Taylor
Mays.
Taylor
Mays.
USC· 6'3"· 230 lb· 4.31s 40
Mays' ideal fit is in a quarters or Cover 3 scheme, where his dominant size and speed can be leveraged in downhill run support and short-to-intermediate zone coverage.
Year 1 impact player as a box safety and special teamer, with the ceiling to develop into a Pro Bowl caliber strong safety in a run-heavy defense.
His value diminishes significantly in schemes that primarily utilize single-high safety looks or require extensive man coverage responsibilities, especially against slot receivers.
Mays is a downhill thumper with elite physical traits for a safety, best utilized close to the line of scrimmage in run support or shallow zones rather than in deep coverage.
Selected #49 overall in Round 2 of the 2010 NFL Draft by San Francisco 49ers out of USC.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.31sp50
- Vertical
- 41inp50
- Broad jump
- 125inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- 24repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | USC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | USC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | USC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Taylor Mays played for the San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Oakland Raiders as a safety. He was primarily a special teams contributor and backup defensive back.