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

Best season
1,222
Receiving yards, 2015 (Houston, 13–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 229
Round 7, 2016 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

13catches, career highvs. Memphis, 2015161receiving yards, career highvs. Navy, 20152receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Texas State, 2015

Honors

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

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Houston1113011.8130
2014Houston3333510.2239
2015Houston981,22212.5667
Career1421,68711.9967

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2013Houston371,0211–––
2014Houston3459206220
2015Houston–––282901
Career711,6131343121

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Houston242.005
2015Houston251475.9153
Career271515.6153

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Houston10WR
2014Houston10WR
2015Houston10WR5′10″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Houston90.74––6.7–
2014Houston500.4843rd (n=496)0.5224.07%
2015Houston1540.6165th (n=465)0.5394.714%

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
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 5vs.Tennessee TechW 52–⁠24101210––3
Sep 12atLouisvilleW 34–⁠318531–––
Sep 26vs.Texas StateW 59–⁠1481262––1
Oct 3atTulsaW 38–⁠247780–––
Oct 8vs.SMUW 49–⁠287910–––
Oct 16atTulaneW 42–⁠76930––8
Oct 24atUCFW 59–⁠105921––3
Oct 31vs.VanderbiltW 34–⁠05591––3
Nov 7vs.CincinnatiW 33–⁠305560––1
Nov 14vs.MemphisW 35–⁠34131270––2
Nov 21atUConnL 17–⁠207830––1
Nov 27vs.NavyW 52–⁠3181611––1
Dec 5vs.TempleW 24–⁠13–––––2
Dec 31 ✦vs.Florida StateW 38–⁠249820––3
2014 Houston 13 games, 33 catches, 335 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29vs.UTSAL 7–⁠273240581–
Sep 6vs.GramblingW 47–⁠01130120–
Sep 11atBYUL 25–⁠331140693–
Sep 20vs.UNLVW 47–⁠14–––255–
Oct 2vs.UCFL 12–⁠177900381–
Oct 11atMemphisW 28–⁠244410337–
Oct 17vs.TempleW 31–⁠10–––350–
Nov 1atSouth FloridaW 27–⁠342701182
Nov 8vs.TulaneL 24–⁠311203521
Nov 22vs.TulsaW 38–⁠28–––––1
Nov 28atSMUW 35–⁠9–––1282
Dec 6atCincinnatiL 31–⁠3810951227–
Jan 2 ✦vs.PittsburghW 35–⁠342291450–
2013 Houston 13 games, 11 catches, 130 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.SouthernW 62–⁠13–––370–
Sep 7atTempleW 22–⁠13–––254–
Sep 21vs.RiceW 31–⁠26–––122–
Sep 28atUTSAW 59–⁠28–––232–
Oct 12vs.MemphisW 25–⁠15–––5144–
Oct 19vs.BYUL 46–⁠47–––4167–
Oct 26atRutgersW 49–⁠143321228–
Oct 31vs.South FloridaW 35–⁠2313004124–
Nov 9atUCFL 14–⁠191200493–
Nov 16atLouisvilleL 13–⁠201104120–
Nov 23vs.CincinnatiL 17–⁠241230230–
Nov 29vs.SMUW 34–⁠02100–––
Jan 4 ✦vs.VanderbiltL 24–⁠4121404137–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height5′9⅜″
Weight182 lb
Arm length31¼″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump10′3″
3-cone drill7.30 s
20-yard shuttle4.35 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.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Pittsburgh Steelers26531

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

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFSan Antonio Commanders
2020XFLNew York Guardians *
2020–⁠21CFLSaskatchewan 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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