Boye Mafe holds the RDE · Starter spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Boye Mafe played 20 games in 2025 with a 48% snap share.

Boye Mafe is a 6'4", 265-pound defensive end who was selected 40th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft by Seattle. Over four seasons with the Seahawks (2022–25), he appeared in 65 games with 34 starts, recording 161 tackles, 20 sacks, and 14 pass deflections. In 2023, he led Seattle with nine sacks, including a franchise record of seven consecutive games with a sack. Mafe played all 17 regular-season games and three playoff contests in 2025, including Super Bowl LX. He signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an unrestricted free agent in March 2026. A University of Minnesota product, he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2021.

Minnesotathrough 2021

Seahawks2022 – 2025

Bengalspresent

CollegeMinnesotaDraftRound 2 · No. 40 overall · 2022 · SEAAcquiredAcquired from Seattle Seahawks · drafted thereHometownGolden Valley, MN