Roman Marchetti
LB · Redshirt Senior
6'2" · 225 lbs · Defense
Also wearing #57: Esun Tafa (OL)
Background
- Hometown
- Tustin, Calif.
- High school
- Foothill HS
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2026 season
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Marchetti will compete for playing time at linebacker as a redshirt senior in 2026. Marchetti was put on scholarship following the 2025 season.
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Marchetti saw action in all 13 games, primarily on special teams, as a redshirt junior in 2025. He recorded 6 tackles. He tallied 2 tackles against Missouri State. He recorded 1 tackle versus Purdue and 1 tackle against Michigan State. He collected 1 tackle against Iowa and 1 versus Oregon.
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Marchetti saw action in all 13 games at linebacker as a redshirt sophomore in 2024. He recorded 1 tackle against Penn State.
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Marchetti saw action in 4 games (San Jose State, Nevada, Stanford and the Holiday Bowl against Louisville) as a redshirt freshman in 2023. He recorded 1 kick return for 10 yards on special teams in the Holiday Bowl versus Louisville.
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Marchetti saw action in 1 game (Stanford) as a true freshman. He did not record any statistics. HIGH SCHOOL: He made
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as a senior linebacker and running back at Foothill High in Santa Ana (Calif.) as he made 150 tackles, including 5 for losses (with 15 sacks), 2 forced fumbles, an interception, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection. As a 2020 junior, he made All-Crestview League first team: as he had 49 tackles, including 4 for losses (with a sack), 3 fumble recoveries (1 for a TD) and 2 forced fumbles, along with 67 yards on 6 carries (11.2 avg). As a sophomore in 2019, he made 11 tackles (1 for a loss) and a fumble recovery, plus had 40 yards on 10 carries (4.0 avg). He also played lacrosse at Foothill, earning
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2026: Marchetti will compete for playing time at linebacker as a redshirt senior in 2026. Marchetti was put on scholarship following the 2025 season.
2025: Marchetti saw action in all 13 games, primarily on special teams, as a redshirt junior in 2025. He recorded 6 tackles. He tallied 2 tackles against Missouri State. He recorded 1 tackle versus Purdue and 1 tackle against Michigan State. He collected 1 tackle against Iowa and 1 versus Oregon.
2024: Marchetti saw action in all 13 games at linebacker as a redshirt sophomore in 2024. He recorded 1 tackle against Penn State.
2023: Marchetti saw action in 4 games (San Jose State, Nevada, Stanford and the Holiday Bowl against Louisville) as a redshirt freshman in 2023. He recorded 1 kick return for 10 yards on special teams in the Holiday Bowl versus Louisville.
2022: Marchetti saw action in 1 game (Stanford) as a true freshman. He did not record any statistics.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made
2021 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools third team, All-CIF Division 3, Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-Crestview League Defensive Player of the Year: as a senior linebacker and running back at Foothill High in Santa Ana (Calif.) as he made 150 tackles, including 5 for losses (with 15 sacks), 2 forced fumbles, an interception, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection.
As a 2020 junior, he made
All-Crestview League first team: as he had 49 tackles, including 4 for losses (with a sack), 3 fumble recoveries (1 for a TD) and 2 forced fumbles, along with 67 yards on 6 carries (11.2 avg).
As a sophomore in 2019, he made 11 tackles (1 for a loss) and a fumble recovery, plus had 40 yards on 10 carries (4.0 avg).
He also played lacrosse at Foothill, earning
2022 First Team All-Crestview League: honors as his team was the CIF Division 1 runner-up as a senior and
2021 Third Team All-CIF Division 1: as a junior.
PERSONAL: He earned his bachelor’s degree in Journalism from USC in the spring of 2026. He is currently pursuing his Master of Studies in Law. He was named a
2026 David X. Marks Scholar: for having an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. He earned placement on the
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll: and the
2024 and 2025 Big Ten Fall All-Academic Team: . He made the
Dean’s List: in the fall of 2025.