[1] He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and still holds the school record for career sacks with 40.5.
In his junior year the Longhorns spent a week ranked #1 and came in 2nd in the Southwest Conference, but because SMU was banned from post-season play, they played in the 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic where they upset Alabama and finished the season ranked #2.
During the 1983 season, the Federals traded the rights to DeAyala to the Gamblers for an undisclosed draft pick.
When the USFL folded, DeAyala went to the Bengals for two seasons where he saw limited playing time.
[6] In 2004, he was inducted into the Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame.