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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Minnesota
Boye Mafe
DL • 6'4" • 265 lbs • Golden Valley, MN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Boye Mafe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
94
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Boye Mafe built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Golden Valley, MN wearing No. 34, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Boye Mafe's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 8
- Overall
- No. 40
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
Boye Mafe, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Minnesota. Boye Mafe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 87
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 15
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 3
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Boye Mafe Minnesota Highlights
2021 · Minnesota · Player Highlight
Boye Mafe college highlights at Minnesota.
- Season
- 2021
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Boye Mafe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 87
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Minnesota
- Top game
- Illinois
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 2 · Pick 8 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 127th (top 14%) · Big Ten 121st (top 20%) · National 1,176th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Minnesota | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 6 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Minnesota | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 7 | 13 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 6 | 27 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 70.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Minnesota | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 67.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | 0 | 67.4 |
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Boye Mafe played DL for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Boye Mafe recorded 87 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Minnesota paired 13 primary output with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
40.4
Usage
34.9
Consistency
78.1
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 2. Maryland: 2. Illinois: 4. Iowa: 2. Nebraska: 2. Wisconsin: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Maryland: 4 by 36.7. Illinois: 6 by 65. Iowa: 4 by 36.7. Nebraska: 4 by 36.7. Wisconsin: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
65 vs Illinois
Player Story
Boye Mafe story
Boye Mafe built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Golden Valley, MN wearing No. 34, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Boye Mafe's career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Boye Mafe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Minnesota
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201820192019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Minnesota | 3 | 13.4 | 5.5 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Minnesota | 7.5 | 19.1 | 10.8 | 4.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 7.5 | 19.1 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 13 | 40.4 | 34.9 | 5.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Minnesota | 20 | 28.5 | 12.9 | 7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 20 | 28.5 | 12.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 10 · W 41-14 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 4 · L 10-14
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Colorado
Week 3 · W 30-0
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia Southern
Week 3 · W 35-32
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Purdue
Week 5 · W 20-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Minnesota
13 primary output · 40.4 efficiency · 34.9 usage
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#2
2021 Postseason · Minnesota
67.4
20 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 12.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Minnesota
67.4
20 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 12.9 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
13
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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