Raymond Demont Austin (born December 21, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and was selected by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL draft. He also played for the Chicago Bears in the NFL and the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL.XFL bio 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, Austin became one of the founders of Fan Controlled Football (FCF). 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. 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.
Austin currently serves as the FCF league commissioner.
ATHLYT Austin 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.
Filmography YearFilmRole 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
Career statistics College Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles 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
NFL Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles 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 0Career 43 0 28 17 11 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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External links
Ray Austin @ ESPN