Fleck on Boye Mafe
Minnesota head football coach P.J. Fleck speaks about one of his former players, Seattle Seahawks edge rusher Boye Mafe, at Big Ten media days in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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00:00Hey man, just how much of a lasting memory is he left on your Minnesota program?
00:03He's a special young man. I mean, the way he developed while he was with our program was
00:08inspiring. Not just as a person, but as a player. He could rush the passer, he could stop the run,
00:14he was a very selfless player. You look back to his year, he rotated. You know, you look back to
00:20his last two years, he was rotating in with Thomas Rush. And I mean, sharing time down the middle.
00:25And we had a great defense. And those guys would play 32, 34 total snaps in a game. I mean,
00:31there were times we were getting under 40 snaps a game on defense. They were never in my office
00:36saying, you know what, I need more reps. Ever. They loved that the team was having success. We
00:41had one of the best defenses in the country. And he could really get after the passer.
00:45And he's doing it right now with the Seahawks.
00:47Last one for me, call back to my Moffat question. Is there a specific memory or kind of one
00:52moment that stands out in your time with him at Minnesota?
00:55I have a lot of memories of Boye. I really do. I think that when there's a picture of my office,
01:02and it's of him and Thomas Rush jumping in the air and clenching like their elbows. And to me,
01:09that's an ultimate selfless photo because that's who had a split time. And in the portal world,
01:14they could end up leaving or transferring or going somewhere else. And they stayed together
01:17to make each other better. And to me, that's just what Boye is all about. That's that teammate
01:23leadership piece that Boye always was. And I have a ton of memories, but on top of my head,
01:28that's the one that I see every day that I walk in my office.