, he got enrolled into the University of Oregon. After many praiseworthy performances during his college years, Marcus emerged as one of the top picks for the 2015 NFL draft. He was then picked up by Tennessee Titans as the second overall pick. By the end of his rookie season, he came out as one of the most promising youngsters in the team. He set the record for most passing touchdowns in a debut season as in the 12 games that he played in during his first season he scored 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. During his second season at NFL, he earned the honour of AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the month of November 2016 and carried on his performance for the remaining part of the season as well. In 2018, Titans decided to go ahead with the fifth year option on Marcus’ contract.