#20

Brian Mayes

Former defensive back at Texas A&M. 2024: 4 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

DB · Texas A&M · Sr. · #20

6′1″ · 195 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 79 · #40 of 327 cornersLow confidenceTexas A&M 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1895 nationally · Signed with Incarnate Word

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Texas A&M. 2024: 4 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Incarnate Word in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Texas A&M, 68 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2021

Signed with Incarnate Word3-star out of Heights

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1895 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Elijah Robinson

Texas A&M

2024

Mike Elko

Texas A&M

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Elijah Robinson → Mike Elko. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2024Texas A&M8-5HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #40 of 327?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (96th percentile). Strength: passes defended (90th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#21 / 862 · 96th pct

Passes defended#225 / 2892 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#1261 / 2892 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#1544 / 2892 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

0.0

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road4g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #40 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas A&M	27	17	0.0	5	4	--
2023	UAB	41	31	1.0	10	2	--
Career		68	48	1.0	15	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2024

W 38–23

vs LSU

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 INT

With T. White — 48 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · M. Reed — 70 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 62 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD
Wk 2	W 52-10vs McNeese	1	0	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-20vs Bowling Green	1	0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-17vs Arkansas	2	0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-10vs Missouri	2	2	—	1
Wk 8	W 34-24@ Mississippi State	4	1	—	1
Wk 9	W 38-23vs LSU	2	2	2	0
Wk 10	L 20-44@ South Carolina	4	4	—	0
Wk 12	W 38-3vs New Mexico State	1	1	—	1
Wk 13	L 41-43@ Auburn	1	1	1	0
Wk 14	L 7-17vs Texas	2	1	—	1
Bowl	L 31-35@ USC	7	5	1	1
Total		27	17	4	5

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