Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009USC
Taylor Mays
S • 6'3" • Seattle, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taylor Mays shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: California
Player Story
Taylor Mays built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a safety from Seattle, WA wearing No. 2, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Taylor Mays' career was his defensive production: 5 interceptions...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2010
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 17
- Overall
- No. 49
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Taylor Mays, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · USC. Taylor Mays shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
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Taylor Mays USC Highlights
2009 · USC · Player Highlight
Taylor Mays college highlights at USC.
- Season
- 2009
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Taylor Mays quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2006 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- California
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · O'Dea · USC
- High school pipeline
- O'Dea · 32 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2010 · Round 2 · Pick 17 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2007 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2008 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2009 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
Related Context
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Taylor Mays is listed as a S for USC. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2006 Regular Season
USC paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · USC
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
California
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All Games1 · Games = 1
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
20 vs California
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 10/4 | @ California | W 30-3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Taylor Mays story
Taylor Mays built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a safety from Seattle, WA wearing No. 2, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Taylor Mays' career was his defensive production: 5 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2006 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Taylor Mays' production has multiple signals. With 5 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.
The arc is straightforward: Taylor Mays moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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USC
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 20 | — | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 20 | — | -2 |
| 2008 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2009 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs California
Week 12 · W 23-9 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon
Week 11 · W 35-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 5 · W 28-22 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Stanford
Week 6 · L 23-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 5 · W 30-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2006 Regular Season · USC
3 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2007 Regular Season · USC
51.1
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · USC
51.1
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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