Education
Mariscal attended the University of Colorado, where he played for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 2000 to 2003.
Mariscal attended the University of Colorado, where he played for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 2000 to 2003.
He played college football for the University of Colorado, earned consensus All-American honors, and was recognized as the top punter in college football. He played professionally for the Canadian Football League"s Montreal Alouettes. As a junior in 2002, he set an National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I record for most punts of fifty yards or greater (29), was a first-team All-Big 12 selection, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American (2002).
He was also the 2002 recipient of the as the nation"s best college punter.
In 2004, he appeared in six regular season Canadian Football League games for the Montreal Alouettes, acting as both the Alouettes" punter and placekicker.
Mariscal signed with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2003, and was later a member of the NFL preseason or practice squads of the New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Philadelphia Eagles.