Alex Mayes, a 6-foot-4 ½, 286-pound senior-to-be offensive tackle from Van Alstyne, Texas, made his second trip to Minnesota for the Gopher football camp this past Sunday.
Alex Mayes, a 6-foot-4 ½, 286-pound senior-to-be offensive tackle from Van Alstyne, Texas, made his second trip to Minnesota for the Gopher football camp this past Sunday. Mayes previously visited the Twin Cities this March as he attended spring practice. GopherHole.com caught up with Mayes Sunday to learn the latest on his recruitment.
Mayes shined at the Gopher Camp Sunday along with “baby brother” Connor, a 6-foot-4, 338-pound 2014 offensive lineman. Gopher fans are hoping that the duo will join the Olson and McAvoy brothers on the offensive line.
Gopher Hole: Who are you hearing from right now?
Alex Mayes: Minnesota, of course. They are my number one. I have got offers from Colorado, Colorado State, Houston, UConn, Kansas, Kansas State and Texas State.
Gopher Hole: You were up for a visit in March. What was that like?
Alex Mayes: I came up during spring ball and watched spring practice. We checked out the university and got a tour of that. That was great. Fell in love with the place. I’m still in love with it. Every time I come up here. It just renews it. It is an awesome experience.
Gopher Hole: What would it mean to maybe become a Gopher?
Alex Mayes: It would be great. I didn’t really know much, but seeing all the tradition that they have and how Coach Kill is going to turn the program around. I really believe that he can. Talking to some of the players, they are all really buying into it and are all really good guys. It is something that I want to be a part of the next four years.
Gopher Hole: Have you even thought about when you would like to make your decision? Would you make some official visits in the fall?
Alex Mayes: I really want to try to make a decision by August, maybe sooner, maybe later than that, but that is when the deadline is, August, right before two-a-days start and we’ll just see. I am going to take a couple of more visits and iron some things out and see what is the best decision for me.
Gopher Hole: What things are you working on to continue to improve yourself as a player?
Alex Mayes: Really, foot work, explosiveness and some hand stuff. Just get better with my punch and hand placement. Coach Limegrover did some great stuff to help me with that today. He is a great coach and I took a lot of stuff from him.
Gopher Hole: Have you talked to your brother a lot about playing together in college?
Alex Mayes: We have talked about it a lot. Man, it would be a dream to play with Connor. That is what we have been doing since we were little, since he has been playing up with me and even in pee wee. These past few years in high school have been awesome together and continuing on that tradition having that brother thing going on would be great.