# Brandon Maye

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox college football player
|name=Brandon Maye
|school=
|currentnumber= 20, 9
|currentposition=[Linebacker](/source/Linebacker)
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|major=
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1989|03|28}}
|birth_place=[Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama), U.S.
|heightft=6
|heightin=2
|weight_lbs=235
|highlights=
*2008 [Freshman All-American](/source/Freshman_All-American) (''[FWAA](/source/Football_Writers_Association_of_America)'', ''[CFN](/source/College_Football_News)'')
|highschool=[Davidson](/source/Davidson_High_School_(Mobile%2C_Alabama)) ([Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama))
|pastschools=
*[Clemson Tigers](/source/Clemson_Tigers) (2007–2010)
*[Mississippi State Bulldogs](/source/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs) (2011)
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'''Brandon Maye''' (born March 28, 1989) is an American former [football](/source/American_football) [linebacker](/source/linebacker). Who played at [Clemson University](/source/Clemson_University). He also attended [Mississippi State University](/source/Mississippi_State_University) after graduating from [Clemson](/source/Clemson_University).

==High school career==
A native of [Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama), Maye attended [Davidson High School](/source/Davidson_High_School_(Mobile%2C_Alabama)), 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](/source/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](/source/University_of_Alabama) and [Auburn](/source/Auburn_University).<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](/source/University_of_Memphis), [South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina), and [Southern Miss](/source/University_of_Southern_Mississippi).

==College career==
After [redshirting](/source/Redshirt_(college_sports)) in 2007, Maye started twelve games for the [Tigers](/source/Clemson_Tigers_football) in 2008, and recorded 87 tackles, the most by a Clemson freshman since [Anthony Simmons](/source/Anthony_Simmons_(American_football)) had 150 in 1995. With his tackle total he also led all [Atlantic Coast Conference](/source/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]

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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

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