In 2008, Mays finished third for the Jim Thorpe Award as college football's best ... having an O'Dea alum on the staff wouldn't hurt in recruiting, as Washington is trying to keep a number of ...

Mays, 36, replaces former UW assistant coach Vinnie Sunseri at the safety position, returning the Seattle-area O'Dea High School ... of the state of Washington's greatest football players back ...

Mays, then a junior five-star safety at O’Dea High School, chose to play for USC instead of staying home to suit up for Washington ... Mekhi Blackmon was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection ...

In keeping with hiring former NFL players to coach safeties at the University of Washington, coach Jedd Fisch is expected to hire O'Dea High School ... Mays earned First Team All-American honors ...

Former three-time All-American safety and NFL veteran Taylor Mays has joined the Washington football ... of the Husky Football program." A graduate of Seattle's O'Dea High School, Mays earned ...