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Drake Maye
Maye with the New England Patriots in 2024
No. 10 – New England Patriots
PositionQuarterback
Roster statusActive
Personal information
Born (2002-08-30) August 30, 2002 (age 23)
Huntersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolMyers Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)
CollegeNorth Carolina (2021–2023)
NFL draft2024: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Career history
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2025
Passing attempts724
Passing completions501
Completion percentage69.2%
TD–INT38–16
Passing yards5,688
Passer rating100.8
Stats at Pro Football Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Drake Lee Maye (born August 30, 2002) is an American professional football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the Shaun Alexander Award and ACC Football Player of the Year in 2022 after leading the NCAA in total yards. Maye was selected third overall by the Patriots in the 2024 NFL draft and earned Pro Bowl honors during his rookie season.

Early life

Maye at Myers Park High School, December 2018

Maye was born on August 30, 2002, in Huntersville, North Carolina.[1][2] He attended William A. Hough High School in Cornelius, North Carolina and transferred after his freshman year to Myers Park High School in Charlotte, where he played football and basketball.[3] He has three brothers, who also played football. Two of his brothers, Luke and Cole, won national championships playing collegiate sports.

Drake Maye and his brothers were competitive among each other.[4] As a junior in high school, he received All-Conference and All-District honors in basketball and was named The Charlotte Observer's 2019 male athlete of the year after throwing for a school-record 3,512 yards and 50 touchdowns en route to a conference championship appearance.[1][5][6] Maye was named a Under Armour All-American in 2020 despite being unable to play his senior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Rated a four-star prospect, Maye committed to play college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide in July 2019 before flipping to North Carolina in Chapel Hill in March 2020.[7]

College career

See also: North Carolina Tar Heels statistical leaders

As a redshirt in his freshman season for the North Carolina Tar Heels, Maye appeared in four games behind starter Sam Howell in 2021.[8] With Howell leaving for the NFL in 2022, Maye was named the starter prior to the season.[9] In the opening game against Florida A&M, he threw five touchdowns and became the first UNC quarterback to do so in his debut.[10] Maye had four or more touchdowns in games against Appalachian State,[11] Notre Dame,[12] Virginia Tech,[13] Pittsburgh,[14] and Wake Forest.[15] He led the team to appearances in the 2022 ACC Championship Game and Holiday Bowl and was named the ACC Player of the Year after leading the NCAA in total offense with 5,019,[16] passing for school-records 4,321 yards and 38 touchdowns while rushing for 698 yards and 7 touchdowns.[17]

In the 2023 season, Maye threw for over 400 yards against Syracuse,[18] Miami,[19] and Campbell University.[20] He was named second-team All-ACC after passing for 3,608 yards and 24 touchdowns while rushing for 449 yards and nine touchdowns.[21] He declared for the 2024 NFL draft following the season.[22] He finished his career fifth in passing yards (8,018) and fourth in passing touchdowns (63) in UNC history.[23]

College statistics
Year Team Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD
2021 North Carolina 4 0 — 7 10 70.0 89 8.9 1 0 177.8 6 62 10.3 0
2022 North Carolina 14 14 9−5 342 517 66.2 4,321 8.4 38 7 157.9 184 698 3.8 7
2023 North Carolina 12 12 8−4 269 425 63.3 3,608 8.5 24 9 149.0 112 449 4.0 9
Career 30 26 17−9 618 952 64.9 8,018 8.4 63 16 154.1 302 1,209 4.0 16

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span
6 ft 4+3⁄8 in
(1.94 m) 		223 lb
(101 kg) 		32+1⁄4 in
(0.82 m) 		9+1⁄8 in
(0.23 m)
All values from NFL Combine[24][25]
Maye with the New England Patriots during his rookie season in 2024

2024

See also: 2024 New England Patriots season

Maye was selected by the New England Patriots as the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. He was the first Patriot since Drew Bledsoe in 1993 to be selected in the top five of the draft.[26] He was the third of a record-tying six quarterbacks taken in the first round (tied with the 1983 draft).[27] The Patriots reportedly turned down offers for their pick from the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants that would have included additional first-round draft picks.[28]

