#34

Boye Mafe

Former defensive lineman at Minnesota. 2021: 7 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · Minnesota · Jr. · #34

6′4″ · 265 lb · Golden Valley, MN

CFB Index 31 · #272 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceSeattle — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 8, #40 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1527 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Minnesota. 2021: 7 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the Seattle in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Minnesota, 15 sacks — drafted at #40 overall by Seattle.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of Hopkins

202111 games

All-Big Tensecond

2022

Drafted by Seattleround 2, pick 40

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1527 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #40

Seattle · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 5th NFL season

#40Rd 2 · Pick 8

SeattleEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 30-16 over that span.

2018Minnesota7-6HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-leaning

2019Minnesota11-2HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2020Minnesota3-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #272 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#60 / 2743 · 97th pct

7.0

Tackles for loss#141 / 2743 · 94th pct

10.0

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#764 / 2743 · 71st pct

Tackles#1169 / 2743 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #272 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #272 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Minnesota	34	26	10.0	7.0	--	--	--
2020	Minnesota	27	18	5.5	4.5	2	--	--
2019	Minnesota	14	8	3.5	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Minnesota	12	7	0.5	0.5	1	--	--
Career		87	59	19.5	15.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 23–13

vs Wisconsin

2 TOT · 1 QB HUR

With T. Morgan — 199 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.5 · -11 rush yds (5 car) · M. Irving — 39 rush yds (12 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 31-45vs Ohio State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 31-26vs Miami (OH)	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 30-0@ Colorado	2	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 4	L 10-14vs Bowling Green	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 5	W 20-13@ Purdue	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	W 30-23vs Nebraska	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 41-14@ Northwestern	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 6-14vs Illinois	4	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 22-27@ Iowa	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 35-14@ Indiana	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 23-13vs Wisconsin	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		30	22	9.0	6.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology