Player Career

Taylor Mays Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    USC

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2006200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonUSC320
2007 Regular SeasonUSC120-2
2008 Regular SeasonUSC0-1
2009 Regular SeasonUSC1201

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