Player Dossier

2022-2022

Southern Miss

Richard Mays Jr.

WR • 6'2" • 212 lbs • Ridgeland, MS, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Richard Mays Jr. reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

29

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

22

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8081

Ridgeland · Ridgeland, MS

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Richard Mays Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Richard Mays Jr. reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
46
Receptions
1

Quick Answers

Richard Mays Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · WR
Career Receiving Yards
46
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 1 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Northwestern State
Recruit profile
3-star · Ridgeland · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Ridgeland · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Freshman
2022 Receiving yards rank
46 receiving yards · WR 765th (top 73%) · Sun Belt 149th (top 66%) · National 1,303rd (top 62%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1146079.7

Related Context

Richard Mays Jr. played WR for Southern Miss. Across 1 tracked season, Richard Mays Jr. recorded 46 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 46 primary output with 100 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 100 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

1

Receiving Yards / G

46

Efficiency

100

Usage

5.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern State

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All Games46 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northwestern State

Result
Sat 9/17vs Northwestern StateW 64-101464646046

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Southern Miss

    2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss461005.6

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northwestern State

Week 3 · W 64-10

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46

Receiving Yards

72.9 takeover

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

46 primary output · 100 efficiency · 5.6 usage

79.7

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games