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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Northern Illinois
Brandon Mayes
S • 5'11" • Aurora, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Mayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
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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: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois
Player Story
Brandon Mayes built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a safety from Aurora, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Brandon Mayes' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Brandon Mayes, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Brandon Mayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 71
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Brandon Mayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · S
- Career Tackles
- 71
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Western Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Aurora Christian Schools · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Aurora Christian Schools · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · S 51st (top 14%) · Mid-American 33rd (top 7%) · National 310th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 11 | 71 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 62.8 |
Related Context
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Brandon Mayes played S for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Mayes recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 8.5 primary output with 34.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
15
Usage
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Consistency
72.4
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 1. Buffalo: 1. Bowling Green: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
20 vs Bowling Green
Player Story
Brandon Mayes story
Brandon Mayes built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a safety from Aurora, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Brandon Mayes' career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 4 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois. 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 Brandon Mayes' production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon 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
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Northern Illinois
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 15 | — | 3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8.5 | 34.6 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Illinois
Week 4 · L 23-28
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Ball State
Week 5 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 14 · L 14-34 · 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
@ Buffalo
Week 11 · W 41-30 · 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
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
8.5 primary output · 34.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage
62.8
#2
2015 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
40.9
3 primary · 15 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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