Macklin Ayers

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-3
Weight:
230
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Elizabethville, Pa.
High School:
Upper Dauphin
Prev School:
Dartmouth

2024 • Graduate Student

• Saw action in 12 games for the Minutemen
• Accumulated 38 tackles (eight solo, 30 assisted) and two tackles for loss

Before Massachusetts

• Spent three seasons at Dartmouth, posting 165 tackles (68 solo, 97 assisted), 4.5 tackles for loss for 10 yards, one sack, an interception and five pass deflections
• Tallied a career-high 16 tackles, including nine solo takedowns, at Yale (10/8/22)
• Had a TFL for a career-best five yards at Penn (9/30/23)
• Recorded first collegiate interception for seven yards at Colgate (10/14/23)
• Member of the 2023 Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League First Team (LB)
• Team captain in 2023
• Earned Academic All-Ivy League honors (2022)
• Tabbed CSC Academic All-District I honors (2022)
• Named to the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team (2022)
• Shared the team’s Charles (Stubbie) Pearson ‘42 Award (2022)
• Four-year varsity letterwinner in football and basketball at Upper Dauphin High School
• Broke school’s career records for rushing touchdowns, total yards and completion percentage
• Garnered the Tri-Valley League MVP honor
• Awarded All-State honors
• Led team to a 12-1 record and to both the league and district championships
• Totaled 56 tackles with six TFLs, two sacks and an interception as a junior
• Hit 1,000-point mark on the basketball court