2018 Football Roster
Roster
McMaryion, Marcus

Jersey Number 6
Marcus McMaryion
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dinuba, Calif.
- High School:
- Dinuba HS
- Prev School:
- Oregon State
Bio
Last updated on July 16, 2019
2018 (Senior): Elected team captain by his teammates … named an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection … started all 14 games for the Bulldogs ... completed 293-of-427 passes for 3,629 yards with 25 touchdowns and five interceptions … ranked No. 2 in the MW and No. 13 in the FBS in pass efficiency with a 157.0 rating … ranked No. 4 in the MW in total offense and No. 19 in the FBS, averaging 280.2 yards per game … ranked No. 5 in the MW and No. 23 in the FBS in passing yards, averaging 259.2 yards per game … ranked No. 1 in the MW and No. 7 in the FBS in pass completion percentage (68.6 percent) … matched his career-high of four TD throws against Hawai’i on Oct. 27 … scored a conference-high 24 points with four rushing touchdowns against UCLA on Sept. 15 … had a streak of 155 consecutive pass attempts without throwing an interception, snapped at UNLV (Nov. 3) … threw for a career-high 368 yards against Toledo on Sept. 29 … recorded two 300-yard passing games (Toledo, San Jose State) … tossed the conference’s second-longest pass of the season with an 86-yard touchdown throw to Jamire Jordan against San Diego State on Nov. 17 … logged 71 carries for 294 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns … registered 3,923 yards total offense for a clip of 280.0 yards per game … was responsible for 198 points scored (25 passing TDs/8 rushing TDs), which ranked No. 3 in the MW and No. 17 in the FBS … named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week twice during the season (Sept 17, Oct. 1) … completed Fresno State career with a 21-4 record as a starting quarterback ... named a Maxwell Award semifinalist ... named a Wuerffel Trophy semifinalist ... named a Davey O’Brien Award semifinalist ... named to Johnny Unitas Award watch list ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team… named a MW scholar-athlete.
2017 (Junior): All-Mountain West honorable mention selection … named MW offensive player of the week on Nov. 27 following a 28-17 victory over No. 23 Boise State on Nov. 25, making him the first MW offensive player of the week at Fresno State since Derek Carr in 2013 … after seeing limited playing time in the first three games of the season, was tabbed the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback for their conference opener on Sept. 30 and carried out those duties over the remaining 11 games … was 9-2 as a starter for the Bulldogs in 2017 … passed for 2,726 yards (218-of-351) and 14 touchdowns against five interceptions over 14 games … rushed for 302 yards and four touchdowns on 57 carries … passed for a career-high 342 yards in the Bulldogs’ Hawai’i Bowl win vs. Houston on Dec. 24 with a career-best 33 completions and career-high 48 attempts … had a season-high four passing touchdowns in Fresno State’s 31-21 win over Hawai’i (Nov. 11) … tossed a career-long 81-yard touchdown (to KeeSean Johnson) against No. 23 Boise State on Nov. 25 … with two rushing touchdowns in each the MW Championship on Dec. 2 at Boise State and the Hawai’i Bowl on Dec. 24 vs. Houston, set and then matched single game career bests for rushing scores ... ranked third in the MW and 37th in the nation in completion percentage (62.1) … ranked fifth in the Mountain West in passing yards per game (194.7) … ranked fifth in the MW in passing efficiency (137.7) … ranked sixth in the MW in passing yards per completion (12.50) … owned a streak of 149-straight attempts without an interception (dating from a Sept. 30 contest vs. Nevada, until a fourth quarter interception at Hawai’i), which ranked No. 6 in program history … produced 44 pass completions of 20-plus yards, including 22 pass completions for 30 or more yards … joined the program on Aug. 12 ... earned academic all-Mountain West honors ... named a Mountain West scholar-athlete.
