ThreeSportStar80;2523522 said:
The kid from USC is the guy I want... Kevin Ellison!
Nah, the other kid from USC.
Taylor Mays.
He's a JR, but he may come out and he's way better.
Bigger at 6'3, 230lbs and faster at 4.42 in the 40.
Here's notes on him from NFLdraftscout.com...
12/17/08 - 2008 AP ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM: Taylor Mays, junior, 6-3, 230, Southern California, has been selected AP All-American First Team for the 2008 college football season as voted on by The Associated Press. - Southern California football
12/12/08 - Unlike most underclassmen who pretend to focus only on college, Mays admitted he frequently imagines playing in the NFL next season. "Yeah, I think about that," Mays said. "It might get to me but I need to stay focused. If I let it get to my head, it could mess me up and be a negative. But I'm a positive person." He even talks about the chance he played his last game at the Coliseum two weeks ago against Notre Dame. "If that was my last game, it was special," he said. But maybe Mays is only guilty of being a realist. He is 6-foot-3 and 235 pounds and for the past two years, ran the fastest time at USC when timed in the 40-yard dash. He is expected to blow NFL teams away with his physical skills when he chooses to perform tests for them. About the only negative on Mays is he might scare teams because of his freakish combination of size and athleticism. "Guys will be concerned about his size and if he can make plays at that size," Carroll said. "I think the average safety is 210 pounds. Will he be able to tackle a fast, nifty receiver or running back?" The less-discussed knock on Mays is that he did not make a lot of plays at USC, but that was often attributed to his role in Carroll's defense, which required him to play more like a center fielder and prevent deep passes. "How many times have teams gone deep on us?" Carroll said. "He's done exactly what we wanted. There's a lot that goes on in his position that you don't see that he deserves credit for. "If you think about the last two seasons or the last three seasons, how many times somebody's taken the ball, thrown it over our heads down the middle of the field, you can't remember because it hasn't happened." - Scott Wolf, The Daily Breeze
12/12/08 - 2008 WALTER CAMP FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DB Taylor Mays, USC Jr., has been selected First Team Walter Camp All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation for the 2008 college football season. - Walter Camp Football Foundation
12/09/08 - 2008 ALL-PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: DB Taylor Mays, Jr., USC, has been selected All-Pacific 10 Conference football First Team for the 2008 college football season as voted on by the league head coaches. - USC football
12/08/08 - The USC Trojans have become accustomed to losing plenty of underclassmen to the NFL draft year in and year out, although this year may not feature as many juniors ready for the next level. One of those juniors sending shockwaves throughout NFL draft-boards is junior free safety Taylor Mays, who will apply for an early evaluation from the NFL. The junior defensive back said he will follow the advice of USC head coach Pete Carroll, whether he is informed to stay for a senior year or dart for the NFL draft. Carroll will sit down and talk with Taylor’s father, Stafford Mays this week to discuss what ultimately might be best for his son. “I’ve planned to meet with his (Taylor Mays) dad,” said Carroll of Mays’ pro possibilities. “We’re old friends, and we’ll make sure we talk through everything. We’ll get more information on all of our guys. “I told all of ours guys that are considering the thought of it (the NFL) at all to go ahead and apply to the NFL for their evaluations and use that as information.” This process might seem out of the ordinary to many USC fans, although proven by example, Carroll believes that the information retained from the NFL is nothing but helpful. Last year Carroll informed linebackers Rey Maualuga and Brian Cushing to return for their senior season to improve their stock, a decision that will most likely pay big dividends for the seniors. One player declaring early last year, Chilo Rachal, failed to receive an early evaluation from the NFL, something Carroll still harped on. “I was disappointed last year that Chilo (Rachal) didn’t do that,” commented Carroll on the current San Francisco 49er. “We talked about it and he decided not to, and opted out of it.” - Brian Matthews, WeAreSC
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I think he's coming out and we have to go get him if so because he will be gone early.
