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University of Minnesota Athletics
Maye Headed Home To Senior Bowl
1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
Maye Leaves Legacy At Minnesota l Murray Accepts Senior Bowl Bid
KJ Maye has accepted an invitation to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl. The game will take place on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., at 1:30 p.m. CT. It will air live on NFL Network.
Maye, who is from Mobile, Ala., will join teammate Eric Murray at the Senior Bowl. Their participation will mark the third straight year that Minnesota will be represented in the premier event, as they follow David Cobb of the Tennessee Titans who participated last season and Ra'Shede Hageman of the Atlanta Falcons who was at the Senior Bowl in 2014.
Murray is Minnesota's 38th Senior Bowl selection overall, while Maye is its 39th. This year's game marks the first time since 2001 that the Gophers will have more than one player at the Senior Bowl. That year they were represented by Ben Hamilton, Karon Riley and John Schlecht.
Maye caught 73 passes last year, which were the most ever by a senior at Minnesota and the second most all-time in a season behind Eric Decker's 84 receptions in 2008.
Maye notched 939 all-purpose yards in his final year. His 773 receiving yards were the most for a Gopher since Decker had 1,074 in 2008. In addition to his 773 receiving yards, Maye added 46 rushing yards, 30 punt return yards and 90 kick return yards to get to 939.
He also caught five touchdowns, rushed for one and caught two successful two-point conversion attempts. In total, he found the end zone eight times.
