Aaron Maybin Aaron Michael Maybin ( born April 6 , 1988 ) is an American football linebacker with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League . He played college football for Penn State University , and received All - American honors . He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft . College career . Maybin attended Pennsylvania State University , where he played for coach Joe Paterno ' s Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 2006 to 2008 . He redshirted during the 2006 season . He had 12 tackle s , with 4 . 5 tackles for losses , one forced fumble and one pass breakup in 2007 . He was fourth on the team with four sack s and was named to the " Sporting News " Freshman All - Big Ten team . Maybin had a breakout season in 2008 . He was selected as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following a six - tackle , two - sack performance in Penn State ' s 48 – 7 defeat of Wisconsin , in which he also forced two key fumbles . He was named a Mid - season All - American by " Sports Illustrated " , " College Football News " and CBS Sports . At season ' s end , he was named an All - America n and a consensus first team All - Big Ten selection . Maybin was on the 2008 Walter Camp Award watchlist and was one of three finalists for the 2008 Ted Hendricks and Chuck Bednarik awards , awarded annually to collegiate football ' s top defensive end and defensive players , respectively . He was named the Pigskin Club of Washington , D . C . National Defensive Player of the Year . Professional career . 2009 NFL Draft . On January 9 , 2009 , Maybin indicated he would be going pro and make himself available for the 2009 NFL Draft . He was projected as a Top - 10 pick . Maybin trained for the NFL Scouting Combine at Power Train Sports Performance in Millersville , Pennsylvania . Buffalo Bills . On August 21 , 2009 , Maybin agreed to a five - year deal with the Buffalo Bills after being drafted with the 11th pick in the first round . He finished the season with 18 tackles and zero sacks while playing in all 16 regular season games during his 2009 rookie year . In his second season , Maybin was considered a disappointment . Through six games , he played on only 66 downs , with five tackles and zero sacks . He was deactivated as a healthy - scratch for the team ' s sixth game at Baltimore . On August 15 , 2011 , Maybin was waived by the Bills . New York Jets . The New York Jets signed Maybin to a one - year contract for the league minimum on August 17 , 2011 . He was waived on September 4 , 2011 . Maybin was re - signed by the Jets on September 28 , 2011 . In his first regular season game with the Jets , Maybin recorded his first career sack , a strip - sack , against Joe Flacco on October 2 , 2011 . Maybin recorded his second career sack , another strip sack , on October 17 against Matt Moore . He recorded another sack for the second consecutive week on October 23 against Philip Rivers . Maybin recorded the first two - sack game of his career against the Bills , on November 27 , 2011 . On December 4 , 2011 against the Washington Redskins , Maybin sacked Rex Grossman and forced a fumble that was recovered by Calvin Pace . After that the Jets went on to win the game 34 – 19 . Maybin ' s ability to get to the quarterback made it difficult for some offensive linemen to contain him , resulting in his team leading 6 sacks in 2011 . Maybin was released by the Jets on November 13 , 2012 . Maybin , in limited playing time , recorded one tackle and no sacks and was credited with nine quarterback hits through ten games . Cincinnati Bengals . On January 25 , 2013 , Maybin was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals to a Reserve / Future contract . On August 18 , 2013 , he was released by the Bengals . Toronto Argonauts ( CFL ) . On October 27 , 2013 , the Toronto Argonauts announced that they had signed Maybin . He was added to their practice roster . Personal . Maybin was born to Constance and Michael Maybin in Baltimore . He was diagnosed with borderline attention deficit disorder when he was young . His parents sought out alternatives to drug treatment which included sketching , sculpting , wrestling , baseball and football , which he began play at the Pee - Wee level at the age of 5 . When Maybin was 6 , his mother suffered preeclampsia that complicated childbirth . Though doctors were able to revive his stillborn sister , Constance Jr . , his mother died after going into cardiac arrest . His father later remarried to an English missionary , Violette Grant , whom Maybin calls his mother . He attended Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City . Maybin has a daughter , Tacori , who was born in July 2010 . She was born shortly after his son was stillborn . Maybin ' s cousin , Cameron is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres . While at Penn State , Maybin spoke frequently by phone with former Nittany Lion linebacker LaVar Arrington . The two first met during Arrington ' s stint with the Washington Redskins , when Maybin was playing at nearby Mount Hebron High School . Arrington has joked about knowing Maybin " before he had muscles . " Arrington now serves as Maybin ' s manager . In 2009 Maybin founded Project Mayhem , a charitable organization established to “ provide aid , both personal and economic , to help underprivileged and at risk youth excel beyond their current conditions . ” Maybin was roommate s with linebacker NaVorro Bowman while at Penn State . He was pursuing a double major in communications and integrative arts . Maybin became a member of the Delta Theta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in April 2008 .