DE · Cincinnati Bengals · #53
Boye Mafe
RDE1- College
- Minnesota
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 265 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Sacks
4.5▲ 2.5 vs '25
6th of 118 DL
Pressures
10▼ 7 vs '25
20th of 118 DL
Pressure rate
3.4%▲ 0.4 vs '25
27th of 118 DL
Run stops
6▼ 14 vs '25
93rd of 118 DL
Tackling
14 tkl
6 tfl · 12 stops · 1 ff
Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs TBW | 37 | 64.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ HOUW | 57 | 71.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ PITL | 46 | 74.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs JAXL | 51 | 83.6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ MIAW | 49 | 74.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 7 @ BALW | 53 | 79.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 293 | 74.6 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4.5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 75.0 | 10.3 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Bengals
$60Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $20M
- Guaranteed
- $19M 32%
- 2026 cap hit
- $17M 5.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 293 | 74.6 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 107.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 561 | 50.0 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 105.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 608 | 60.3 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 10.8 | 6.0 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 80.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 808 | 72.0 | 49 | 34 | 9 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 156.3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 424 | 36.6 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 122.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 71 | 2,694 | 56.1 | 166 | 124 | 30 | 7.1 | 24.5 | 42 | 78 | 38 | 122.9 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 |