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Boye Mafe

Minnesota · Edge Rusher · 2017-21

SACKS
15
TFL
20
TKL
87

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

In the Minnesota record book, Mafe ranks No. 10 in career sacks.

From 2018 to 2021, Mafe recorded 87 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss and 15 sacks.

Mafe was the No. 40 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 6th-highest edge rusher rating at Minnesota since 1990 and No. 119 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2021
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 2022
    • No. 40 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Boye Mafe season-by-season statistics at Minnesota
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2018120.50.51
2019143.530
2020275.54.52
2021341070
Total8719.5153

Seasons with tracked stats at Minnesota. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Minnesota Record Book

  • No. 10 in career sacks

Top-10 entries in the program's career and single-season lists.

Minnesota Teammates

  1. 80Tyler Nubin2019-23S
  2. 77Rashod Bateman2018-20WR
  3. 74Mohamed Ibrahim2017-22RB
  4. 74Koi Perich2024-25S
  5. 72Cody Lindenberg2020-24LB
  6. 70Daniel Jackson2020-25WR
  7. 70Tanner Morgan2017-22QB
  8. 70Justin Walley2021-24CB
  9. 70Benjamin St-Juste2019-20CB
  10. 68Jordan Howden2018-22S

Full Minnesota all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Boye Mafe) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.