Player Dossier

2023-2024

Texas A&M

BJ Mayes

DB • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

BJ Mayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

93%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UAB

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
UAB • Texas A&M
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

BJ Mayes built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Texas A&M and UAB. The clearest part of BJ Mayes' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8248

Heights · Houston, TX

Committed To
Incarnate Word
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

BJ Mayes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UAB. BJ Mayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
68
TFL
1
Passes defended
15

Quick Answers

BJ Mayes quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas A&M · DB
Career Tackles
68
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · UAB
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
3-star · Heights · Incarnate Word
High school pipeline
Heights · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
27 tackles · DB 369th (top 38%) · SEC 193rd (top 27%) · National 1,555th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonUAB124110-10057.6
2024 PostseasonTexas A&M117-0-1044.5
2024 Regular SeasonTexas A&M1120-0-4044.5

Related Context

BJ Mayes played DB for UAB and Texas A&M. Across 2 tracked seasons, BJ Mayes recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UAB.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

UAB paired 13 primary output with 25.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UAB, Texas A&M.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Postseason · Texas A&M

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

18.4

Usage

3.8

Consistency

58.7

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 2. McNeese: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Arkansas: 0. Missouri: 1. Mississippi State: 1. LSU: 2. South Carolina: 0. New Mexico State: 1. Auburn: 1. Texas: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 7 by 49.2. McNeese: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 2 by 18.3. Mississippi State: 4 by 26.7. LSU: 2 by 28.3. South Carolina: 4 by 16.7. New Mexico State: 1 by 14.2. Auburn: 1 by 14.2. Texas: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs USC

Result
Sat 12/28@ USCSplash gameL 31-35750011
Sun 12/1vs TexasL 7-1721001
Sun 11/24@ AuburnL 41-43110010
Sun 11/17vs New Mexico StateW 38-311001
Sat 11/2@ South CarolinaL 20-4444000
Sat 10/26vs LSUSplash gameW 38-23220020
Sat 10/19@ Mississippi StateW 34-2441001
Sat 10/5vs MissouriW 41-1022001
Sat 9/28vs ArkansasW 21-1720000
Sat 9/21vs Bowling GreenW 26-2010000
Sat 9/7vs McNeeseW 52-1010000

Player Story

BJ Mayes story

BJ Mayes built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with Texas A&M and UAB. The clearest part of BJ Mayes' career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 6 interceptions, and 15 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with UAB. 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 BJ Mayes' production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas A&M and UAB.

The arc is straightforward: BJ Mayes 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

    UAB

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas A&M

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonUAB1325.14
2024 PostseasonTexas A&M918.43.8-4
2024 Regular SeasonTexas A&M918.43.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 1 · L 31-35 · Postseason

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Georgia Southern

Week 2 · L 35-49

2

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#3

vs LSU

Week 9 · W 38-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 10 · W 45-42 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#5

@ UTSA

Week 7 · L 20-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

59.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · UAB

13 primary output · 25.1 efficiency · 4 usage

57.6

#2

2024 Postseason · Texas A&M

44.5

9 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Texas A&M

44.5

9 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games