Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara is right around the corner and two players who played college football in the Sacramento region will get to experience what its like to partake in the biggest event in American sports.Marte Mapu, a linebacker out of Sacramento State, was selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Running back Lan Larison had a career year at UC Davis in 2024 and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Patriots in 2025. He will not be eligible to play in the big game because he is on injury reserve. Read below for more on their football background. Marte MapuMapu, born and raised in Hawthorne, California, was a key contributor to some of the most successful football teams Sacramento State has ever had. In 2021 he earned Second Team All-Big Sky Conference honors, following that up with a first team nod in 2022. He was also the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, becoming just the second Hornet ever to do so. Click here to see Mapu’s career college stats. Sacramento State won the Big Sky Conference in three consecutive seasons from 2019-22 (Their 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19). Mapu played on all of those teams. As a member of the New England Patriots, Mapu has spent time at both safety and linebacker. He finished the 2025 regular season with 25 total tackles, a forced fumble and an interception. According to Sacramento State Athletics, Mapu is the fourth Hornet to make it to the Super Bowl. Lan LarisonLarison’s final season at UC Davis was one for the record books. In 2024 he became the Aggies’ leader in single-season all-purpose yards (2,387) and career yards from scrimmage (6,504).The Caldwell, Idaho native was First Team All-Big Sky Conference in 2023 and 2024 as an offensive player, and also received a first team nod in 2022 as a special teams player. In 2023 he was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year. Click here to see Larison’s career college statsWhile his name was not called during the 2025 NFL Draft, Larison found a home with the Patriots and is now Super Bowl bound as a rookie. Larison was placed on injury reserve after breaking his foot in a preseason game against the Washington Commanders, where he had 35 yards and a touchdown on seven carries. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara is right around the corner and two players who played college football in the Sacramento region will get to experience what its like to partake in the biggest event in American sports.

Marte Mapu, a linebacker out of Sacramento State, was selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

Running back Lan Larison had a career year at UC Davis in 2024 and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Patriots in 2025. He will not be eligible to play in the big game because he is on injury reserve.

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Read below for more on their football background.

Marte Mapu

Mapu, born and raised in Hawthorne, California, was a key contributor to some of the most successful football teams Sacramento State has ever had.

In 2021 he earned Second Team All-Big Sky Conference honors, following that up with a first team nod in 2022. He was also the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, becoming just the second Hornet ever to do so.

Click here to see Mapu’s career college stats.

Sacramento State won the Big Sky Conference in three consecutive seasons from 2019-22 (Their 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19). Mapu played on all of those teams.

As a member of the New England Patriots, Mapu has spent time at both safety and linebacker. He finished the 2025 regular season with 25 total tackles, a forced fumble and an interception.

According to Sacramento State Athletics, Mapu is the fourth Hornet to make it to the Super Bowl.

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Lan Larison

Larison’s final season at UC Davis was one for the record books. In 2024 he became the Aggies’ leader in single-season all-purpose yards (2,387) and career yards from scrimmage (6,504).

The Caldwell, Idaho native was First Team All-Big Sky Conference in 2023 and 2024 as an offensive player, and also received a first team nod in 2022 as a special teams player. In 2023 he was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year.

Click here to see Larison’s career college stats

While his name was not called during the 2025 NFL Draft, Larison found a home with the Patriots and is now Super Bowl bound as a rookie.

Larison was placed on injury reserve after breaking his foot in a preseason game against the Washington Commanders, where he had 35 yards and a touchdown on seven carries.

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