Demarcus Christmas Explained

Demarcus Christmas
Current Team:	Edmonton Elks
Number:	97
Position:	Defensive end
Birth Date:	4 July 1995
Birth Place:	Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	3
Weight Lb:	302
High School:	Manatee (Bradenton, Florida)
College:	Florida State (2014–2018)
Draftyear:	2019
Draftround:	6
Draftpick:	209
Pastteams:	Seattle Seahawks (–) Pittsburgh Steelers (–) Saskatchewan Roughriders (–) Edmonton Elks (–present)
Status:	Active
Cflstatus:	American
Highlights:	Third-team All-ACC (2018)
Statleague:	NFL
Pfr:	ChriDe01

Demarcus Christmas (born July 4, 1995) is an American professional football defensive end for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Florida State. He has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

College career

After playing at Manatee High School, Christmas played at Florida State, 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-Atlantic Coast Conference after his senior season.^[1]

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

Christmas was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round (209th overall) of the 2019 NFL draft.^[2] He was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list on August 31, 2019.^[3] On September 5, 2020, Christmas was waived by the Seahawks.^[4] He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 17.^[5] He was released on October 6.^[6] He did not make a regular season appearance for the Seahawks.

Pittsburgh Steelers

On November 7, 2020, Christmas was signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad.^[7] On January 14, 2021, Christmas signed a reserve/futures contract with the Steelers.^[8] He was waived/injured on July 1, 2021,^[9] and reverted to team's injured reserve list on July 6.^[10] Christmas did not make a regular season appearance for the Steelers.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On May 11, 2022, Christmas signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).^[11]

On February 13, 2024, he became a free agent.

Edmonton Elks

Christmas was signed to the Edmonton Elks practice roster on July 24, 2024.^[12]

External links

• Florida State Seminoles bio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friedlander . Brett . Six Wolfpack players earn first-team All-ACC football honors . June 2, 2019 . North State Journal. November 26, 2018 .
2. Web site: Boyle, John . April 27, 2019 . Seahawks Select FSU Defensive Tackle Demarcus Christmas With No. 209 Overall Pick In 2019 NFL Draft . Seahawks.com.
3. Web site: Boyle, John . August 31, 2019 . Seahawks Make Roster Moves, Establish 53-Man Roster . Seahawks.com.
4. Web site: Boyle, John . September 5, 2020 . Seahawks Make Roster Moves To Establish Initial 53-Man Roster . Seahawks.com.
5. News: Mathews, Liz . September 17, 2020 . Seahawks cut Lance Lenoir from practice squad, sign Demarcus Christmas . USAToday.com . October 4, 2020.
6. News: Boyle, John . October 7, 2020 . Seahawks Make Roster Moves, Including Signing DT Damon Harrison To Practice Squad . Seahawks.com . October 26, 2020.
7. Web site: Varley, Teresa . November 7, 2020 . Steelers make additional roster moves . Steelers.com.
8. Web site: Varley, Teresa . January 14, 2021 . Steelers sign 13 to Reserve/Future contracts . Steelers.com . January 18, 2021 . January 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116155036/https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers-sign-13-to-reserve-future-contracts . dead .
9. News: Varley, Teresa . July 1, 2021 . Steelers sign Sloman . Steelers.com . July 2, 2021.
10. 1412517719631613952 . AdamHBeasley . DT Demarcus Christmas reverted to IR w the Steelers after going unclaimed on waivers, per transaction report which includes all moves made over the long weekend. (Mac Jones also signed his rookie deal, as reported elsewhere.) . Beasley, Adam . July 6, 2021 . July 7, 2021.
11. Web site: TSN ca Staff . May 11, 2022 . Roughriders add DL Christmas, RB Pope - TSN.ca . May 12, 2022 . TSN . en.
12. Web site: Elks ink DeMarcus Christmas (DL), Josh Hagerty (DB), release two . . July 24, 2024.