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Darren Mays

Darren Mays

Darren Mays

Linebacker
2026 Class
5'11" Height
210 Weight
Van Buren School
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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays is a prospect who’s physical at the point of attack. Mays has a sideline-to-sideline motor and...
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Darren Mays is a 5'11" Linebacker in the 2026 class. Mays attends Van Buren in Arkansas. Mays's Player Profile was created on September 10, 2024. Subscribe to Prep Redzone to see where Darren Mays is ranked and what our scouts have written about them.

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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays
Darren Mays is a prospect who’s physical at the point of attack. Mays has a sideline-to-sideline motor and...
Written by Colton Edwards
Read more at PrepRedzone.com
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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays
Darren Mays is an athletic linebacker with the communication needed to succeed. Friday night, he racked in 12...
Written by Colton Edwards
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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays
Darren Mays is an underrated linebacker in Arkansas. He possesses the technique, communication, gap, and shade assignments that...
Written by Colton Edwards
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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays
Darren Mays is coachable, reliable, and consistent in the second level. He possesses the technique, communication, gap, and...
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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays
Darren Mays does all the little things right: technique, communication, gap, and shade assignments etc. Following that, he...
Written by Colton Edwards
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Darren
Mays LB
Class
2026
Height
5'11"
Weight
210
HS
Van Buren
|
AR
Darren Mays
Darren Mays is another sideline-to-sideline backer with good reaction in the second level. He reads quickly and effectively...
Written by Colton Edwards
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Darren Mays Darren Mays 5'11" | 210 lbs | LB Van Buren | 2026 State AR is a prospect who’s physical at the point of attack. Mays has a sideline-to-sideline motor and stays square, utilizing good hand usage to shed blockers. Add him to your recruiting board.

Season highlights
90 total tackles
1 sack
1INT for pick six
7 tfls
1FF
2 FR
⁦@moehenry1⁩ ⁦@ARPrepSports⁩ ⁦@PrepRedzoneAR⁩ ⁦@RoyThompsonFB⁩ ⁦@FrankEspy⁩ pic.twitter.com/A4EydITAu5

— Darren Mays (@Mays15Darren) November 25, 2025

5 months ago

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Darren Mays Darren Mays 5'11" | 210 lbs | LB Van Buren | 2026 State AR is an athletic linebacker with the communication needed to succeed. Friday night, he racked in 12 tackles (four solo), one tackle for loss and one interceptions (first of career). This brings his season total to 60 tackles (20 solo), two tackles for loss, one sack, and one interception. Mays has a sideline-to-sideline motor and stays square at the point of attack, utilizing good hand usage to shed blockers.

Note – 3.5 GPA

Got my first pick six of my highschool career
Finished the game with 12 tackles 1 TFL
4th game in a row with 10+tackles@PrepRedzoneAR @moehenry1 @pointerfootball pic.twitter.com/rIsTUu2otN

— Darren Mays (@Mays15Darren) October 18, 2025

7 months ago

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Darren Mays Darren Mays 5'11" | 210 lbs | LB Van Buren | 2026 State AR is an underrated linebacker in Arkansas. He possesses the technique, communication, gap, and shade assignments that you want for an off-ball linebacker. Mays has a sideline-to-sideline motor. He stays square at the point of attack, utilizing good hand usage to shed blockers. He possesses solid zone coverage skills and demonstrates awareness of when to switch responsibilities as traffic enters his zone. Add him to your recruiting board.

Note – 3.5 GPA

Thank you @TreyKingDPP for the invite! pic.twitter.com/8DeoQUOXyP

— Darren Mays (@Mays15Darren) May 5, 2025

10 months ago

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Darren Mays Darren Mays 5'11" | 210 lbs | LB Van Buren | 2026 State AR is coachable, reliable, and consistent in the second level. He possesses the technique, communication, gap, and shade assignments that you need for a linebacker. He plays with a sideline-to-sideline motor. Mays stays square at the POA, utilizing good hand usage to shed blockers and engage. He possesses solid zone coverage skills and demonstrates awareness of when to switch responsibilities as traffic enters his zone.

Note – 3.5 GPA

Thank you for the invite @__CoachFee !!! pic.twitter.com/9D6FoaKQOh

— Darren Mays (@Mays15Darren) March 12, 2025

1 year ago

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Darren Mays Darren Mays 5'11" | 210 lbs | LB Van Buren | 2026 State AR does all the little things right: technique, communication, gap, and shade assignments etc. Following that, he plays with a sideline-to-sideline motor. Mays stays square at the point of attack, utilizing good hand usage to shed blockers and engage. He possesses good zone coverage skills and demonstrates awareness of when to switch responsibilities as traffic enters his zone. Consider adding him to your recruiting board.

Note – 3.5 GPA

My season highlights
Played 11 games
80 tackles
2 sacks
5 quarterback pressures
2 FF
1FR
1INT
8TFL
Class of 2026 5’10 185 lbs Linebackerhttps://t.co/7GYSvhXAf0

— Darren Mays (@Mays15Darren) November 23, 2024

1 year ago

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Darren Mays Darren Mays 5'11" | 210 lbs | LB Van Buren | 2026 State AR is another sideline-to-sideline backer with good reaction in the second level. He reads quickly and effectively before flying to the football. Mays earned his first offer from Vermilion on September 7th, 2024.

Offer List: Vermilion

Note – 3.5 GPA

2 years ago

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