Ray Austin (American football)

Ray Austin
	Ray Austin- Premiere "100 Days Of Summer"
No. 36
Position:	Strong safety
Personal information
Born:	December 21, 1974; Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College:	Tennessee
NFL Draft:	1997 / Round: 5 / Pick: 145
Career history
	New York Jets (1997); Chicago Bears (1998–1999); Chicago Enforcers (2001);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	43
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Raymond Demont Austin (born December 21, 1974) is a former American football strong safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee and was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL Draft.[1][2][3] He also played for the Chicago Bears in the NFL and the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL.[4] In 2017 he started the Fan Controlled Sports League and is currently the league Commissioner.

Besides his association with sports, he has been acting since 2005 with roles on Prison Break, Detroit 1-8-7, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Empire.

Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment

In 2017, Ray became one of the founders of Fan Controlled Football (FCF).[5] FCF raised $3m from angels investors, $12m in a pre-seed, and $40m in a Series A in 2020 with Lightspeed Ventures leading the seed round, Animoca Brands and Delphi Digital leading the Series A.[6] The league had its first season in 2021 with 4 teams playing 12 games each. In 2022, the league grew to 8 teams and announced a new broadcast deal with NBCUniversal subsidiary NBCLX and Peacock to broadcast every game of the 2022 season.[7][8][9]

Ray currently serves as the FCF league Commissioner.[10]

ATHLYT

Ray is a co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of ATHLYT, a startup looking to connect college athletes with advertisers. In 2022 the NCAA began allowing student athletes to profit from their name, image and, likeness (NIL) which allowed companies like ATHLYT to start helping college student athletes to start earning from their NIL. [11][12]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2005	The Trouble with Dee Dee	Reggie Bailey
2006	Prison Break	Sally Port C.O.
2009	The Beast	Agent #1 / #3 / Agent
2010	Polish Bar	Rooney
2010	Detroit 1-8-7	Dutch
2011	The Chicago Code	Beat Copper #2
2012	Boss	Protest Sheriff
2014	Sirens	Wedding Guest #3
2014	100 Days of Summer	Self
2012 - 2017	Chicago Fire	Officer Hiller
2016 - 2020	Chicago P.D.	Officer Hiller / Joe Mason / Uni
2016 - 2020	Empire	John Holloway
2021	The Big Leap	Treyson

NFL Statistics

Year	Team	Games		Tackles				Interceptions						Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	PD	Int	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FF	FR
1997	NYJ	16	0	12	8	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	CHI	12	0	5	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	CHI	15	0	11	7	4	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career		43	0	28	17	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tennessee Volunteers Stats

Year	Team	Games		Tackles				Interceptions						Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	PD	Int	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FF	FR
1993	TEN	11							1	4	4.0		0
1995	TEN	11							3	5	1.7		0
1996	TEN	11							4	54	13.5		0
Career		33							8	63	7.9		0

References

"1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
Eskenazi, Gerald (August 19, 1997). "Jets Filled With Rookies As Last Cut Approaches". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
"1997 New York Jets Draft". 247Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
XFL bio
"Former NFL player Ray Austin may bring indoor football back to Salt Lake City". FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU). February 20, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
Casey, Tim. "Fan Controlled Football League Raises $40 Million Series A Round Led By Crypto Investors". Forbes. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
Feldman, Jacob (October 7, 2021). "Fan Controlled Football Prepares for Second Season With More Teams, Linear Distribution". Sportico.com. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
"FCF is Back for Season v2.0 – FCF NEWS". Retrieved November 4, 2022.
"Football league controlled by fans will stream on Twitch". SFGATE. April 9, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
"Power to the Fan: Inside a Former NFL Player's Rise to Commish of Fan Controlled Football". sporttechie.com. February 8, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
"ATHLYT looks to leverage student athletics brand market". www.boiseentrepreneurweek.org. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
Magers, Sean (July 27, 2022). "A chat with Fan Controlled Football Commissioner Ray Austin". 256 Today. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

External links

Ray Austin at IMDb
Ray Austin @ ESPN

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[1] "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.

[2] Eskenazi, Gerald (August 19, 1997). "Jets Filled With Rookies As Last Cut Approaches". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[3] "1997 New York Jets Draft". 247Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[4] XFL bio

[5] "Former NFL player Ray Austin may bring indoor football back to Salt Lake City". FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU). February 20, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[6] Casey, Tim. "Fan Controlled Football League Raises $40 Million Series A Round Led By Crypto Investors". Forbes. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[7] Feldman, Jacob (October 7, 2021). "Fan Controlled Football Prepares for Second Season With More Teams, Linear Distribution". Sportico.com. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[8] "FCF is Back for Season v2.0 – FCF NEWS". Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[9] "Football league controlled by fans will stream on Twitch". SFGATE. April 9, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[10] "Power to the Fan: Inside a Former NFL Player's Rise to Commish of Fan Controlled Football". sporttechie.com. February 8, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[11] "ATHLYT looks to leverage student athletics brand market". www.boiseentrepreneurweek.org. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[12] Magers, Sean (July 27, 2022). "A chat with Fan Controlled Football Commissioner Ray Austin". 256 Today. Retrieved November 5, 2022.