Boye Mafe

4 seasons as a Seahawk — 2022 2nd-rounder who broke out in year 2 with 9 sacks.

Mafe was the 40th overall pick in 2022 out of Minnesota — a rotational Day 1 piece who exploded in year 2.

2023 was the breakout: 9.0 sacks, 16 QB hits, 9 TFL — All-Pro-caliber pressure numbers, doubling his per-game pressure rate. 2024 was a clean follow-up (6.0 sacks in 14 games, on a 7.3-sack pace).

2025 is a regression year — 2 sacks across 19 games (counting playoffs), with a knee injury costing usage rate. The team kept him on the field but in a smaller pass-rush role.

6 straight games with a sack in 2023 — the longest active SEA streak since the 2014 LOB-era defense.

Mafe recorded a sack in 7 consecutive games (Weeks 3-10, missing only the Week 5 bye) during the 2023 season — one of the longest single-season streaks in Seahawks franchise history.

During the streak: 8 sacks, 13 QB hits, 4 TFL across 8 games. He was on the cover of the SI Pacific Northwest edition by November, and PFF graded him as a top-10 EDGE through Week 10.

Career sacks: 20.0 in 63 games — a 0.32/game career rate, top-25 among 2022-draft defenders.

Across 63 games (regular season + playoffs), Mafe has 20.0 sacks — a 0.32 sacks/game career rate.

For comparison among 2022 draft EDGE/LB peers: Aidan Hutchinson (~0.50/G, when healthy), George Karlaftis (~0.42/G), Jermaine Johnson (~0.30/G), Travon Walker (~0.31/G), Drake Jackson (~0.18/G). Mafe sits in the top-25% of his class as a pure pass-rusher.

He's also one of only 5 second-round-or-later EDGE picks from 2022 to hit 20+ career sacks by the end of year 4.

2023's 9-sack season included a sack-fumble combo in 4 different games — career markers.

In 2023 Mafe didn't just sack the QB — he turned sacks into takeaways. The year line: 9.0 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries, 6 PDs (an unusually high PD count for an EDGE — usually means batted passes at the line).

The 2023 EPA-allowed-when-Mafe-pressures data was elite: when he registered a sack or QB hit, the play averaged -1.4 EPA for the offense, one of the lowest marks among EDGE rushers that season.

From the 2022 EDGE class, Mafe is one of just 4 players with 20+ sacks AND 30+ QB hits through year 4.

Mafe sits in the top-5 of his draft class at EDGE, alongside Hutchinson, Karlaftis, Walker, and Johnson. The Seahawks signed him to a 4 yr / $66M extension before 2025 ($35M guaranteed) to lock him in, even before the 2025 dip.

If 2025 is a knee-related blip and 2026 returns to the 2023-2024 baseline (~7.5 sacks/year), the deal becomes a value contract for an EDGE in his age-26-27 prime.