His high school football career consisted of one play on the junior varsity (a 50-yard kickoff return).
As a sophomore in 1988, after going 1-8 the previous season, the team had a 10-0 record and won the National Junior College Athletic Association's Championship.
Mays missed 6 games with a broken collarbone, registering 7 receptions with an average of 37.5 yards per catch (school record).
[1] Mays was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the ninth round (235th overall) of the 1991 NFL draft, because he was timed as the second fastest player behind Raghib Ismail.
[6] On August 20, 1996, he was claimed by the Washington Redskins, reuniting with Norv Turner who was his offensive coordinator with the Cowboys.