Devante Mays with the Green Bay Packers, 2017
With the Green Bay Packers, 2017. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Utah State, to 2016

Devante Mays

Number
No. 32
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Livingston, TX
Born
May 26, 1994, in Livingston, Texas

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Devante Mays played running back at Utah State (to 2016). The Green Bay Packers took Mays in round 7, No. 238 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
966
Rushing yards, 2015 (Utah State, 6–⁠7)
Best game
208 yards
Vs. Weber State, week 1, 2016: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 238
Round 7, 2017 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Career highs

208rushing yards, best game on filevs. Weber State, 20163rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. Weber State, 2016

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015Utah State1659665.9961
2016Utah State372597.0366
On file (2015–⁠16)2021,2256.11266

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2015Utah State32RB
2016Utah State32RB5′11″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2015Utah State1670.1664th (n=268)0.1227.119%0.21
2016Utah State380.37––13.911%–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Utah State 5 games, 259 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.Weber StateW 45–⁠618208366––
Sep 10atUSCL 7–⁠458240718
Sep 24vs.Air ForceL 20–⁠271202––
Oct 28vs.San Diego StateL 13–⁠40819010––
Nov 5atWyomingL 28–⁠522607––
2015 Utah State 13 games, 966 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Southern UtahW 12–⁠945103919
Sep 11atUtahL 14–⁠24634010––
Sep 19atWashingtonL 17–⁠31622020––
Oct 3vs.Colorado StateW 33–⁠181060030––
Oct 10atFresno StateW 56–⁠14992341––
Oct 16vs.Boise StateW 52–⁠261163148––
Oct 23atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠481588126––
Oct 30vs.WyomingW 58–⁠2722176228––
Nov 7atNew MexicoL 13–⁠14172908––
Nov 14atAir ForceL 28–⁠351240014––
Nov 21vs.NevadaW 31–⁠2722133235––
Nov 28vs.BYUL 28–⁠511954011––
Dec 22 ✦vs.AkronL 21–⁠2312124061––

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height5′10⅜″
Weight230 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size8⅝″
40-yard dash4.52 s
10-yard split1.62 sW
Vertical jump40½″
Broad jump10′9″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.43 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2017Green Bay Packers241030

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

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