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Scouting Report on O.J. Mayo

by Jerry Meyer - 05/10/2006
A combo guard with the total package, Mayo has a physical and imposing presence on the court that resembles Chauncey Billups. Adept at creating space for his jumper and hit difficult floaters in the mid-range, Mayo is very difficult to defend. Capable of guarding multiple positions, Mayo is also able to ignite the fastbreak with his defensive rebounding.

Jerry Meyer serves as a national scout and recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. He played at Lipscomb University where be became college basketball's all-time career assist leader. Meyer earned Mr. Basketball honors in the state of Tennessee as a high school junior and senior. He has served as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt and also co-authored the book, "Basketball Skills and Drills."

Latest News

Hoops mailbag: Believing in the Bruins10/16/2007 Rivals.com College Basketball

Multiple preseason publications have pegged UCLA to win the national title, but the Bruins are far from a lock to win their conference title. Many of the Pac-10's top players are back, including a handful who are future first-round picks. Will someone emerge from the pack and knock off coach Ben Howland's Bruins? Andrew Skwara answers that question and more in this week's mailbag.

Hoops Mailbag: Big East primed for big year9/25/2007Rivals.com College Basketball
Mayo creating basketball buzz at USC8/30/2007Rivals.com College Basketball
Sleeper prospects: Ones to watch8/27/2007Rivals.com College Basketball
One and done: Who's the best bet?8/6/2007Rivals.com College Basketball
Mailbag: Two favorites in the Big Ten7/8/2007Rivals.com College Basketball
Mailbag: Freshmen have a tough act to follow6/22/2007Rivals.com College Basketball
2007 Student Sports All-American Underclass Team6/7/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Few changes to the final 2007 Rivals1505/22/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Patrick Patterson Makes His choice5/16/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
2007 EA SPORTS Boys Basketball All-Americans4/17/2007Section Sports
2007 EA SPORTS Boys Basketball All-Americans4/17/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
U.S. Impressive at NIKE Hoop Summit4/8/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Top Players Shine at Roundball Classic4/4/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Roundball Practice Report II4/3/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Roundball Practice Report I4/2/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Final 07 FAB 50 Extensive Boys National Ratings3/30/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
McDonald’s Game: East Surprises, West Wins3/29/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
PHOTO GALLERY: McD's All-American Game3/29/2007CatsPause.com
Beasley leads West to victory3/29/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
McDonald's final practice3/27/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
McDonald’s All-American Practice Report I3/26/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Day two at the McDonald's practices3/26/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Huntington High Leaves Mark In West Virginia3/22/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Extensive FAB 50 Boys Basketball Rankings3/21/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Extensive FAB 50 Boys Basketball Rankings3/14/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Extensive FAB 50 Boys Basketball Rankings3/7/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
The Race for No. 13/2/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Extensive FAB 50 Boys Basketball Rankings2/28/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
McDonald's AA roster breakdown2/26/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Updated & Extensive FAB 50 Rankings2/20/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
2007 Rivals150 sees some changes2/19/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Updated & Extensive FAB 50 Rankings2/13/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
O.J. Mayo given three-game suspension2/9/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Extensive FAB 50 Boys Basketball Rankings2/7/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
No.1 Huntington Goes Down2/4/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Updated & Extensive FAB 50 Rankings2/1/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Jordan Brand All-American Roster1/31/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Oak Hill, Huntington win tight games1/31/2007Devils Illustrated
No. 1 Huntington wins without Mayo (sort of)1/31/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Mayo gets injunction to play at Cameron1/30/2007Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Prep stars on display at Cameron1/30/2007Devils Illustrated
Extensive FAB 50 Boys Basketball Rankings1/25/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
No. 1 and No. 2 Both Go Down1/19/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Updated & Extensive FAB 50 Rankings1/18/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Updated & Extensive FAB 50 Rankings1/10/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Huntington Makes a Big Statement1/7/2007StudentSportsBasketball.com
Exactly how good is Huntington?12/26/2006StudentSportsBasketball.com
SS Hot 100: The Nation's Top 25 Recruits12/22/2006StudentSportsBasketball.com
Pac-10 bringing in star power11/22/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Early signing period had some surprises11/16/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Trojans make run at top hoops class11/16/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo signs with Southern California11/16/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
