Taylor Mays is an American football safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League . He played college football at USC. After stepping into the starting role at free safety for the USC Trojans after an injury to teammate Josh Pinkard during his freshman year, Mays missed only 4 of his 52 career games and earned All-American honors and All-Pac 10 honors three times. He ended his junior season as one of the top three finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award given to the nation's best defensive back. Mays was drafted in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the San Francisco... 49ers. Mays was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Stafford Mays, a former defensive lineman in the National Football League, and Laurie Mays , a Nordstrom executive. His younger brother, Parker Mays, attends Seattle Prep. He is African-American and Jewish ; of his bar mitzvah, he said: "I don't think at the time I really understood what it meant. Now, looking back on it, I feel like I have come a long way in regards to maturity and becoming an adult. I think it helped me do that.
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| Birthdate: | February 7, 1988 |
| Birthplace: | Seattle, Washington |
| Age: | 24 |
| Height: | 6' 3" |
| Weight: | 230 lbs. |
| All Positions Played: | Safety |
| Education: | O'Dea High School, The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry |