2024 Football Roster
Mayers, Justin
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.

Jersey Number 66
Justin Mayers
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 320
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Reedy
- Prev School:
- UTEP
Bio
AT COLORADO
2024 (Gr.)
2024 (Gr.)
- In his one season at Colorado he played in 11 games and started seven during 2024.
- Started six games at left guard and one game at right guard.
- Played the fifth most snaps on the offensive line with 484.
- In 366 pass blocking snaps he allowed two sacks, five hurries, and seven pressures.
- Played in the 2025 Hula Bowl College All-Star Game.
- 247 Sports lists him as a four-star prospect with a transfer ranking of .8800 as the No. 144 ranked player overall and the No. 6 ranked interior offensive lineman in the transfer portal (as of December 20, 2023).
- He comes to Colorado as a graduate transfer with one year to play one.
- Played in 35 career games through five seasons at UTEP, starting every game of the last two seasons at left guard.
- Started all 12 games at left guard in 2023.
- Had six games with a pass-blocking grade above 80 in 2023 according to PFF.
- Only allowed one sack in 402 passing attempts.
- Started all 12 games at left guard in 2022.
- Efforts helped the Miners compile 159.4 rushing yards per game (fifth C-USA/61st nationally).
- Miners gained a season-high 335 yards against FIU, the most at the school since 2016.
- UTEP has eclipsed 350 yards of total offense in six contests, including two efforts of 500+ yards.
- Helped UTEP allow only 4.64 tackles for loss per game (fourth C-USA/34th nationally).
- Aided the Miners to dominate time of possession per game, with the 33:34 average leading C-USA and rating ninth in the country.
- Named All-Conference USA Honorable Mention in 2022.
- Played in a reserve offensive lineman capacity in 2021, seeing action in five games.
- Saw action in six games for the Miners on the offensive line in 2020.
- Made his first career appearance in UTEP's season-opening win over Stephen F. Austin.
- Helped pave the way for a rushing attack that scored 16 touchdowns and surpassed 1,000 yards on the season.
- Paved the way for a rushing offense averaging 138.9 yards per game.
- Redshirted the 2019 season, did not see action.
- Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 247 Sports ranked him as the No. 219 defensive tackle and the No. 462 player from Texas.
- The 247 Sports Composite listed him as the No. 3,652 player in the country, the No. 235 defensive tackle, and the No. 516 player from Texas.
- The On3 Consensus had him as the No. 2,916 player in the country, the No. 242 defensive lineman, and the No. 453 player from Texas.
- Played two seasons of varsity football at Reedy High School for head coach Chad Cole.
- Efforts helped the Lions to a 13-1 overall mark, including an undefeated (8-0) district record in 2018.
- Named first-team all-conference as well as honorable mention all-state.
- Named First-Team All-District and earned Reedy High School Offensive Lineman of the Year.
- Paved the way for Reedy rushers to gain 3,139 yards and score 46 touchdowns as a team (224.2 ypg).
- The Lions threw for 2,703 yards and 24 scores.
- The Lions rushed for more than 200 yards on six occasions and ran for a season-high 308 yards in a victory over Midlothian.
- As a junior, Reedy rushed for 2,101 yards and 31 touchdowns.
- Also played basketball and Track and Field.
- Born on December 12 in Woodland Hills Calif.
- Son of Andre and Mylene Mayers and has one sister named Kaitlyn.
- Can play five instruments including three different types of saxophone (Alto, Baritone, and Tenor).
- Volunteered with youth services including mentoring, clothing drives, feeding the homeless, helping battered women shelters, and providing winter coats.
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