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Position: | Safety | ||
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Born: | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | December 21, 1974||
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 | |||
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Raymond Demont Austin (born December 21, 1974) is a former American football 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] [4] He also played for the Chicago Bears in the NFL and the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL. [5] 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.
In 2017, Ray became one of the founders of Fan Controlled Football (FCF). [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] [9] [10]
Ray currently serves as the FCF league Commissioner. [11]
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. [12] [13]
Year | Film | Role |
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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 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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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 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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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 |
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