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[[Image:PatsMaysLB.jpg‎ |thumb|300px|Corey Mays (wearing scout team uniform #50) at the 2006 [[Patriots Training Camp]].]]
'''Corey Mays''' is a [[National Football League]] (NFL) linebacker for the [[New England Patriots]]. He was born on November 27, 1983. Mays is "6-1" (tall) and weighs 245 pounds. Attending Morgan Park High School in [[Chicago]], Illinois, he had a 4.2 grade point average.

== College Football ==
Attending [[Notre Dame]] from 2001 through 2005, Mays played in 45 and started 11 games as a special teams ace and linebacker. In his senior season Mays started all 11 games at middle linebacker and made 68 total tackles and 4 sacks.

== NFL Career ==
In 2006 Mays entered the NFL as an undrafted, unrestricted free agent. He was signed by the [[New England Patriots]] on May 8, 2006 to compete for a spot on the team. Due to his solid showing in both training camp and preseason action, Mays beat out several other players (including a 2006 Patriots 6th round draft pick) for a spot at backup linebacker and special teams contributer. He had memorial moment in a training camp drill when he got tussle with the Patriots 2006 first round draft pick [[Laurence Maroney]]... In his rookie season he played in eight regular season games mostly on the Patriots special teams coverage units and made 9 tackles. He also played in all three of the Patriots postseason games and had 2 tackles and a forced fumble.

On March 21, 2007, the Patriots [http://patriots.scout.com/2/628815.html resigned] Mays to a one year contract.

== Related Sites ==

*[http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1109442 NFL Stats]

*[http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=109&p=8&c=1&nid=1714121 Mays News]

=== Source Material ===

*[http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=32035 Patriots Bio]

*[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=91 NFL Players Bio]

*[http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mays_corey00.html College Bio]

*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2006/draft/players/1478.html SI.com Draft Profile]

*[http://www.nd.edu/~observer/02082001/Sports/2.html Obsever Newspaper Article]

*[http://colts.scout.com/2/518207.html Scout.com Interview]
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