Marco Notarainni

Marco Notarainni celebrating during the 2024 Fiesta Bowl

Marco Notarainni before Fiesta Bowl kickoff

Photo by: Kenna Harbison

Position:
Linebacker
Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.
Height:
6-3
High School:
Torrey Pines HS
Weight:
235
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
NIL Exchange:
Marco Notarainni
Major:
Business Administration

CAREER HONORS

Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (2025)
Shrine Bowl 1000 Watchlist (2025)
Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee (2025)
Preseason All-Mountain West (2025)
Athlon Sports Preseason All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
Phil Steele Preseason All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-America (2024)
All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
Phil Steele All-Mountain West Second Team (2024)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2023)
4x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
3x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2022, 2023, 2024)

RS JUNIOR (2024)
Honors: College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-America...All-Mountain West First Team…Phil Steele All-Mountain West Second Team…College Sports Communicators Academic All-District...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete...Academic All-Mountain West.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 2 fumbles recovered (T-1st MW / T-19th NCAA).
Top Highlights: Played in all 14 games, starting four…notched three solo tackles and recovered a fumble at No. 7 Oregon (Sept. 7)...recorded six tackles against Portland State (Sept. 21)...posted six tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a quarterback hurry against Washington State (Sept. 28)...tallied four tackles and two pass breakups in a win over Utah State (Oct. 5)...registered seven tackles at UNLV, including 0.5 TFLs (Oct. 25)...made three solo tackles and logged a quarterback hurry against San Diego State, adding a 6-yard rush to pick up a first down on a fake punt (Nov. 1)...finished with five tackles, 1.0 TFL and a fumble recovery against Nevada (Nov. 9)...notched nine tackles and a quarterback hurry in a win at San Jose State (Nov. 16)...recorded six tackles at Wyoming, including 0.5 TFLs (Nov. 23)...posted a solo sack and a quarterback hurry against Oregon State (Nov. 29)...tallied two solo sacks in the MW Championship win over No. 20 UNLV (Dec. 6)...made five tackles in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 6 Penn State, tallying 1.0 TFL and 0.5 sacks (Dec. 31).

RS SOPHOMORE (2023)
Honors: All-Mountain West Honorable Mention…Academic All-Mountain West...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Saw action in nine games, making five starts…recorded six tackles against UCF, including 2.0 TFLs and a solo sack (Sept. 9)…totaled a season-high 13 tackles against North Dakota, collecting another solo sack and forcing a fumble (Sept. 16)…made eight solo tackles at San Diego State (Sept. 22) and eight total tackles at Memphis (Sept. 30)…registered six tackles, one sack and a pass breakup against San Jose State (Oct. 7)…tallied 10 tackles at Colorado State and returned a blocked field goal 44 yards (Oct. 14).

RS FRESHMAN (2022)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Played in each of Boise State's first-two games before season-ending injury at New Mexico (Sept. 9).

FRESHMAN (2021)
Honors: Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Appeared in one game, making his collegiate debut against New Mexico (Nov. 20).

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star prospect per 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals…rated No. 39 at his position nationally per ESPN, and No. 89 at his position per 247Sports…rated as one of the top 100 prospects in California per ESPN (No. 88)…two-way player as a linebacker and tight end…also played lacrosse…All-Avocado League linebacker...notched 83 stops, six tackles-for-loss, three sacks and two interceptions as a junior.