In the National Football League, Marquis Hayes represents the Arizona Cardinals as an offensive guard. He is a professional football player from the United States. He stands 1.96 m tall and weighs 147 kg. He was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Pattonville High School, where in his junior year he started playing football.
He made a commitment to play college football for the University of Oklahoma’s Oklahoma Sooners and was regarded as a four-star prospect. His true freshman year at Oklahoma was spent redshirting. As a reserve offensive lineman during his redshirt freshman season, he participated in three games.
He started each of Oklahoma’s 13 games while serving as the Sooners’ starting left guard during his redshirt sophomore season. When the 2020 Sooners’ season was cut short by COVID-19, he switched to right guard and started 11 games. He was torn between returning to Oklahoma for his redshirt senior season and declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft.
Hayes announced his intention to participate in the NFL Draft in 2022 after the season ended. With the 257th overall pick in the 2022 Draft, the Arizona Cardinals selected him in the seventh round. At midnight on August 30, 2022, he was put on injured reserve.
How Much Does Marquis Hayes Make?
Marquis Hayes makes an average annual salary of $934,252 per his contract with the Cardinals.