Texas State Athletics

2014
Named an All-America Fourth-Team selection by Phil Steele … chosen to the All-Texas Team named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year by league coaches and selected media ... also named Defensive Player of the Year by College Sports Madness … chosen a Consensus All-SBC First-Team selection by SBC Coaches and Media, College Sports Madness and Phil Steele … ranked second nationally and led the SBC with 154 total tackles … ranked second nationally with an average of 12.8 tackles per game … his 154 tackles tied a SBC single-season record and were the third-highest single-season total in school history … ranked third in the league and 17th nationally with 6.0 solo tackles per game … was second among Sun Belt leaders with three forced fumbles … also tallied 4.5 tackles for loss of 16 yards and had 1.5 sacks for losses of 11 yards … was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week twice after becoming the only FBS player this season and the first Sun Belt Conference player in league history to record 20 or more tackles in two games … recorded a career-best 22 tackles and a sack in a 22-15 comeback win at UL Monroe … had 20 tackles in Tulsa’s triple overtime 37-34 victory at Tulsa … was named the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Top Performers of the Week on Nov. 3 after recording 17 tackles and four tackles for loss in Texas State’s 37-29 victory at New Mexico State.
 
2013
Played in 10 games ... made nine starts ... named a team captain ... was named All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team by College Sports Madness and Phil Steele ... named Honorable Mention All-SBC by league coaches ... led the SBC and ranking 12th nationally in solo tackles with an average of 6.0 per game ... ranked 13th nationally and fourth among Sun Belt Conference leaders in total tackles with an average of 8.9 per game ... averaged 10.0 tackles in conference only games to rank third among league leaders ... also ranked second among league leaders in interceptions with four ... tallied a career-high 16 tackles against Troy ... his 16 stops were the second-highest total in the SBC and the most by a Texas State player in a single game ... tallied 13 stops at UL Lafayette and 11 each against Western Kentucky and UL Monroe ... earned Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2 after intercepting two passes and logging nine tackles and a sack for a loss of nine yards in Texas State’s season-opening win at Southern Miss ... also intercepted a pass against UL Monroe and Arkansas State ... recorded one quarterback hurry against Wyoming and had 4.5 tackles for loss ... recorded 2.0 tackles for loss of six yards at Troy to lead Texas State ... it also was the most tackles for loss in a single game by a Bobcat last season ... tallied a tackle for a nine-yard loss at Southern Miss and a one-yard loss at UL Lafayette ... assisted on a tackle for a loss of two yards against Western Kentucky.
 
2012
Played and started the first seven games ... ranked among the top seven players with 41 total tackles ... recorded a season-best of 13 tackles against Nevada ... also had eight stops against Stephen F. Austin and New Mexico ... recorded five stops in his first start at Houston ... had a season-high of seven solo tackles against Nevada ... recovered a fumble against Texas Tech ... broke up a pass against Stephen F. Austin.
 
Previous School
Named a two-star recruit by Rivals.com ... named an All-Pacific Conference selection as a freshman ... helped lead Santa Monica to the Pacific Conference championship and a berth into the American Bowl ... recorded 68 tackles, including eight tackles for losses ... also had one sack, broke up two passes and recovered a fumble
 
High School
played in the East-West Shrine game while representing Columbia County after his senior season at Scappoose ... named an All-State Second-Team selection after leading the Tribe with 10.6 tackles per game ... also played running back and ran for 1,116 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior.
 
Personal
Born on Aug. 18, 1993 ... son of Wayne Mayo and Lori Haggans.