Stafford Mays
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Born: | Lawrence, Kansas | March 13, 1958||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Washington | ||||||||
Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1980 / round: 9 / pick: 225 | ||||||||
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Stafford Earl Mays (born March 13, 1958) is a former American football defensive tackle.
Life and career
Mays was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He went to Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. Mays played junior college football at Mount Hood Community College. He later played college football at the University of Washington.
Mays played in the National Football League as a defensive end and defensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Minnesota Vikings between 1980 and 1988. Mays later worked as an executive at Microsoft.[1]
Mays's son, Taylor Mays, was a standout player at O'Dea High School in Seattle and then the University of Southern California. He went on to play safety in both the NFL and CFL.
References
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lawrence, Kansas
- Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington
- American football defensive ends
- American football defensive tackles
- Washington Huskies football players
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Microsoft employees
- Mt. Hood Community College alumni
- National Football League replacement players
- American football defensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs