Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Marte Mapu was born November 8, 1999, in Hawthorne, California. He is a linebacker in the National Football League.

Mapu redshirted his true freshman season for the Sacramento State Hornets. Mapu's redshirt junior season in 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a redshirt senior, he was named second-team All-Big Sky Conference. Mapu used the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and returned for a sixth season. He was named the Big Sky Conference's Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

Mapu was selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots.