2025 Football Roster
Roster
Mays, DK

Jersey Number 47
DK Mays
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
- High School:
- Central HS
Bio
High School
- Prepped at Central
- Consensus three-star prospect
- No. 87-ranked defensive lineman nationally (247Sports)
- No. 31-ranked overall player in Louisiana (247Sports)
- As a senior (regular season): 32.0 tackles and 21.5 TFL
- 10 hurries and 8.0 sacks as a senior
- 500+ pound dead lifter
- In 2023, helped school to 9-3 record
- Helped Central to 2023 Division I State Non-Select Quarterfinals
- 2023 LHSCA All-State Second Team
- 2023 All-District 4-5A
- As a junior: 73.0 tackles, 6.0 TFL and six sacks
- Three pass deflections and forced three fumbles as a junior
- Also returned an interception for a touchdown as a junior
- Javelin thrower in track and field
- 117 feet, 7-inch javelin throw as a junior
- First name: Dakavius
- Hobbies: fishing
- Dream job outside of football: entrepreneur
- Something people don’t know: he sucks at golf
- Hidden talent: basketball
- Chose UH because of the relationship he had with the coaches and how great the staff just treated him and my family
- One word to describe him on the field: dominant
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: seafood
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his mother
- Favorite childhood memory: first time riding a bike
- Sports hero: Chris Jones because of where he started and what he has accomplished because of his work ethic
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: winning the state championship in 2024
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Colorado
Friday, September 12
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25