Maye signed a four-year fully-guaranteed contract worth $36.64 million on May 28, 2024.[29] He was the second consecutive Patriots first-round rookie quarterback to choose the number 10, following Mac Jones.[30] Despite a strong preseason, Maye was named a backup to veteran Jacoby Brissett to begin his rookie season.[31] Maye made his regular season debut in Week 3, entering in the fourth quarter of the Patriots' 24–3 road loss to the New York Jets. Maye finished the game, completing four of eight passes for 22 yards and rushing for 12 yards.[32] On October 8, 2024, after the Patriots fell to 1–4 and continued struggles from Brissett, Maye was named the starting quarterback.[33] In his first start against the Houston Texans, Maye completed 20 of 33 passes for 243 yards with 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in the 41–21 loss; he also led the team with 38 rushing yards.[34] Maye's three touchdowns were one more than Brissett had thrown in his five 2024 starts,[35] and Maye became the first quarterback since at least 1950 to throw three touchdown passes and lead his team in rushing in his first start.[36] In Week 8 against the Jets, Maye recorded a rushing touchdown before exiting the game in the second quarter with a head injury, later diagnosed as a concussion. The Patriots would go on to win 25–22.[37][38] The Patriots finished the season with a 4–13 record and did not make the playoffs.

Maye finished his rookie season throwing for 2,276 yards with 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.[39] Maye's first 10 passing touchdowns went to ten different receivers, making him the first NFL quarterback to accomplish that feat since Steve Ramsey did so in 1973.[40] In January 2025, Maye was selected to play in the 2025 Pro Bowl Games as a replacement for Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.[41]

2025

See also: 2025 New England Patriots season

The 2025 season began with changes in the Patriots' coaching staff with the hiring of new head coach Mike Vrabel and the return of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels.[42][43] Vrabel cited the presence of Maye as being one of his reasons for taking the position.[44]

In Week 5 against the Buffalo Bills, Maye completed 22 of 30 passes for 273 yards, including leading a 37-yard game-winning drive to allow Andrés Borregales to convert a 52-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to win the game 23–20.[45] In Week 7 against the Tennessee Titans, Maye set a franchise record in completion percentage in a regular-season game, with a 91.3% completion percentage, overtaking Tom Brady’s 88.5%, while also throwing for 222 yards and two touchdowns in the 31–13 victory.[46] In Week 13 against the New York Giants, Maye completed 24 of 31 passes for 282 yards and two touchdowns in the 33–15 victory, and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week.[47][48]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Led the league

Regular season

Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks Fumbles
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A Y/G Lng TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg Lng TD Sck SckY Fum Lost
2024 NE 13 12 3–9 225 338 66.6 2,276 6.7 175.1 40 15 10 88.1 54 421 7.8 41 2 34 229 9 6
2025 NE 13 13 11–2 276 386 71.5 3,412 8.8 262.5 72 23 6 111.9 81 319 3.9 28 2 40 178 7 2
Career 26 25 14–11 501 724 69.2 5,688 7.9 218.8 72 38 16 100.8 135 740 5.5 41 4 74 407 16 8

Personal life

Maye is the youngest of four brothers: Luke and Beau played basketball at UNC, with the former shooting a buzzer beater in the Elite Eight en route to winning the 2017 national championship.[49] Another brother, Cole, was a pitcher on the Florida Gators baseball team which won the 2017 College World Series.[1]

Drake grew up family friends with quarterback Mason Rudolph, as their fathers played together at UNC.[50] Drake's father Mark played quarterback at North Carolina (UNC) in the 1980s prior to playing briefly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks.[1] Drake Maye is good friends with Sam Howell, who preceded him as starting quarterback at UNC.[51]

On June 22, 2025, Maye and Ann Michael Hudson married.[52] They began dating in 2015 and announced their engagement in January 2025. Hudson and Maye also attended UNC together, where Hudson's younger brother, Tad backed up Maye as one of the backup quarterbacks on the Tar Heels for 2023.[53][54]

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