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Jersey Number 51

Tautai Lio Marks

  • Position:
    Offensive Line
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    304
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Santa Ana, Calif
  • High School:
    Mater Dei / Colorado State
  • Prev School:
    Colorado State
CAREER NOTES: A three-year letterwinner and starter … Played in 27 career games with 26 starts … Transferred to Tulsa from Colorado State in the Summer of 2022.
  • 2024 Academic All-Conference 
2024:  Played in three games during the season.
  • Started in three games at Arkansas St, against Oklahoma St, and at Louisiana Tech.
 
2023:  Played in and started all 12 games.
  • Started at center against UAPB, North Texas and East Carolina.
  • Started at right guard in the nine other games.
  • Was named to the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List.
 
2022: Played in all 12 games during his first season at Tulsa.
  • Had 11 starts for the Golden Hurricane.
  • Started the Northern Illinois, JAX State, Cincinnati, Navy, Temple, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, USF and Houston contests at right guard.
  • Was in the starting lineup at center vs. #13 Ole Miss and played all 79 snaps.
  • Saw his first career action at Tulsa in the season opener against Wyoming on special teams.
  • Saw his first career start at right guard against NIU, playing 70 snaps.
  • Played a season-high 92 snaps vs. Cincinnati.
 
PRIOR TO TULSA: Spent two seasons at Colorado State.
  • 2021 was a redshirted freshman and played in 10 games.
  • Redshirted in 2020 as a freshman.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played at Mater Dei High School.
  • Was a 3-star recruit by 247Sports and ranked 30th nationally at center.
  • Helped the No. 2 nationally ranked prep team average nearly 500 yards of total offense per game as a senior.
  • Participated in 2019 Polynesian Bowl.
  • High school coach was Bruce Rollinson.
 
PERSONAL
  • Favorite pro sports team is the LA Lakers.
  • The Baltimore Ravens is his favorite NFL team.
  • Favorite NFL player is Jason Kelce.
  • Favorite movie is “Remember the Titans.”
  • The most famous person he’s ever met is Will Smith.
  • Began playing football at age 8.
  • The youngest of eight children.
  • Parents are Jason and Faamita Marks.
  • Majoring in organizational studies with a minor in health sciences.
  • Name pronounced Ta-ow-tie Le-Oh.
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