Bengals Sign EDGE Boye Mafe | BENGALS ROSTER UPDATE

Mar 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM

The Bengals today signed unrestricted free agent DE Boye Mafe to a three-year contract through the 2028 season.

Mafe (6-4, 265), a fifth-year player out of the University of Minnesota, originally was a second-round draft pick of Seattle in 2022. He has played in 65 career regular-season games with 34 starts for the Seahawks, recording 161 tackles, 24 TFLs, 20 sacks, 14 PDs, three FFs and two FRs. He also saw action in four postseason games for Seattle and tallied seven tackles.

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) rushes the passer during an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Seattle.

Cooper Neill via AP

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) lines up during the second half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik)

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe warms up before an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Seattle.

AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) runs during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif.

AP Photo/Kyusung Gong

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) and San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams (71) face off in an NFL divisional playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Seattle.

AP Photo/Ben VanHouten

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) lines up during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla.

Paul Abell via AP

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) runs after Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) during an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 in Seattle.

AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe celebrates after the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif.

AP Photo/Steve Luciano

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) celebrates after the NFC Championship NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Seattle.

AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez

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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) celebrates during an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Seattle.

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