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2023 Football Roster

2 Mariano Valenti

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Rochester, Mich.
  • Highschool Brother Rice

Biography

2023 (Graduate)
  • Threw first career TD in the season opener at Minnesota Duluth
  • Ran for his first career TD with a 11-yard scamper against Lake Erie College
  • Threw for 368 yards at Quincy, the first-time a Wildcat QB was over 350 yards since 2018

Before NMU
  • Transfer from Division I Temple University
  • Made collegiate debut in 2021 as a redshirt freshman and recorded first career carry in the season opener at Rutgers
  • Received first significant playing time at QB, filling in for Justin Lynch against Navy, completing 10 of 14 passes for 73 yards
  • Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team in 2020 and 2021
  • Transferred to Temple Northern Illinois after the 2019 season
  • Played quarterback for three seasons at Brother Rice High in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., before transferring to St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida as a senior
  • Played in 10 games as a senior and completed 12-of-23 passes for 220 yards with one touchdown and one interception while rushing 11 times for 58 yards with a score
  • Threw for 1,505 yards and 22 touchdowns as a junior
  • Named all-conference twice at Brother Rice
  • Was the first freshman in Brother Rice history to earn the starting quarterback position
Personal
  • Son of Jennifer and Mariano Valenti Sr.
  • From Rochester, Michigan
  • Born on November 29, 2000

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