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\nFans have yet another reason to believe New York Giants rookie Jaxson Dart and influencer Marissa Ayers are datingThe pair both liked an Instagram post referring to Ayers as Dart\u2019s \u201cgirlfriend\u201d \u2014\u00a0seemingly confirming they approve of the labelDart and Ayers were first reportedly spotted together at a Halloween party earlier this year<\/p>\n
Fans have yet another reason to believe Jaxson Dart<\/a> and Marissa Ayers<\/a> are an item.\n<\/p>\n After weeks of dating rumors<\/a> between the New York Giants rookie quarterback, 22, and the influencer, also 22, the pair seemingly confirmed their romance over the weekend with a sly move on Instagram.\n<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Dec. 17, the sports gambling company Betr shared a post<\/a> to its official Instagram account, which referred to Ayers \u2014 who was a ring girl during Jake Paul\u2019s<\/a> boxing showdown against Anthony Joshua<\/a> \u2014\u00a0as Dart\u2019s \u201cgirlfriend,\u201d and the duo appeared to approve of that label by each liking the post.\n<\/p>\n Neither Dart nor Ayers has publicly commented on the status of their potential pairing.\n<\/p>\n In October, fans of Dart and Ayers first started to speculate about a potential romance when they were reportedly spotted together<\/a> at a Halloween party. Dart further fueled rumors, liking a number of Ayers\u2019 Instagram posts, including a roundup of photos from her Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend<\/a> and her mermaid bikini costume<\/a> in New York City.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n Cooper Neill\/Getty<\/p>\n Ayers seemingly took the next step in their rumored relationship on Dec. 1 when she was spotted hanging out with the NFL star\u2019s mom, Kara Dart<\/a>, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. \u2014\u00a0seen posing together before the Giants faced the New England Patriots.\n<\/p>\n And though she continued to play coy, Ayers appeared to nod to the rumored pairing in a TikTok post on Dec. 14, wearing an oversized Giants T-shirt as she filmed a vlog getting ready for a day out in N.Y.C. Responding to a comment that read, \u201cwait did you move to nyc?\u201d the influencer wrote back, \u201cNo but \u2026. \ud83d\ude0f\u201d seemingly in reference to being in town for Dart.\n<\/p>\n Dart, who was drafted to the Giants earlier this year after his final season at Ole Miss, made his NFL debut in September.\n<\/p>\n He was also caught up in dating rumors with influencer Alix Earle<\/a> earlier in December when what appeared to be a screenshot of Dart sliding into her DMs circulated hours after her split<\/a> from Houston Texans wide receiver Braxton Berrios<\/a> was made public. But Earle quickly shut down the speculation<\/a>, calling the image a \u201cfake photoshopped dm\u201d in a post.\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Marissa Ayers.<\/p>\n Marissa Ayers\/Instagram<\/p>\n Ayers maintains a following of nearly 2 million across her Instagram and TikTok accounts. She originally hails from Georgia and spent her childhood years as a gymnast and then as a cheerleader, graduating from the University of Alabama in 2025 with a degree in communications, per her LinkedIn profile<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n She started to grow her social media following during her college years, sharing her life as a student, and later became a ring card girl for Paul and Nakisa Bidarian’s boxing company, Most Valuable Promotions.\n<\/p>\n