Defensive line, Minnesota, 2018–⁠21

Boye Mafe

Number: No. 34
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 265 lb
Class (2021): Junior
Hometown: Golden Valley, MN
Born: Nov 30, 1998, in Golden Valley, Minnesota

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Boye Mafe played defensive line at Minnesota (2018–⁠21). The Seattle Seahawks took Mafe in round 2, No. 40 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 34; Tackles, 2021 (Minnesota, 9–⁠4)
Drafted: No. 40; Round 2, 2022 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

2sacks, career highthree times; last vs. Bowling Green, 2021

Honors

2021Second-team All-Big Ten

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠611–⁠2AP 103–⁠49–⁠4

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2018	Minnesota	12	7	0.5	0.5	1	1
2019	Minnesota	14	8	3.5	3	0	1
2020	Minnesota	27	18	5.5	4.5	2	1
2021	Minnesota	34	26	10	7	0	3
Career		87	59	19.5	15	3	6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Minnesota	34	DL	Yr 1
2019	Minnesota	34	DL	Yr 2
2020	Minnesota	34	DL	Yr 3
2021	Minnesota	34	DL	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′4″	265

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Minnesota 12 games, 34 tackles, 7 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 2	vs.Ohio State	L 31–⁠45	3	3	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Miami (OH)	W 31–⁠26	4	2	0	0
Sep 18	atColorado	W 30–⁠0	2	2	2	2
Sep 25	vs.Bowling Green	L 10–⁠14	3	2	2	2
Oct 2	atPurdue	W 20–⁠13	5	3	2	1
Oct 16	vs.Nebraska	W 30–⁠23	1	1	1	0
Oct 30	atNorthwestern	W 41–⁠14	2	2	1	1
Nov 6	vs.Illinois	L 6–⁠14	4	4	1	0
Nov 13	atIowa	L 22–⁠27	1	1	0	0
Nov 20	atIndiana	W 35–⁠14	3	2	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Wisconsin	W 23–⁠13	2	0	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.West Virginia	W 18–⁠6	4	4	1	1

2020 Minnesota 6 games, 27 tackles, 4.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Oct 24	vs.Michigan	L 24–⁠49	2	1	1	1	0
Oct 30	atMaryland	L 44–⁠45	4	2	0.5	0.5	1
Nov 7	atIllinois	W 41–⁠14	6	4	2	2	0
Nov 13	vs.Iowa	L 7–⁠35	4	2	0	0	1
Dec 12	atNebraska	W 24–⁠17	4	2	1	1	0
Dec 19	atWisconsin	L 17–⁠20	7	7	1	0	0

2019 Minnesota 7 games, 14 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 14	vs.Georgia Southern	W 35–⁠32	3	2	1.5	1
Sep 28	atPurdue	W 38–⁠31	1	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Nebraska	W 34–⁠7	3	2	0	0
Oct 19	atRutgers	W 42–⁠7	4	1	0	0
Nov 16	atIowa	L 19–⁠23	1	1	1	1
Nov 23	atNorthwestern	W 38–⁠22	1	1	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Auburn	W 31–⁠24	1	1	1	1

2018 Minnesota 6 games, 12 tackles, 0.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 30	vs.New Mexico State	W 48–⁠10	0	0	0	0	1
Sep 15	vs.Miami (OH)	W 26–⁠3	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 3	atIllinois	L 31–⁠55	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Purdue	W 41–⁠10	4	2	0.5	0.5	0
Nov 24	atWisconsin	W 37–⁠15	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Georgia Tech	W 34–⁠10	6	4	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (National team, won 20–⁠10).

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′3¾″
Weight	261 lb
Arm length	32⅝″
Hand size	9⅞″
Wingspan		80¾″^W
40-yard dash	4.53 s
10-yard split		1.59 s
Vertical jump	38″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press		21 reps^W
3-cone drill		7.24 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.46 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 66 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2022	Seattle Seahawks	15	35	3
2023	Seattle Seahawks	16	49	9
2024	Seattle Seahawks	14	37	6
2025	Seattle Seahawks	16	31	2
2026 (so far)	Cincinnati Bengals	5	9	3
NFL career		66	161	23

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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