2008 Butler is wide-open11/14/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Post signing day tidbits11/9/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo expected to wait11/8/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Time to decide for nation's top prospects11/7/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Huggins excited to have Walker on campus11/3/2006Rivals.com College Basketball
Huggins-mania hits Kansas State11/2/2006Rivals.com College Basketball
Rivals.com Elite Team superlatives10/26/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Elite Team point guards offer variety10/23/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Transfers & Freshmen Impact Upcoming Hoop Season10/22/2006Section Sports
Freeman growing up at DeMatha10/10/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo playing with chip on shoulder10/9/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Pogue looking at five schools9/28/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mailbag: A Big 12 changing of the guard9/26/2006Rivals.com College Basketball
Notebook: Recruiting started in-house for Sadler8/18/2006Rivals.com College Basketball
Pogue to the Pac-10?8/16/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
AMP: The New Rivals1508/8/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
VIDEO: Gator commits in action at AAU Nationals7/31/2006GatorBait.net
AAU Nationals: Sunday's action7/31/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mean Streets Express comes to an end7/27/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
UA commits play well at Reebok7/24/2006GOAZCATS.com
Big day at the Big Time7/24/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo heroic in star battle7/23/2006Peegs.com & Inside Indiana
Bill Walker ruled ineligible7/12/2006StudentSports.com
ABCD top performers7/11/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD Senior & Underclass All-Star Recap7/11/2006Section Sports
ABCD Camp Photo Gallery IV7/10/2006CatsPause.com
Ohio rules prep star Bill Walker ineligible7/10/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD good, bad and ugly7/10/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD All-Stars get offensive7/10/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Point guards fight urge to score at ABCD7/9/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD: Day three7/9/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD Camp Photo Gallery II7/8/2006CatsPause.com
Mayo: USC just one of three7/7/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD: Day one7/7/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD Camp Photo Gallery I7/7/2006CatsPause.com
Basketball world waits for Mayo, Walker7/6/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Walker set to speak at ABCD camp7/6/2006GoPowercat.com
All eyes turn to shoe camps7/4/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Fast rising big man heading to ACC6/28/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Top-ranked guards invade Nashville5/26/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Plenty of talent at the Memorial Day Classic5/23/2006JayhawkSlant.com
Sleepers get their shot5/15/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Familiar faces highlight pre-summer 2007 rankings5/10/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Rivals150 could offer surprises5/8/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Best of the class of 20075/3/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Top performers at King James Classic5/1/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Houston Hoops captures Las Vegas title5/1/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Walker and Mayo strong on Sunday morning4/30/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
D1 Greyhounds claim King James Classic4/30/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Freeman steals the show4/29/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
King James ready for AAU royalty4/27/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Exposure helps Miami juniors4/27/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
AMP: O.J. Mayo Exclusive-Part 24/27/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
AMP: O.J. Mayo Exclusive-Part 14/26/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
The nation's best4/25/2006GoPowercat.com
Kingwood top performers4/24/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
AMP: Slammin' at the Kingwood4/24/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
AMP: Big news out of Kingwood4/24/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
SoCal All-Stars claim Kingwood4/24/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Kingwood: Mayo saves new team4/23/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Kingwood: 7-foot-2 giant appears4/23/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
More on Mayo4/22/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo pulls a shocker4/21/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Real Deal Day 24/16/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Arkansas tourney is the Real Deal4/14/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Believe the hype3/25/2006GoPowercat.com
AMP: Huggins to KSU, Mayo next?3/23/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Two of Ohio's best may go where Huggins goes3/23/2006Rivals.com College Basketball
Fastbreak Friday1/6/2006Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
City Search: Cincinnati11/16/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
The second coming11/15/2005CuseConfidential.com
Fastbreak Friday11/4/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo and Bayless -- Unbelievable9/13/2005MichiganPreps.com
Rivals.com 2007 top 100 released8/17/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Video: O.J. Mayo runs the show8/4/2005Rivals.com
July Rewind: Shoe camps8/1/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Big Time ends with Big Bang7/27/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Vegas Coaches Corner7/24/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
