Receiver, Houston, 2013–15
Demarcus Ayers
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Lancaster, TX
- Born
- Jul 7, 1994, in Dallas, Texas
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Demarcus Ayers played receiver at Houston (2013–15). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Ayers in round 7, No. 229 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13catches, career highvs. Memphis, 2015161receiving yards, career highvs. Navy, 20152receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Texas State, 2015Honors
Team titles: American champions, 2015
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
Returns
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Houston | 9 | 0.74 | – | – | 6.7 | – |
| 2014 | Houston | 50 | 0.48 | 43rd (n=496) | 0.52 | 24.0 | 7% |
| 2015 | Houston | 154 | 0.61 | 65th (n=465) | 0.53 | 94.7 | 14% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2015 Houston 14 games, 98 catches, 1,222 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 52–24 | 10 | 121 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 12 | at | W 34–31 | 8 | 53 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 59–14 | 8 | 126 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 38–24 | 7 | 78 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 49–28 | 7 | 91 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 16 | at | W 42–7 | 6 | 93 | 0 | – | – | 8 |
| Oct 24 | at | W 59–10 | 5 | 92 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 34–0 | 5 | 59 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 7 | vs. | W 33–30 | 5 | 56 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 35–34 | 13 | 127 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 21 | at | L 17–20 | 7 | 83 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 27 | vs. | W 52–31 | 8 | 161 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 5 | vs. | W 24–13 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | W 38–24 | 9 | 82 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
2014 Houston 13 games, 33 catches, 335 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | L 7–27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 81 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 47–0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Sep 11 | at | L 25–33 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 93 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 47–14 | – | – | – | 2 | 55 | – |
| Oct 2 | vs. | L 12–17 | 7 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 81 | – |
| Oct 11 | at | W 28–24 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 37 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs. | W 31–10 | – | – | – | 3 | 50 | – |
| Nov 1 | at | W 27–3 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Nov 8 | vs. | L 24–31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 1 |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 38–28 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 28 | at | W 35–9 | – | – | – | 1 | 28 | 2 |
| Dec 6 | at | L 31–38 | 10 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 27 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 35–34 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 50 | – |
2013 Houston 13 games, 11 catches, 130 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 62–13 | – | – | – | 3 | 70 | – |
| Sep 7 | at | W 22–13 | – | – | – | 2 | 54 | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 31–26 | – | – | – | 1 | 22 | – |
| Sep 28 | at | W 59–28 | – | – | – | 2 | 32 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 25–15 | – | – | – | 5 | 144 | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 46–47 | – | – | – | 4 | 167 | – |
| Oct 26 | at | W 49–14 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 28 | – |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 35–23 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 124 | – |
| Nov 9 | at | L 14–19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 93 | – |
| Nov 16 | at | L 13–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 120 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | L 17–24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 30 | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 34–0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. | L 24–41 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 137 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Combine or pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅜″ | |
| Weight | 182 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.72 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.30 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.35 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 6 | 53 | 1 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | AAF | San Antonio Commanders |
| 2020 | XFL | New York Guardians * |
| 2020–21 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders * |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.
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