Rueben Mayes
Rueben A. Mayes
Born: June 6, 1963
North Battleford, SK Canada
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 201
College: Washington St.
High School: North Battleford (SK)
Career: 1986-1993
Drafted: 1986 in Round 3, #57 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Rueben Mayes played from 1986 to 1993 during his career with the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks. Mayes ran for 3,484 yards in his career on 866 attempts, scoring 23 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 57 passes for 401 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 286 | 1353 | 4.7 | 50 | 8 |
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 243 | 917 | 3.8 | 38 | 5 |
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 170 | 628 | 3.7 | 21 | 3 |
| 1990 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 138 | 510 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 |
| 1992 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 28 | 74 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 866 | 3484 | 4.0 | 50 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 17 | 96 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 11 | 103 | 9.4 | 25 | 0 |
| 1990 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 121 | 10.1 | 66 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 401 | 7.0 | 66 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 10 | 213 | 21.3 | 34 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 33 | 0 |
| 1990 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 19 | 311 | 16.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 695 | 18.3 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1990 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Totals | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 12 |
| 1987 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 12 | 12 |
| 1988 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 9 |
| 1990 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 8 |
| 1992 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 0 |
Awards
1986 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
Honors
1986 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1987 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