A lot of Love in Vegas on Saturday7/24/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Las Vegas is loaded with talent7/23/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Triple S Harley-Davidson Jam Fest Photos7/16/2005WVSports.com
West Virginia has a chance: Mayo, Walker7/16/2005WVSports.com
Mayo seems certain on going to college7/14/2005BearcatLair.com
AMP: Five-star dunks from 2007 class7/13/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Future Bucks star at ABCD7/11/2005BuckeyeGrove.com
ABCD: Walker dominates underclassmen game7/11/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Reebok ABCD Photo Gallery #57/10/2005CatsPause.com
ABCD Camp: Underclassmen All-Star quick hits7/10/2005ScarletNation.com
ABCD: Big time battle7/9/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD: Day 3 features stellar matchups7/9/2005CatsPause.com
Reebok ABCD Photo Gallery #47/8/2005CatsPause.com
ABCD youth emerges on Day 27/8/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD: Michigan junior high on Cats7/8/2005CatsPause.com
Reebok ABCD Photo Gallery #27/7/2005CatsPause.com
Oden vs. Love highlights afternoon session7/7/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD Camp: Talent-laden event opens with a bang7/7/2005CatsPause.com
Some news and notes from Day 1 of ABCD7/7/2005BearcatLair.com
Reebok ABCD Photo Gallery #17/7/2005CatsPause.com
ABCD Camp preview: Why this week is so important7/6/2005ScarletNation.com
Shoe camps jump start busy July7/4/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Beilein team camp and recruiting news6/28/2005WVSports.com
Reynolds, Gordon steal show in NBPA Camp finale6/27/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Durant, Love, Arthur excel at NBPA6/26/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Point guards step it up at NBA Players Camp6/24/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Solid show at NBPA camp6/23/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
NBA sets age limit6/21/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo prepping for NBA6/17/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
USA White takes the Gold6/12/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Lance Thomas solid before injury in semifinal win6/11/2005GOAZCATS.com
Blue vs. White for Gold at ISI6/11/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Lance Thomas, USA Blue defeat Russia6/10/2005GOAZCATS.com
Oden and Mayo dominate at the ISI6/10/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Lance Thomas impressive in blowout win6/9/2005GOAZCATS.com
More wins for the USA6/9/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
USA teams cruise to wins in the ISI6/8/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
TOC scoring leaders5/31/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo just tries to keep playing hard5/29/2005CarolinaBlue.com
TOC Friday night scores and highlights5/28/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Stars highlight TOC5/27/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
WVU pursuing 4-star basketball recruit5/26/2005WVSports.com
Underclassmen Highlight Southern5/13/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Evans, Mayo collide at Southern Invitational5/8/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Southern Invitational starts Friday5/5/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Video: Run 'N Slam Final5/2/2005Peegs.com & Inside Indiana
Spiece Day 2: Big Man Getting Noticed5/1/2005GoldandBlack.com
AMP: Top prospects fly at Kingwood4/27/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Minnesota AAU weekend review4/26/2005GopherIllustrated.com
AMP: The best of Houston's Kingwood Classic4/25/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Portland Elite Legends take Kingwood crown4/25/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Mayo dominates to end Kingwood pool play4/24/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Kingwood bringing in basketball royalty4/21/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Stars shine at the Reebok Classic4/19/2005Orangebloods.com
Mitchell makes EA Sports All-American team4/13/2005PelicanPreps.com
AMP: Stars on display at the Kingwood Classic2/25/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Just a Minute with Justin Young: Year end closeout1/2/2005Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
O.J. Mayo steals the show at recent AAU tourney9/21/2004CarolinaBlue.com
Video: Mayo on a roll9/8/2004Rivals.com
Rivals.com releases 2007 basketball rankings8/31/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Champions crowned at Super 64 and Big Time7/27/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Las Vegas Notes: Arizona Magic continue dominance7/26/2004GOAZCATS.com
Top match-ups highlight Big Time on Sunday7/26/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Saturday action heats up at Big Time Tournament7/25/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Bayless-Mayo matchup lives up to hype7/22/2004GOAZCATS.com
Reebok Big Time Tournament Preview7/21/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Reebok-Hoop Group Summer Jamfest Friday Update7/17/2004VirginiaPreps.com
ABCD Camp: All-Star Sunday7/12/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD Camp: Friday Report7/10/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
ABCD Camp: Day One Loaded with Stars7/9/2004CardinalSports.com
NBA Players Camp: Tuesday Notes6/23/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
NBA Players Camp: Sunday Notes6/21/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
TOC: Class of '07 Rises Up6/1/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
On the Bounce with Coach Meyer, TOC vol. 16/1/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting
Just A Minute With Justin Young4/26/2004Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting

Stats

Games
Year RebAsstStlPts
2005 (Jr.)8.85.85.028.8
2004 (So.)7.78.1-28.1
2003 (Fr.)9.07.0-31.0