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Cornell University Athletics

2014 Football Roster

40 Bobby Marani

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 217
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Aptos, Calif.
  • Highschool Archbishop Mitty HS

Biography

As a senior (2016)
• After three seasons with the Big Red football team, Marani retired due to injury. He joined the heavyweight rowing team for his senior season.

As a junior (2014)
• Missed the entire season due to injury.

As a sophomore (2013)
• Marani had a breakout sophomore season in 2013 while starting nine contests at safety.
• One of the team’s top defensive playmakers, he ranked fourth on the team in tackles (45) despite missing one game and added a tackle for a loss, an interception, a pass breakup, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick.
• Marani had seven tackles and his first career interception vs. Brown and made six stops against both Harvard and Monmouth.
• He had a team-high 10 tackles and forced a fumble in the Ivy League opener at Yale and notched three tackles with a fumble recovery in the 2013 season opener against Bucknell.
• Marani had four tackles, a pass breakup and a blocked PAT kick against Colgate.

As a freshman (2012)
• Marani made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2012, earning his first varsity letter after playing in all 10 games with a pair of starts.
• He closed the season with 24 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and a pair of sack.
• He had a breakout game in the season finale against Ivy League champ Penn, posting 11 tackles, including 2.5 for loss and the two sacks, in the Big Red's near-upset of the Quakers.
• Marani was a special teams demon over the first half of the season and led the squad with 10 special teams stops in 2012.

At Archbishop Mitty HS
• A first-team all-league and All-Metro selection and a second-team Northern California selection by NorCal Preps as a senior at Archbishop Mitty HS, Marani was named the conference’s Defensive Back of the Year.
• He averaged better than 11 tackles per game in his final season to rank among the top 20 in the state, while also breaking up two passes and caused and recovered a fumble.
• Marani was elected team captain as a senior and earned the team’s defensive player of the year award twice.
• He also played running back and scored three touchdowns.
• Marani also competed on the track and field team and lettered three times and also earned the team’s coaches’ award twice.

Personal
• Robert Anthony Marani is the son of Robert and Christy Marani and has two brothers and a sister.
• He is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

Season:
2014-15

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2012-13Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 211 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2013-14Sophomore

    Safety
    6'2" 217 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2014-15Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'2" 217 lbs
    40