Prior to Fresno State: 2016 (Oregon State): Played in eight games, starting six ... became the starter, and only healthy quarterback on the roster, at midseason ... led the Beavers to back-to-back wins to end the season against Arizona and Oregon ... threw for a career-high 327 yards and two touchdowns against Washington State ... tossed five touchdowns, tied for second-most by a Beaver quarterback in school history, and 265 yards on 16 of 19 passing in a win against Arizona ... completed 13 of 20 passes, including a touchdown, and ran 11 times for 81 yards in the Beavers Civil War win ... connected with Victor Bolden Jr. at Stanford for a 75-yard touchdown pass ... Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team. 2015 (Oregon State): Played in seven games starting the season finale at Oregon ... opened the season as the co-starter before moving to second string early in the season ... came on in relief in six games before being named the starter for the season’s final game ... tossed season-long 47-yard pass to Hunter Jarmon against UCLA ... threw his first career touchdown pass to Victor Bolden from 24-yards out against Washington ... rushed for his first career touchdown at Oregon on a 6-yard jaunt ... named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention team. 2014 (Oregon State): Redshirted ... helped run the scout team as a true freshman.
High School: Rated the No. 16 dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals ... PrepStar All-West Region ... threw for 6,136 yards and 71 touchdowns over his final two prep seasons ... passed for 501 yards in a game as a junior ... 3,477 yards and 43 touchdowns as a junior going the first 11 games of his varsity career without an interception ... played in the West Coast Bowl in January of 2014, an all-star game for the nation’s top high school players ... led Dinuba to the Division III Valley Conference title as a senior ... MVP of the National Underclass Ultimate 100 West Regional in Los Angeles in the summer of 2013 ... invited to attend the Top Prospect Elite Camp in Norman, Okla.
Personal: Born in Fresno, Calif. ... son of Marcus and Elizabeth McMaryion ... has two sisters, McKayla and Jada ... an academic standout, had a 3.98 GPA at Dinuba High School ... earned his Bachelor of Science in public health with an option in health promotion and health behavior in three years from Oregon State (June, 2017) ... enrolled in kinesiology-sports administration master’s program at Fresno State.
2018 (Senior): Elected team captain by his teammates … named an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection … started all 14 games for the Bulldogs ... completed 293-of-427 passes for 3,629 yards with 25 touchdowns and five interceptions … ranked No. 2 in the MW and No. 13 in the FBS in pass efficiency with a 157.0 rating … ranked No. 4 in the MW in total offense and No. 19 in the FBS, averaging 280.2 yards per game … ranked No. 5 in the MW and No. 23 in the FBS in passing yards, averaging 259.2 yards per game … ranked No. 1 in the MW and No. 7 in the FBS in pass completion percentage (68.6 percent) … matched his career-high of four TD throws against Hawai’i on Oct. 27 … scored a conference-high 24 points with four rushing touchdowns against UCLA on Sept. 15 … had a streak of 155 consecutive pass attempts without throwing an interception, snapped at UNLV (Nov. 3) … threw for a career-high 368 yards against Toledo on Sept. 29 … recorded two 300-yard passing games (Toledo, San Jose State) … tossed the conference’s second-longest pass of the season with an 86-yard touchdown throw to Jamire Jordan against San Diego State on Nov. 17 … logged 71 carries for 294 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns … registered 3,923 yards total offense for a clip of 280.0 yards per game … was responsible for 198 points scored (25 passing TDs/8 rushing TDs), which ranked No. 3 in the MW and No. 17 in the FBS … named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week twice during the season (Sept 17, Oct. 1) … completed Fresno State career with a 21-4 record as a starting quarterback ... named a Maxwell Award semifinalist ... named a Wuerffel Trophy semifinalist ... named a Davey O’Brien Award semifinalist ... named to Johnny Unitas Award watch list ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team… named a MW scholar-athlete.
