Usage / Role
49%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015Northern Illinois
Boomer Mays
LB • 6'0" • Lawrence, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Boomer Mays shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Boomer Mays built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a linebacker from Lawrence, KS wearing No. 45, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Boomer Mays' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Boomer Mays, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Boomer Mays shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Boomer Mays quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Eudora · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Eudora · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Boomer Mays is listed as a LB for Northern Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
20 vs Toledo
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11/21 | @ Toledo | W 35-17 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Boomer Mays story
Boomer Mays built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a linebacker from Lawrence, KS wearing No. 45, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Boomer Mays' career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Boomer Mays' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Toledo
Week 13 · W 35-17 · 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
@ Toledo
Week 10 · W 32-27 · 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
@ Florida State
Week 1 · L 10-31 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2015 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Postseason · Northern Illinois
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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