Marcus Maye

Marcus Maye
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Maye in the 2017 NFL season.
No. 26 – New York Jets
Position: Free safety
Personal information
Born: (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993
Melbourne, Florida
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 211 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school: Melbourne (FL) Holy Trinity
College: Florida
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 3, 2018
Total tackles: 79
Sacks: 0.0
Forced fumbles: 1
Pass deflections: 2
Interceptions: 2
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Marcus Maye (born March 9, 1993) is an American football free safety for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Florida.[1] Maye is a native of Melbourne, Florida.[2] Maye has been praised for his versatility[3][4] and was selected first-team All-American by USA Today.[5]

College career

After playing high school football at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Maye played college ball at the University of Florida. He redshirted in 2012.[6] As a freshman in 2013, he played in 8 games, making 16 tackles and an interception. As a sophomore in 2014, he played 11 games with 62 tackles, 5 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, and an interception. As a junior in 2015, Maye played 12 games with 77 tackles, 4 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 interceptions. As a senior in 2016, he played 9 games with 50 tackles, a sack, and an interception.

Professional career

Maye received an invitation to the NFL Combine, but opted to not perform drills and wait until his pro day. At Florida's Pro Day, he chose to perform all of the combine drills except the bench press and completed positional drills for team representatives and scouts. NFL draft experts and analysts projected him to be a second round draft pick. He was ranked as the fourth best free safety in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com, was ranked the seventh best safety by ESPN, and the eighth best safety by Sports Illustrated.[7][8]

External video
Marcus Maye's NFL combine workout
Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 0 in
(1.83 m)		 207 lb
(94 kg)		 32 1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		 9 1⁄8 in
(0.23 m)		 4.47 s 1.57 s 2.71 s 4.18 s 7.07 s 33 1⁄2 in
(0.85 m)		 9 ft 10 in
(3.00 m)		 33 reps
All values from Florida State's Pro Day[9][10]

The New York Jets selected Maye in the second round (39th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the second safety selected by the Jets after they selected LSU's Jamal Adams sixth overall.[11][12][13]

External video
Jets select Marcus Maye 39th overall
Marcus Maye's NFL Draft Profile

2017

On May 23, 2017, the New York Jets signed Maye to a four-year, $6.55 million contract with $3.66 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.90 million.[14][15]

He entered training camp competing against Jamal Adams and Calvin Pryor to be one of the starting safeties.[16] Head coach Todd Bowles named Maye the starting free safety to begin the regular season, alongside strong safety Jamal Adams.[17]

He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the New York Jets' season-opener at the Buffalo Bills and recorded seven combined tackles during a 21–12 loss. In Week 5, Maye recorded four combined tackles, deflected a pass, and made his first career interception off a pass by quarterback Kevin Hogan in the Jets' 17–14 victory at the Cleveland Browns. On October 22, 2017, he collected a season-high seven combined tackles, broke up a pass, and intercepted a pass attempt by Jay Cutler in the Jets' 31–28 loss at the Miami Dolphins. In Week 15, Maye made a season-high tying seven combined tackles during a 31–19 loss at the New Orleans Saints.[18] Maye finished his rookie season in 2017 with 79 combined tackles (57 solo), two pass deflections, and two interceptions in 16 starts.[19]

2018

During Week 5 against the Denver Broncos, Maye intercepted Case Keenum and returned it 103 yards, although it was a yard shy of scoring a touchdown. Time expired anyhow and the Jets won 34-16.

References

  1. ↑ "University of Florida Sports - FLORIDA TODAY - floridatoday.com". FLORIDA TODAY.
  2. ↑ "Marcus Maye verbally committed to UF after campus visit". Gainesville.com.
  3. ↑ Orlando Sentinel (19 November 2015). "UF free safety Marcus Maye may be Gators' most versatile playmaker". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  4. ↑ Nick de la Torre. "Marcus Maye puts Florida Gators before himself". GatorCountry.com.
  5. ↑ "USA TODAY Sports All-America college football teams". USA TODAY. 8 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Marcus Maye". floridagators.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ Chris Burke (April 25, 2017). "2017 NFL Draft Rankings: Top Prospects by Position". si.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  8. ↑ Jeff Legwold (April 22, 2017). "Ranking the 2017 Draft's Top 100 Prospects". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ "NFL Draft Profile: Marcus Maye". NFL.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Marcus Maye, DS #4 FS, Florida State". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Jets Take Another S, Marcus Maye, in Rd. 2". NewYorkJets.com. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ Mehta, Manish. "Jets picking safeties in first two rounds of NFL Draft makes no sense". NY Daily News. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ "5 Things to Know About Marcus Maye". New York Jets. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  14. ↑ Lange, Randy (May 23, 2017). "Jets Sign Marcus Maye, Dylan Donahue". NewYorkJets.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Spotrac.com: Marcus Maye contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  16. ↑ Barbato, Matt (May 7, 2017). "Jets' Todd Bowles says Calvin Pryor better not be afraid of competition". all22.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Jets Opening Day Depth Chart". ganggreennation. September 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  18. ↑ "NFL Player stats: Marcus Maye (2017)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  19. ↑ "NFL Player stats: Marcus Maye (career)". NFL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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