Player Dossier

2021-2024

New Mexico State

Santino Marucci

QB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Santino Marucci is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wake Forest • New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Santino Marucci built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a quarterback from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 18, spending time with New Mexico State and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Santino Marucci's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8533

San Marcos · San Marcos, TX

Committed To
Texas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Santino Marucci, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Santino Marucci is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
802
Passing yards
670
Rushing yards
132
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Santino Marucci quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · QB
Career Total Offense
802
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
New Mexico
Recruit profile
3-star · San Marcos · Texas State
High school pipeline
San Marcos · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Junior
2024 Total offense rank
650 total offense · QB 162nd (top 42%) · Conference USA 19th (top 15%) · National 279th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest1-30-3024.6
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest00000-
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest21551514129.7
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State7650519131459

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025New Mexico State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted25.2Apr 1, 2025
2024Wake Forest to New Mexico StateP4 to G5/FCS25.2Nov 30, 2023

Santino Marucci played QB for Wake Forest and New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Santino Marucci recorded 670 passing yards, 132 rushing yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 650 primary output with 50.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 50.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, New Mexico State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Loss with 231 yards of offense and 64.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

92.9

Efficiency

50.2

Usage

14.4

Consistency

54

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 5. Sam Houston: 106. New Mexico: 231. Jacksonville State: 45. Florida International: 38. Western Kentucky: 149. Texas A&M: 76

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 2 by 60.4. Sam Houston: 39 by 43.5. New Mexico: 36 by 64.8. Jacksonville State: 13 by 55. Florida International: 7 by 38.5. Western Kentucky: 28 by 47.2. Texas A&M: 24 by 41.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half96.8 · Games = 4 · +9.1 vs Second Half
Second Half87.7 · Games = 3 · -9.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

64.8 vs New Mexico

Result
Sun 11/17@ Texas A&ML 3-386198031.60041.75-4-0.8006
Sat 11/9vs Western KentuckyL 28-41102012950.01247.28202.50011
Tue 10/29@ Florida InternationalL 13-34241850.00138.53206.7008
Wed 10/9@ Jacksonville StateL 13-543102430.000553217038
Sun 9/29vs New MexicoL 40-50132918944.81064.87426116
Sat 9/21@ Sam HoustonL 11-3114297448.31243.510323.20010
Sun 9/15@ Fresno StateL 0-48115100.00060.410000

Player Story

Santino Marucci story

Santino Marucci built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a quarterback from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 18, spending time with New Mexico State and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Santino Marucci's career was his passing role: 670 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, 133 attempts, and 132 rushing yards across 10 career games in the available record. His career also includes 132 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Santino Marucci's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wake Forest

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest-303.2
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest03
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest15524.39.4155
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State65050.214.4495

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico

Week 5 · L 40-50

Loss with 231 yards of offense and 64.8 efficiency.

231

Total Offense

69.7 takeover

231 total offense with 64.8 efficiency.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 8 · W 21-17 · Conference game

160

Total Offense

60.3 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

160 total offense with 48.5 efficiency.

#3

@ Sam Houston

Week 4 · L 11-31 · Conference game

106

Total Offense

56.2 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

106 total offense with 43.5 efficiency.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 11 · L 28-41 · Conference game

149

Total Offense

48 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

149 total offense with 47.2 efficiency.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 12 · L 3-38

76

Total Offense

34.6 takeover

Loss with 76 yards of offense and 41.7 efficiency.

76 total offense with 41.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State

650 primary output · 50.2 efficiency · 14.4 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

29.7

155 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 9.4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest

24.6

-3 primary · 0 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

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300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

2

Above avg efficiency