DJ May

Linebacker for Wyoming. 2016: 57 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Wyoming · #7

5′11″ · Federal Way, WA

Wyoming 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 1946 nationally · Signed with Wyoming

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Wyoming. 2016: 57 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Wyoming in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Wyoming, 57 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Wyoming2-star out of Federal Way

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#1946 national

CFB

College

Wyoming

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Craig Bohl

Wyoming

Played his entire career under Craig Bohl.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Craig Bohl — 14-24 over that span.

2014Wyoming4-8HC: Craig Bohl · Run-leaning

2015Wyoming2-10HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2016Wyoming8-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Forced fumbles#13 / 736 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#244 / 2668 · 90th pct

8.5

Tackles#526 / 2668 · 80th pct

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#625 / 2668 · 76th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.8	0.9	0.2	0.2
Road6g	5.5	0.7	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.8	0.9	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.7	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Wyoming	57	32	8.5	2.0	3	--	1
2015	Wyoming	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Wyoming	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		57	32	8.5	2.0	3	--	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 30–28

vs Boise State

6 TOT · 4 SOLO

Edged out Boise State at home in a shootout.

With J. Allen — 274 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.5 · 53 rush yds (11 car) · E. Wood — 46 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week