Box Score SAN MARCOS, Texas –Texas State senior linebacker David Mayo has been named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week for a second time this season and the College Sports Madness National Defensive Player of the Week after recording a career-high 22 tackles and a quarterback sack to lead Texas State to a 22-18 comeback victory at UL Monroe. The win was Texas State's first win in a Sun Belt Conference road game after the Bobcats joined the league in 2013.
 
Mayo's 22 tackles are the third-highest single-game total in league history and he became the first Sun Belt Conference player to record 20 or more tackles in two games during their career. He also had 20 tackles in Texas State's triple-overtime victory at Tulsa. His 22 tackles give him 105 in just seven games this season to mark the first time in his career that he has recorded over 100 tackles.
 
Mayo enters the New Mexico State game this Saturday leading the nation in tackles as he averages 15.0 tackles per game. He also ranks fifth nationally in solo tackles with an average of 7.0 per game.
                                                                                                                                                                                    
He has recorded 10 or more tackles in each of the first seven games this season and the last nine games dating back to 2013. Mayo registered 11 tackles against UL Lafayette, 16 tackles against Idaho, 20 tackles at Tulsa, 11 tackles at Illinois, 15 stops against Navy and 10 stops versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Mayo ended the 2013 season with 16 tackles at Troy and 11 stops versus Western Kentucky.