Drake Maye

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Drake Maye
Drake Maye High School.png
Maye in high school, 2018
North Carolina Tar Heels–No. 10
Position Quarterback
Class
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Redshirt
Sophomore
Personal information
Born: (2002-08-30) August 30, 2002 (age 21)
Huntersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Myers Park (Charlotte)
Career highlights and awards

Drake Lee Maye (born August 30, 2002) is an American football quarterback. He played college football at North Carolina, where he was named the 2022 ACC Player of the Year after passing for a school-record 4,321 yards with 38 touchdowns.

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Early life and high school

Maye was born on August 30, 2002, in Huntersville, North Carolina. [1] Maye 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. [2] As a junior, 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] [3] [4] 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 at Alabama in July 2019 before flipping to North Carolina in March 2020. [5]

College career

Entering his freshman season at North Carolina (UNC) behind starter Sam Howell, Maye redshirted and appeared in four games in 2021. When Howell was injured and unable to play against Wofford, Maye completed seven passes for 89 yards and a touchdown. [6] With Howell leaving for the NFL in 2022, Maye was named the starter prior to the season. In the opening game against Florida A&M, Maye threw five touchdowns and became the first UNC quarterback to do so in his debut. [7] Maye would also record games with four or more total touchdowns against Appalachian State, [8] Notre Dame, [9] Virginia Tech, [10] Pittsburgh, [11] and Wake Forest. [12] 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 finishing the season with a school-record 4,321 passing yards and 38 passing touchdowns while also lead the team in rushing yards (698) with seven rushing touchdowns. [13]

In the 2023 season, Maye threw for over 400 yards against Syracuse, [14] Miami, [15] and Campbell. [16] Maye was named second-team All-ACC after passing for 3,608 yards and 24 touchdowns while rushing for 449 yards and nine touchdowns. [17] Maye declared for the 2024 NFL draft following the season. [18] He finished his career fifth in passing yards (8,018) and fourth in passing touchdowns (63) in UNC history.

Statistics

College statistics
SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYardsAvgTD
2021 4071070.0898.910177.866210.30
2022 141434251766.24,3218.4387157.91846983.87
2023 121226942563.33,6088.5249149.01124494.09
Career 302661895264.98,0188.46316154.13021,2094.016

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand 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 [19] [20]

Personal life

Maye's father Mark played quarterback at North Carolina (UNC) in the 1980s prior to brief stints with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks. [1] He is the youngest of four brothers: Luke and Beau played basketball at UNC, with the former landing a buzzer beater in the Elite Eight en route to winning the 2017 national championship. [21] Another brother, Cole, was a pitcher on the Florida Gators baseball team that won the 2017 College World Series. [1] Maye grew up family friends with quarterback Mason Rudolph, as their fathers played together at UNC. [22]

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