Demarcus Christmas (born July 4, 1995) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

for the

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

of the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

(CFL). He played

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Florida State Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...

. He has also been a member of the

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...

and

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

College career

After playing at

Manatee High School Manatee High School is the oldest public high school in Bradenton, Florida, operated by the Manatee County School District. History Bradentown High School would open in 1897 located on what is now 15th Street West and Ballard Park Drive operating ...

, Christmas played at

, where he played in 51 games and started 38. He finished his Seminole career with 105 tackles, including 10.5 for loss with 3.5 sacks, 13 pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick. He was named third-team All-ACC after his senior season.

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

Christmas was drafted by the

in the sixth round (209th overall) of the

2019 NFL Draft The 2019 NFL Draft was the 84th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2019 NFL season. The draft was held on April 25–27 in Nashville, Tennessee. The first round was held on April 2 ...

. He was placed on the reserve/PUP list on August 31, 2019. On September 5, 2020, Christmas was waived by the Seahawks. He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 17. He was released on October 6. He did not make a regular season appearance for the Seahawks.

Pittsburgh Steelers

On November 7, 2020, Christmas was signed to the

practice squad. On January 14, 2021, Christmas signed a reserve/futures contract with the Steelers. He was waived/injured on July 1, 2021, and reverted to team's injured reserve list on July 6. Christmas did not make a regular season appearance for the Steelers.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On May 11, 2022 Christmas signed with the

of the

(CFL).

References

External links

Florida State bio
1995 births Living people American football defensive linemen Florida State Seminoles football players Pittsburgh Steelers players Players of American football from Florida Seattle Seahawks players Sportspeople from Sarasota, Florida {{Defensive-lineman-1990s-stub