MARCUS SPEARS & AIYSHA SMITH | 13 YEARS

Marcus Spears is a college and professional football player on the defensive end in the National Football League. He played college football for Louisiana State University and was first drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2005. He is also credited for playing for the Baltimore Ravens. His wife, Aiysha Smith is also an athlete. She was a professional basketball player who spent the duration of her career with the Washington Mystics of the Women’s National Basketball Association.

In 2008, the couple helped fund a student’s Educational Europe Trip and also did other charity works such as Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Meals on Wheels. Their 18 month old daughter, Macaria, and their second child was born in April. The 25-year-old admits, “I don’t do the same things I used to anymore,” and “my family has become more important to me – my wife and daughter.” Others, including Marcus’s sister, Deirdre Spears, can see that he has grown up.