Boye Mafe: DL · Minnesota · #34.
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Boye Mafe
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Minnesota. The first one came in 2021: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Purdue — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-45vs No. 4 Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-0@ Colorado | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 10-14vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13@ Purdue | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 30-23vs Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-14@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-14vs Illinois | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-27@ No. 19 Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-14@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-13vs No. 18 Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 22 | 9.0 | 6.0 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2021
W 20-13
at Purdue
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%10 TFLSack rate
21%7 sacksHurry rate
9%3 hurries34 tackles · 10 for loss · 7 sacks.
4 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 30-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
30.2%
252 pass / 583 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
278 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #272 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Minnesota, 15 sacks — drafted at #40 overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
Next stop · NFL
Seattle SeahawksEntering 5th NFL season
Seattle SeahawksEntering 5th NFL season
