Michael Ayers

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-1
Weight:
252
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Elks Grove, Calif. (Laguna Creek),

2015 (Sr.): Played in all 12 games with nine starts at defensive end … ranked fifth on the team with 65 tackles … one of four players with multiple sacks (2) … piled up a season-high 10 stops at Northern Illinois on Oct. 10 … tallied at least five tackles in seven other games … recorded eight tackles and a sack in the season finale against Bowling Green.

2014 (Jr.): Started all 12 games to earn third letter … ranked third for the Cardinals in tackles (65) … tied for team-high honors in tackles for loss (6) … career-high 14 tackles at Army … managed one sack at Massachusetts and one vs. Eastern Michigan … tallied first career fumble recovery at Army and posted a second one at Central Michigan.

2013 (So.): Played in 10 games to earn second letter … made first career start vs. Army … season high eight tackles vs. Army.

2012 (Fr.): Saw his first collegiate action in the season opener vs. Eastern Michigan … tallied one tackle vs. EMU … season high two tackles at Clemson, at Kent State and vs. Central Florida … played in 12 games, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg … earned first letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned two letters for head coach Mark Nill … All-Delta Valley Conference as a senior after earning second-team honors as a junior … totaled 110 tackles as a senior … managed 206 tackles in career.

PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Amy Ayers … one brother and one sister … born March 23, 1993, in Vallejo, Calif … graduated from Ball State in May 2015.

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	pr	kr	ir	total	avg/g
2012	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2013	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2014	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2015	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
TOTAL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	fr	qbh
2011	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2012	12	4	3	7	0.0	0	0
2013	10	5	8	13	0.0	0	0
2014	12	29	36	65	6.0	2	4
2015	12	32	33	65	4.0	0	1
TOTAL	46	70	80	150	10.0	2	5

SACKS	g	ua	a	total	yards
2011	0	0	0	0.0	0
2012	12	0	0	0.0	0
2013	10	0	0	0.0	0
2014	12	2	0	2.0	7
2015	12	2	0	2.0	11
TOTAL	46	4	0	4.0	18

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Tackles: 14 [t-10th], at Army, 10/04/2014 (8-6)
Sacks: 1.0, 4 times
Tackles for loss: 2.0, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/2014 (2-0)
Fumbles recovered: 1 [t-4th], at Army, 10/04/2014 ; at Central Michigan, 10/18/2014 ; at Central Michigan, Oct 18, 2014