2017 (Junior): All-Mountain West honorable mention selection … named MW offensive player of the week on Nov. 27 following a 28-17 victory over No. 23 Boise State on Nov. 25, making him the first MW offensive player of the week at Fresno State since Derek Carr in 2013 … after seeing limited playing time in the first three games of the season, was tabbed the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback for their conference opener on Sept. 30 and carried out those duties over the remaining 11 games … was 9-2 as a starter for the Bulldogs in 2017 … passed for 2,726 yards (218-of-351) and 14 touchdowns against five interceptions over 14 games … rushed for 302 yards and four touchdowns on 57 carries … passed for a career-high 342 yards in the Bulldogs’ Hawai’i Bowl win vs. Houston on Dec. 24 with a career-best 33 completions and career-high 48 attempts … had a season-high four passing touchdowns in Fresno State’s 31-21 win over Hawai’i (Nov. 11) … tossed a career-long 81-yard touchdown (to KeeSean Johnson) against No. 23 Boise State on Nov. 25 … with two rushing touchdowns in each the MW Championship on Dec. 2 at Boise State and the Hawai’i Bowl on Dec. 24 vs. Houston, set and then matched single game career bests for rushing scores ... ranked third in the MW and 37th in the nation in completion percentage (62.1) … ranked fifth in the Mountain West in passing yards per game (194.7) … ranked fifth in the MW in passing efficiency (137.7) … ranked sixth in the MW in passing yards per completion (12.50) … owned a streak of 149-straight attempts without an interception (dating from a Sept. 30 contest vs. Nevada, until a fourth quarter interception at Hawai’i), which ranked No. 6 in program history … produced 44 pass completions of 20-plus yards, including 22 pass completions for 30 or more yards … joined the program on Aug. 12 ... earned academic all-Mountain West honors ... named a Mountain West scholar-athlete.
Prior to Fresno State: 2016 (Oregon State): Played in eight games, starting six ... became the starter, and only healthy quarterback on the roster, at midseason ... led the Beavers to back-to-back wins to end the season against Arizona and Oregon ... threw for a career-high 327 yards and two touchdowns against Washington State ... tossed five touchdowns, tied for second-most by a Beaver quarterback in school history, and 265 yards on 16 of 19 passing in a win against Arizona ... completed 13 of 20 passes, including a touchdown, and ran 11 times for 81 yards in the Beavers Civil War win ... connected with Victor Bolden Jr. at Stanford for a 75-yard touchdown pass ... Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team. 2015 (Oregon State): Played in seven games starting the season finale at Oregon ... opened the season as the co-starter before moving to second string early in the season ... came on in relief in six games before being named the starter for the season’s final game ... tossed season-long 47-yard pass to Hunter Jarmon against UCLA ... threw his first career touchdown pass to Victor Bolden from 24-yards out against Washington ... rushed for his first career touchdown at Oregon on a 6-yard jaunt ... named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention team. 2014 (Oregon State): Redshirted ... helped run the scout team as a true freshman.
High School: Rated the No. 16 dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals ... PrepStar All-West Region ... threw for 6,136 yards and 71 touchdowns over his final two prep seasons ... passed for 501 yards in a game as a junior ... 3,477 yards and 43 touchdowns as a junior going the first 11 games of his varsity career without an interception ... played in the West Coast Bowl in January of 2014, an all-star game for the nation’s top high school players ... led Dinuba to the Division III Valley Conference title as a senior ... MVP of the National Underclass Ultimate 100 West Regional in Los Angeles in the summer of 2013 ... invited to attend the Top Prospect Elite Camp in Norman, Okla.
Personal: Born in Fresno, Calif. ... son of Marcus and Elizabeth McMaryion ... has two sisters, McKayla and Jada ... an academic standout, had a 3.98 GPA at Dinuba High School ... earned his Bachelor of Science in public health with an option in health promotion and health behavior in three years from Oregon State (June, 2017) ... enrolled in kinesiology-sports administration master’s program at Fresno State.
FB Media Availability [9/2]: QB E.J. Warner
Tuesday, September 02
FB Weekly Press Conference [9/1]
Monday, September 01
FB highlight vs Georgia Southern [8/30/25]
Monday, September 01
Post-Game Press Conference [8/30]
Saturday, August 30