Ali Marpet

Only one other Hobart football player was drafted by the NFL before Marpet—in 1937, when halfback Fred King was drafted and ultimately played one game for the NFL's Brooklyn Dodgers.

Marpet was not highly recruited out of high school by larger collegiate programs.

He weighed 250 lb as a freshman, increased his weight to 280 lb by sophomore year, and 290 lb by his junior year by eating a 7,000–9,000 calories a day diet.

He originally wanted to play both basketball and football in college.

A four-year member of the Hobart football team, he was a three-year starter at left tackle.

Marpet started 37 of the 43 games he played, helping the Statesmen win four consecutive Liberty League Championships.

Alexander "Ali" Marpet (born April 17, 1993) is an American former professional football guard who played seven seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).

Marpet played college football at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, a small liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,271.

Marpet helped lead the Hastings squad to the section finals in 2010.

Hastings lost to Bronxville, the eventual state champions.

Marpet attended Hobart College, subsequent to being sought after to play football by Holy Cross, Fordham University, and Marist College.

Marpet and the Statesmen made four consecutive NCAA Division III Football Championship appearances, advancing to the quarterfinal rounds in 2012 and 2014.

During his career, Hobart posted a record of 41–5, losing just one regular-season game.

In 2012, Marpet started all 13 games and was All-Liberty League first-team, and D3football.com All-East second-team.

In 2013, he was captain of the football team and Lindy's preseason All-American first-team.

He started all 11 games during the season and was All-Liberty League first-team, Liberty League All-Academic, Jewish Sports Review All-American, D3football.com All-East second-team, Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) North All-Star second-team, and won the Tryon Football Award.

In 2014, he was a Lindy's preseason All-American first-team, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American, D3football.com All-America first-team, and Liberty League Co-Offensive Player of the Year.

In 2014, he was again captain of the team and Lindy's preseason All-American first-team, a Beyond Sports Network (BSN) preseason All-American, and was D3football.com preseason All-American second-team.

Marpet started all 13 games at left tackle, did not allow a quarterback sack, and was Liberty League Co-Offensive Player of the Year—the first offensive lineman in league history to be so honored.

He attended the 2015 Senior Bowl, as the first NCAA Division III player picked to play in the all-star game in 25 years.

Sports Illustrated named Marpet the "biggest riser" at the game, and included him on its All-Offense team.

At the Scouting Combine in February 2015, he ran the fastest 40-yard dash among offensive line prospects eligible for the 2015 NFL Draft (4.98), the fastest 10 yd split (1.74 seconds), and also the second-best time in the three-cone drill (7.33) and 20-yard shuttle (4.47), while scoring the highest "Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness" (SPARQ) score.

He also performed 30 repetitions at 225 lb in the bench press, tied for fifth-best among offensive linemen.

He also had a vertical leap of greater than 30 inches, and a Wonderlic test intelligence score of over 30.

Drafted in the second round, 61st overall, of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers, Marpet is the highest-drafted pick in the history of NCAA Division III football.

Marpet grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

The village is in Westchester County, 20 mi northeast of New York City.

His father, Bill Marpet, is a videographer and director and his mother is Joy Rose.

She was in a rock band called "Housewives on Prozac," and founded the Mamapalooza music and arts festival and the popup museum Museum of Motherhood.

His parents are divorced.

He has three siblings.

Marpet, who is Jewish, is an alumnus of Birthright Israel.

Marpet joined then-current Jewish National Football League (NFL) offensive linemen Geoff Schwartz, Mitchell Schwartz, Adam Bisnowaty and Gabe Carimi.

At Hastings High School, Marpet played offensive tackle and defensive end for the Yellowjackets, was a three-time varsity letterman, named second-team All-State, earned all-section honors, and was a two-time all-league selection.

He played the offensive line as a 160 lb ninth-grader.

Marpet quit playing football after his freshman year to focus on basketball where he earned all-league selection twice.

Marpet rejoined the football team in his junior year, by which time he weighed 210 lb.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and a minor in philosophy and public policy in spring 2015.

Hobart is a small private liberal arts college of 2,271 students in Geneva, in Upstate New York.

The school competes in NCAA Division III, which does not award athletic scholarships.