AT SAN JOSE STATE: Second season with the Spartans...Competing for playing time at a defensive end position...First joined the Spartans for 2007 spring practice.

2007: Did not see any game action.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Santa Rosa College (Coach Keith Simons)...Was named his team’s Defensive Most Valuable Player.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Chaparral High School in Temecula, Calif., Lettered in football, volleyball, baseball and track and field...Was an all-league selection in football.

MORE ON MARCUS: Criminal justice major... Has career interests in law enforcement and the ministry...Older brother, Chris Pino, was an offensive tackle on the Baltimore Ravens 2006 practice squad...A second cousin of NFL star linebacker Junior Seau...The Oceanside, Calif., native was born on August 11, 1985.