Wake Forest Athletics
2025 Football Roster

Jersey Number 7
Micah Mays Jr.
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 196
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- High School:
- The Benjamin School
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 10 games while making four starts for the Demon Deacons… Finished the season with 18 catches for 302 yards and two touchdowns… Had a career day against Florida State (11/1), catching a season-high five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown… Also added a receiving touchdown in the win over Oregon State (10/11).
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in every game with nine starts during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Finished the season with 16 receptions for 218 yards with two touchdowns, averaging 13.62 yards-per-reception... Recorded a career-high four catches for 48 yards in the win against NC State... Tallied a career-high 55 yards on two catches, including a season-high 41-yard reception, in the victory over Connecticut... Scored his first collegiate touchdown in the win against Stanford, ending the day with three catches for 48 yards... Added a 36-yard receiving touchdown against Miami.
2023 (Freshman)
Saw action in four games during the 2023 season for the Demon Deacons… Tallied 40 total snaps during the season as a slot receiver, wide receiver, punt and kick coverage and punt return… Played in a season-high 20 snaps against Notre Dame.
High School
U.S. Army All-American Game selection … Ranked as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, the No. 163 player nationally and the No. 23 wide receiver in the country … As a senior, caught 27 passes for 503 yards and nine touchdowns in 10 games, helping lead a young The Benjamin School squad to a 5-5 record and an appearance in the first round of Florida’s 1M playoffs … USA Today Florida Network Top 100 player … As a junior, caught 42 passes for 724 yards (17.3 average) and seven touchdowns, helping The Benjamin School go 8-2 and made the second round of Sunshine State’s 3A playoffs … Three-sport athlete in basketball, football and track & field … Captured gold at Florida’s 1A track meet as a junior in both the 400-meter dash and triple jump … Also placed 3rd in the high jump (6’1.5”) at states while anchoring a 4x400 squad that captured a regional title a few weeks prior … Clocked a personal-best 400-meter dash (47.52) and triple jump (45’11.75”) at Florida's 1A meet … As a sophomore, was a state qualifier in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, high jump and triple jump.
Personal
Son of Micah Mays Sr. and Rachelle Mays .... His father played quarterback at Grambling State and was also the head coach at Lake Worth High School and the Athletics Director at Palm Beach Lakes…Born on Feb. 6, 2005.
Appeared in 10 games while making four starts for the Demon Deacons… Finished the season with 18 catches for 302 yards and two touchdowns… Had a career day against Florida State (11/1), catching a season-high five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown… Also added a receiving touchdown in the win over Oregon State (10/11).
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in every game with nine starts during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Finished the season with 16 receptions for 218 yards with two touchdowns, averaging 13.62 yards-per-reception... Recorded a career-high four catches for 48 yards in the win against NC State... Tallied a career-high 55 yards on two catches, including a season-high 41-yard reception, in the victory over Connecticut... Scored his first collegiate touchdown in the win against Stanford, ending the day with three catches for 48 yards... Added a 36-yard receiving touchdown against Miami.
2023 (Freshman)
Saw action in four games during the 2023 season for the Demon Deacons… Tallied 40 total snaps during the season as a slot receiver, wide receiver, punt and kick coverage and punt return… Played in a season-high 20 snaps against Notre Dame.
High School
U.S. Army All-American Game selection … Ranked as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, the No. 163 player nationally and the No. 23 wide receiver in the country … As a senior, caught 27 passes for 503 yards and nine touchdowns in 10 games, helping lead a young The Benjamin School squad to a 5-5 record and an appearance in the first round of Florida’s 1M playoffs … USA Today Florida Network Top 100 player … As a junior, caught 42 passes for 724 yards (17.3 average) and seven touchdowns, helping The Benjamin School go 8-2 and made the second round of Sunshine State’s 3A playoffs … Three-sport athlete in basketball, football and track & field … Captured gold at Florida’s 1A track meet as a junior in both the 400-meter dash and triple jump … Also placed 3rd in the high jump (6’1.5”) at states while anchoring a 4x400 squad that captured a regional title a few weeks prior … Clocked a personal-best 400-meter dash (47.52) and triple jump (45’11.75”) at Florida's 1A meet … As a sophomore, was a state qualifier in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, high jump and triple jump.
Personal
Son of Micah Mays Sr. and Rachelle Mays .... His father played quarterback at Grambling State and was also the head coach at Lake Worth High School and the Athletics Director at Palm Beach Lakes…Born on Feb. 6, 2005.
Steve Forbes - Postgame Presser vs. NC State
Saturday, January 31
Steve Forbes - Postgame Presser at Pitt
Wednesday, January 28
Steve Forbes - Postgame Presser at Duke
Saturday, January 24
Steve Forbes - Postgame Presser vs. SMU
Wednesday, January 21


