{{Short description|American football player (born 1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college football player |name=Brandon Maye |school= |currentnumber= 20, 9 |currentposition=Linebacker |class= |major= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1989|03|28}} |birth_place=Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |heightft=6 |heightin=2 |weight_lbs=235 |highlights= *2008 Freshman All-American (''FWAA'', ''CFN'') |highschool=Davidson (Mobile, Alabama) |pastschools= *Clemson Tigers (2007–2010) *Mississippi State Bulldogs (2011) |bowlgames= |espn= |si= |yahoo= }}
'''Brandon Maye''' (born March 28, 1989) is an American former football linebacker. Who played at Clemson University. He also attended Mississippi State University after graduating from Clemson.
==High school career== A native of Mobile, Alabama, Maye attended Davidson High School, where he had 120 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, five sacks, two interceptions, and five recovered fumbles as a senior. He was a first-team all-region pick and was selected to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game.
Considered a three-star recruit by ''Rivals.com'', Maye was ranked No. 29 among the top prospects from Alabama.<ref>{{cite web | title=Rivals.com Alabama Top 30 2007 | url=http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1586 | work=Rivals.com | date=February 26, 2007 }}</ref> However, he was overlooked by both Alabama and Auburn.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clemson linebacker has state ties |url=http://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/sports/1218446104271720.xml&coll=1 |work=Huntsville Times |date=August 11, 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Maye eventually chose Clemson over Memphis, South Carolina, and Southern Miss.
==College career== After redshirting in 2007, Maye started twelve games for the Tigers in 2008, and recorded 87 tackles, the most by a Clemson freshman since Anthony Simmons had 150 in 1995. With his tackle total he also led all Atlantic Coast Conference freshmen in 2008. Maye also registered five tackles for loss, two sacks and nine quarterback pressures.
Maye subsequently earned All-Freshman honors, as he was named to ''FWAA′s'' Freshman All-America team<ref name="FWAA">{{cite web | title=AON Insurance/FWAA Freshman All-America Team | url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2008/allamerica090108.html | work=FWAA | date=January 8, 2009 }}</ref> and ''College Football News′'' All-Freshman second team.<ref name="CFN">{{cite web | last=Cirminiello | first=Richard | title=2008 CFN All-Freshman Second & HM Teams | url=http://cfn.scout.com/2/820618.html | date=December 11, 2008 | work=College Football News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215073828/http://cfn.scout.com/2/820618.html | archive-date=2008-12-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
After finishing his sociology degree at Clemson, Maye transferred to Mississippi State to play his final season, while enrolling in MSU's sports administration graduate program.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=6245525 |title=Brandon Maye transferring to Mississippi State Bulldogs from Clemson Tigers |work=ESPN.com |date=March 21, 2011 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90891&SPID=10997&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=205181626&Q_SEASON=2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090422133759/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/maye_brandon01.html Clemson Tigers bio]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maye, Brandon}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from Mobile, Alabama Category:American football linebackers Category:Clemson Tigers football players Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football players