Draft Scout Snapshot: 2008: Maybin took over left defensive end duties in the season's third game vs. Syracuse, starting 10 of the team's next 11 games...Selected to the All-American first-team by the Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), CBSSports.com and CollegeFootballNews.com...Named a second-team All-American by The NFL Draft Report and The Sporting News...Chosen NCAA Defensive Player of the Year by the Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C...The Walter Camp honor was announced at the ESPNU/Home Depot College Football Awards Show, where Maybin was one of three finalists for the Bednarik Award, presented to the nation's top defensive player...Was among the six finalists for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award, becoming the third Nittany Lion in four years to be named a finalist for the honor...Became the 93rd player in school history and 76th from the Joe Paterno era to earn first-team All-American accolades...Ranked seventh in the nation, as the All-Big Ten Conference first-team choice led the league with an average of 0.92 quarterbacks sacks per game, totaling 12 sacks for minus-78 yards...Finished third in the conference and tied for eighth nationally with an average of 1.54 tackles for loss per game...Led the Lions with 20.0 stops for losses totaling 94 yards...Ranked sixth on the squad with 49 tackles (30 solo), adding one pressure, three forced fumbles and three pass deflections...Had at least one tackle behind the line of scrimmage in each of the 13 games he played in, including at least one sack in 10 contests...On 43 running plays he was involved in, he held the opposition to minus-35 yards on the ground (minus-0.81 ypc), as he stopped those runners for no gain five times, in addition to his 20 hits behind the line of scrimmage...The opposition completed 3-of-7 passes into his area for 41 yards...Made a pair of solo tackles on the kickoff coverage unit...Delivered 12 third-down stops, including 10 against the run, as he also made two fourth-down tackles...Allowed just three first downs rushing and two more receiving for the season...2007: Playing in every game on defense and special teams, Maybin had 12 tackles, with 4.5 tackles for losses, one forced fumble and one pass breakup. He was fourth on the team with four sacks for minus-32 yards.
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04/08/10 - LB Aaron Maybin, the 11th overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft who struggled through a disappointing rookie campaign, was granted a new lease on his football life when new coach Chan Gailey announced the team was moving to a 3-4 defense. The switch in schemes means Maybin moves from an undersized defensive end to a big outside linebacker. Now Maybin's got to prove he can excel at his new assignment.
"I think the system's perfect for me," Maybin said during a break in offseason conditioning workouts. "I've been telling people for weeks. I couldn't be more excited about this season coming up."
One knock on Maybin coming out of college was that he was a "tweener" -- too small for defensive end, too slow to play outside linebacker. He said he won't have a problem in coverage and shouldn't have to come off the field.
"It's nothing to worry about," he said. "I don't think there are too many guys that are going to be running past me so I'll be all right."
Maybin, who said his weight is in the mid-240s right now, would like to add some more bulk as long as it's good, functional weight. Keeping weight on has been his problem.
"I feel fast enough right now where I can gain another five to 10 pounds and still be as fast as I am right now," he said. "Obviously that's going to be up to our coaches and our strength and conditioning coaches, but before OTAs and mini-camps and everything started up I just wanted to make sure that physically I was at a place where I could do whatever they wanted me to do."
04/01/10 - DE Aaron Maybin, who will be switching from an underweight defensive end to an outside linebacker in Buffalo's new 3-4, said the system is a "perfect fit for me." Maybin, who appeared to weigh around 230 late last season, said his weight is currently at 245 pounds but he would like to add 10 more and keep it on. "I think that if I gain another 10 pounds I think I'll still be around the same speed, around the same explosiveness," the former Penn State star said. "I just feel like whatever weight I feel comfortable with I'll keep on gaining and if I start to feel like it's uncomfortable at all then I'll slow down, but right now I feel fine so I don't think it's anything to worry about."
01/14/10 - DE Aaron Maybin, the 11th overall pick in the draft, averaged just 14 plays per game, finishing with 18 tackles and no sacks. The fear on draft day, that he's too undersized to play end in the NFL, played itself out.
12/10/09 - DE Aaron Maybin, the team's No. 1 draft pick and the 11th overall pick in last April's NFL draft, is on pace to end 2009 as one of the biggest rookie disappointments in club history. Maybin, who registered 12 sacks as a junior for Penn State last fall, continues to average just 10 to 15 plays per game for the Bills. He has been unable to unseat journeymen veterans Chris Kelsay and Ryan Denney on the left side of Buffalo's defensive line opposite Aaron Schobel, earning only backup repetitions. He has been credited with 11 tackles and no sacks but last Thursday's loss to the New York Jets in Toronto was one of his better games with three tackles.
"I'm good," Maybin said when grilled by reporters about his talent and confidence. "I'm good enough to produce in this league."
11/30/09 - LB Aaron Maybin, who has been virtually invisible in his rookie season, was in on two tackles including a stop for a loss on a reverse.
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