Who is Taylor Mays - Highlights, 40 time, Stats & Draft Stock

Taylor Mays is a 6 foot 3 inch, 235 pound, 4.4 forty running physical specimen. He is from Seattle, Washington but has played his last 4 years of football at USC for Pete Carroll. Why is Pete Carroll important to this conversation? He is now coaching in Seattle, armed with 2 first round picks. Could Mays be one of them? He very well could be. A year ago, had Taylor Mays opted to enter the 2009 NFL Draft he would have undoubtedly been the 1st safety off the board and probably would have been a top 10 pick. I guarantee Al Davis would have taken a look or two at his forty time before selecting him... but he would have been a pick the Raiders easily could have made.

However, he decided to stay in school and hurt his stock... by some scouts he is seen as a linebacker because of his lack of awareness at the safety position. He plays out of position at times but his speed sometimes makes up for it. A team who drafts him is doing so because of his sheer potential to be the best safety since Ronnie Lott. The comparisons are there to be made with the hall of famer, Taylor Mays knows how to punish a receiver crossing the middle of the field. Much like Ronnie Lott.