#44

Deshon Mayes

Linebacker for Colorado State. 2016: 20 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

LB · Colorado State · #44

6′2″ · Arvada, CO

Colorado State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 234 nationally · Joined Colorado State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Colorado State. 2016: 20 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Colorado State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Colorado State, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Colorado State2-star out of Glendale C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#234 national

CFB

College

Colorado State

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#1319 / 2668 · 46th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1796 / 2668 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Tackles#1911 / 2668 · 27th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 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

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Colorado State	20	12	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		20	12	2.0	0.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 63–31

at San Diego State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 32-point win on the road against San Diego State.

With D. Clark — 6 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 23 rush yds (3 car) · R. Ruiz — 2 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 7-44@ Colorado	4	3	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 2	W 23-14vs UTSA	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 47-21vs Northern Colorado	1	1	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 17-38vs Wyoming	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 31-24vs Utah State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 42-23@ UNLV	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 37-0vs Fresno State	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 46-49@ Air Force	2	2	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 49-31vs New Mexico	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 63-31@ San Diego State	2	1	0.0	—
Total		20	12	2.0	—

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