NEED TO KNOW
Jaxson Dart may be off the market.
The New York Giants quarterback sparked romance rumors back in October 2025, when he was spotted at a Halloween party with Marissa Ayers. Those rumors ramped up even more after she was photographed with his mom, Kara Dart, during his game against the New England Patriots on Dec. 1.
Other than his love for his team, the rising NFL star has kept quiet about his dating life and hasn’t confirmed the alleged romance. “It’s a privilege to be the quarterback for the Giants,” Dart told Sports Illustrated in May 2025. “There’s not a better city to play for, there’s not a better place to be than New York.”
Ayers — a social media influencer, model and ring girl who went viral on social media after Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano’s boxing match in July 2025 — also has not commented on the rumors. However, in a January 2025 TikTok video, she briefly talked about what she’s looking for in a partner.
“I’m just a very, very picky person,” she said. “Like I have very high standards … I just feel like I haven’t met somebody that really matches my energy.”
So, who is Jaxson Dart’s rumored girlfriend? Here’s everything to know about Marissa Ayers and her rumored relationship with the pro football player.
Ayers grew up in Georgia
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In her January 2025 TikTok video, Ayers also revealed that she’s originally from Georgia and has moved a whopping 17 times. Her parents got divorced when she was in the sixth grade, and she has one older sister whom she described as her “complete opposite.”
“She’s more calm and I’m kinda more crazy and can’t sit still,” Ayers said in the video.
The TikTok star also told her followers that she spent much of her childhood as a competitive gymnast and was in the sport for 11 years before she got “burnt out.” Ayers switched to cheerleading in high school.
She graduated from the University of Alabama in May 2025
Marissa Ayers/Instagram
According to her LinkedIn profile, Ayers attended The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She studied public relations and advertising and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in communication in May 2025.
“Alabama you were the sweetest home to me,” she captioned an Instagram post about her graduation.
It was her time at college that led to her social media stardom: Ayers wrote on her LinkedIn profile that she built a TikTok following by sharing her experience as a college student.
Ayers is a ring card girl
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Ayers started modeling as a ring card girl for Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian’s boxing company, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), in May 2025, per her TikTok. The social media influencer went viral in July 2025 during the Taylor-Serrano match at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which aired on Netflix.
“I was just on Netflix,” she said in a TikTok video posted that day. “I can’t even believe that. … Part of history for women’s boxing. It was so cool. The vibes, the energy, it was so loud. It was so much fun.”
She’s a model and influencer
Marissa Ayers/Instagram
Ayers has been active as a content creator on TikTok since March 2018 and on Instagram since March 2020, according to her LinkedIn. The University of Alabama alum has 1.5 million followers on TikTok and over 400,000 followers on Instagram.
Ayers has worked with major brands like Revolve, Ariana Grande Fragrances, SKIMS, L’Oréal and Lancôme. She posts a wide variety of lifestyle content, including “Get Ready with Me (GRWM) videos and “Day in the Life” vlogs.
Dart and Ayers were first linked in October 2025
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Dart and Ayers were first spotted together at a Halloween party in October, Sports Illustrated reported. Though the football player and the TikTok star didn’t share any images from the party together, Ayers posted an Instagram roundup showing off her mermaid costume “in manhattan.”
Dart liked the Halloween post as well as a number of her other photos, including an Instagram roundup from when she attended the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend in November 2025.
She attended his game in December 2025
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The Giants quarterback fanned the flames of his rumored romance during his team’s face-off against the Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 1. Ayers was not only spotted at the game, but she was also photographed with his mom.
Though the influencer didn’t share any videos from her time at the Giants game, she did post a couple of TikTok videos about her time in N.Y.C. in October.
