Mario Landino

Position:
DL
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 284
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Macungie, Pa.
High School:
Emmaus

Pronunciation: Hometown: muh-kunn-G | High School: em-ay-iss

Career Notes & Records
Appeared in 23 of 24 career games with five starts ... Lone missed game came due to injury in 2024 ... Made first collegiate start at Oregon (10/11) in 2025 ... One of 12 true freshmen to debut in 2024 and one of five not to redshirt.

2025 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in all 11 games with six starts ... First collegiate start came at Oregon (10/11) in Week 7.

Kennesaw State (9/6): Made two assisted tackles. Indiana State (9/12): First career sack came as part of a three-tackle effort ... Totaled 1.5 tackles for loss ... Combined with Hosea Wheeler on a second-quarter tackle for loss, the first of his career ... Posted a solo sack in the third quarter for his first quarterback takedown. Illinois (9/20): Part of a defense that held Illinois to just 2 yards rushing - the sixth-fewest yards rushing allowed since at least 1950 ... Contributed to the third-most sacks (7.0) in a Big Ten game since the FBS began tracking the statistic in 2000 ... Three of four tackles went for a loss ... Combined with Stephen Daley on a second-quarter sack ... Teamed with Kellan Wyatt later in the second quarter on a sack ... Forced a punt on Illinois first possession of the second half with a solo sack of Luke Altmyer. at Iowa (9/27): Made two tackles. at Oregon (10/11): Made first career start ... Part of a defense that limited Oregon’s offense to its fewest yards of total offense since 2021 versus Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game ... Helped Indiana sack Oregon quarterback Dante Moore six times after the Ducks had only allowed one sack through its first five games ... Made four tackles with 1.0 sack ... Combined with Kellan Wyatt for a sack on the first play of the game ... Met Aiden Fisher at the quarterback in the fourth quarter. UCLA (10/25): Chipped in one stop ... Broke up one pass. at Maryland (11/1): Had one tackle. at Penn State (11/8): Made two tackles ... Combined with Hosea Wheeler on a first-quarter tackle for loss. Wisconsin (11/15): Chipped in two stops.

2024 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 12 games ... Made collegiate debut in the season opener versus FIU (8/31) ... One of 12 true freshman to debut in 2024 ... Collected first collegiate tackle on a combined tackle for loss in the season opener versus FIU (8/31) ... Missed one game due to injury.

FIU (8/31): Made collegiate debut ... Combined with Tyrique Tucker on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss for first career tackle. Charlotte (9/21): Lone tackle was a tackle for loss and first-career forced fumble that was recovered by Bryson Bonds in the fourth quarter. Washington (10/26): Collected first career sack with a combined takedown of Will Rogers III with Tyrique Tucker in the third quarter. at Michigan State (11/2): Had two tackles. Purdue (11/30): Made two stops. at Notre Dame (12/20): Posted two tackles.

Prep/Personal
Defensive end for head coach Harold Fairclough at Emmaus ... Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports and On3 ... Ranked as the No. 58 recruit in Pennsylvania by 247Sports … Named Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Named first-team All-EPC South on both offense and defense as a junior and senior … Logged 97 tackles with 20.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks in his final prep season.