Jaxson Dart’s first year in the NFL came with all the expected growing pains, a new city, a new locker room, and the weight of being a first-round quarterback in New York.
Drafted 25th overall by the Giants in the 2025 NFL Draft, the former Ole Miss athlete spent his rookie season learning on the fly.
But while Dart was finding his rhythm on the field, something quieter, and arguably more grounding, was taking shape off it.
A Look at Jaxson Dart’s Relationship With Girlfriend Marissa Ayers
By the fall of 2025, Dart had begun dating Marissa Ayers, a model, influencer, and ring card girl whose own life was already moving at a fast, carefully curated pace. What followed was a slow-burning relationship that eventually came to light.
Long before fans had names to connect or photos to analyze, Dart and Ayers were already together. In a TikTok shared months later, Ayers revealed they started dating in October, their relationship lived-in before the internet caught on.
Their early timeline reads like a montage of stolen moments: a Halloween party here, a Broadway date there, and eventually Ayers’ first Giants game in December.
Ayers watched from the stands as Dart and his team took on the New England Patriots on the road, a game that ended in a loss, but also rooted her place in his world. By then, speculation around their relationship had begun to circulate, though neither rushed to confirm it.
Instead, they waited.
On January 9, Ayers made it official by posting a couple of photos on Instagram, captioned simply, “rumor has it…,” tagging Dart.
Weeks later, Ayers gave fans a deeper look. In a three-minute TikTok recap, she stitched together moments from their first months together: romantic Utah getaways, nights in New York, and the quiet joy of choosing each other. “I have been totally off grid but feeling like the happiest girl in the world,” she wrote, tagging Dart.
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Ayers is a Georgia native and University of Alabama graduate and has been building her online presence since launching TikTok in 2018 and Instagram in 2020. In Jan, her following had surpassed 2 million.
Her influence has taken her courtside at New York Knicks games, across the country for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, and into partnerships with brands like Revolve, SKIMS, L’Oreal, and Ariana Grande Fragrances.
Sports have always been part of Ayers’ life. She grew up immersed in gymnastics before switching to cheerleading in high school, later sharing that the intensity of gymnastics had burned her out.
