25 Facts About Demarcus Ayers

Demarcus Ayers was born on July 7,1994 and is an American college football coach.

Demarcus Ayers is the offensive quality control coach at North Texas.

Demarcus Ayers is a former professional gridiron football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, Alliance of American Football, and XFL.

Demarcus Ayers played college football at Houston, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL draft.

Demarcus Ayers had 37 returns for 1,021 yards, breaking a Houston freshman record.

Demarcus Ayers made 34 returns for 592 yards at kick returner.

In 2015, in his junior season, Demarcus Ayers led the AAC in receptions with 97 and ranked sixth in the nation in receptions.

Demarcus Ayers totaled 1,221 receiving yards, 18th in the nation.

Demarcus Ayers was named to the AAC first-team at both wide receiver and kick returner.

Demarcus Ayers was ranked the 53rd best wide receiver out of the 414 available by NFLDraftScout.

Demarcus Ayers was invited to the NFL Combine and did the majority of the workout and positional drills.

Demarcus Ayers was unable to do the 20-yard shuttle, 3-cone drill, and the bench press because of an injury to his hand and finger.

Demarcus Ayers participated at Houston's Pro Day and chose to try to improve on his combine numbers and did all of the drills and workouts besides the bench and improved on everything except the broad jump.

Demarcus Ayers was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round, 229th overall, in the 2016 NFL draft.

The seventh round pick used to select Demarcus Ayers was traded from the New York Giants to the Steelers in exchange for punter Brad Wing.

On May 5,2016, Demarcus Ayers signed a four-year contract with the Steelers.

On September 2,2017, Demarcus Ayers was waived by the Steelers after only one season.

On September 4,2017, Demarcus Ayers was signed to the New England Patriots' practice squad.

On November 23,2017, Demarcus Ayers was signed to the Chicago Bears' practice squad.

Demarcus Ayers was waived by the team on September 1,2018.

On November 9,2018, Demarcus Ayers signed with the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season.

Demarcus Ayers was drafted by the New York Guardians of the XFL in the 5th round of the 2020 XFL Draft.

Demarcus Ayers was waived before the start of the regular season on January 28,2020.

Demarcus Ayers signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League on February 19,2020.

Demarcus Ayers opted back in to his contract on January 20,2021.