Drake Maye

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Drake Maye was drafted by the New England Patriots in the first round (3rd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft.

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2025 (17/17, 4/4)

• Started all 17 games for the Patriots at quarterback, completing 354-of-492 passes (72.0%) for 4,394 yards and 31 touchdowns (all career highs) and 8 interceptions. He also added in 103 carries for 450 yards (4.4 avg.) and 4 touchdowns, along with 1 reception for 2 yards off his own deflected pass.
• Led the league in passer rating (113.5), completion percentage (72.0) and yards per attempt (8.93.)
• He was named to the Pro Bowl, Associated Press All-Pro Second Team, PFWA All-AFC Team, was awarded AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 13 and was given the PFWA's Most Improved Player award and the Bert Bell award.
• Finished second in MVP voting to L.A. Rams QB Matthew Stafford.
• Named a team captain for the first time in his career.
• Set a career high in pass attempts (46) vs. Las Vegas (9/7). His previous career high in attempts was 41, set vs. Houston (10/13/24) and tied at Tennessee (11/3/24). Also caught his own deflected pass for a two-yard gain in the fourth quarter. It was the first reception of his career and the first time a Patriots quarterback has caught their own pass since Bailey Zappe at Cleveland on Oct. 16, 2022.
• Engineered the first game-winning drive of his career at Buffalo (10/5), completing an athletic 12-yard pass to WR Stefon Diggs while falling to his right with DT DaQuan Jones taking him to the ground on the first play of the drive. He would follow that up with a 19-yard pass to WR Kayshon Boutte to take the team to the Buffalo 39-yard line and get the team in range for the game-winning field goal.
• Set a team record for highest completion percentage with a 91.3 pass completion at Tennessee (10/19), going 21-of-23 for 222 yards with 2 touchdowns. It is also tied for the eighth best in NFL history.
• Completed a career-long 72-yard touchdown pass to WR Kyle Williams in the first quarter at Tampa Bay (11/9). His previous best was a 58-yard pass to WR DeMario Douglas in the second quarter vs. Atlanta (11/2). His longest touchdown pass prior to the one to Williams was a 53-yard touchdown pass to Douglas at New Orleans (10/12). He  completed a 50-yard pass in back-to-back weeks with his 72-yard touchdown pass to Williams and a 58-yard pass to Douglas vs. Atlanta (11/2). He also threw a 54-yard pass to WR Mack Hollins in the fourth quarter against the Buccaneers.
• Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week after he completed 24-of-31 passes (77.4%) for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns for a passer rating of 126 vs. the N.Y. Giants (12/1). It was his ninth game with at least 2 touchdown passes in 2025. He also had his 10th game with 200-or-more passing yards and a passer rating of 100-or-more of the season to join Patrick Mahomes (13 games in 2018) and Matthew Stafford (10 games in 2011) for the most such games for a player under the age of 24 in a season.
• Scored on an 8-yard run and a 7-yard run in the first quarter vs. Buffalo (12/14) for his first career game with 2 rushing touchdowns.
• Completed a career-high 31 passes for a career-high 380 yards at Baltimore (12/21), while also throwing 2 touchdown passes. It was his first career 300-yard game and the first 300-yard game by a Patriot since QB Mac Jones had Jones had 316 yards passing vs. Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2023. His previous best for completions was 30 vs. Las Vegas (9/7) and vs. the L.A. Rams (11/17/24), and his previous best for passing yards was 294 yards at Cincinnati on Nov. 23.
• Set multiple records at the N.Y. Jets (12/28), completing 19-of-21 passes (90.5%) for 256 yards and 5 touchdowns. With his performance, he became the first player in NFL history to record at least 250 passing yards and 5 passing touchdowns on at least 90% completion percentage, and the first player to have multiple games in a season with at least 200 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns on at least 90% completion percentage. He set a team record for most touchdown receivers in a game with five - TE Hunter Henry, RB Rhamondre Stevenson, WR Efton Chism III, WR Stefon Diggs and TE Austin Hooper. His 5 touchdown passes set a new career high, passing his previous career high of 3, and were the most by a Patriot since Tom Brady vs. Houston on Sept. 24, 2017.
• Made his postseason debut in the Wild Card Round vs. the L.A. Chargers (1/11/26), completing 17-of-29 (58.6%) passes for 268 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. He also ran 10 times for 66 yards (6.6 avg.), a Patriots single-game playoff record for quarterbacks, passing the previous mark set by QB Steve Grogan, who had 35 yards rushing at Oakland on Dec. 18, 1976. He also had a 37-yard run at the end of the second quarter, setting the new franchise record for longest postseason run by a quarterback, eclipsing QB Mac Jones' 16-yard rush at Buffalo on Jan. 15, 2022.
• Became the third quarterback in league history to reach a Super Bowl before the age of 24 with the win in the AFC Championship at Denver (1/25/26), joining Ben Roethlisberger (2005) and Dan Marino (1984). He also became the fourth quarterback since 2000 to win each of their first three career postseason games, along with Tom Brady (won first 10 starts), Joe Burrow (three) and Jake Delhomme (three). On his path to Super Bowl LX, he faced three teams ranked in the top five in total defense, the Chargers (No. 5 defense), the Texans (No. 1 defense), and the Broncos (No. 2 defense), becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to do so.
• Set a Super Bowl record for passing yards in a quarter in Super Bowl LX vs. Seattle (2/8/26) by passing for 235 yards  in the fourth quarter. He finished the game having completed 27-of-43 passes (62.8%) for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interceptions, adding in 5 carries for 37 yards (7.4 avg.).

2024 (13/12)

• Played in 13 games with 12 starts after he became the starting quarterback in Week 6 vs. Houston (10/13). He served as the backup to QB Jacoby Brissett for the first five weeks of the season. Finished the year having completed 225-of-338 passes (66.6 percent) for 2,276 yards, 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Added 54 rushing attempts for 421 yards and a 7.8-yard rushing average, the sixth-highest in a season by a quarterback with at least 50 rushing attempts.
• Named to the 2024 Pro Bowl.
• Saw first NFL action at the New York Jets (9/19), entering the game with 4:24 remaining in the fourth quarter.
• Made his first NFL start vs. Houston (10/13), finishing 20-of-33 for 243 yards and 3 touchdowns. Completed his first touchdown on a 40-yard pass to WR Kayshon Boutte in the second quarter, the longest pass for the Patriots since a 48-yard pass play from QB Bailey Zappe to RB Kevin Harris at Buffalo on Dec. 31, 2023, and the longest touchdown pass for New England since QB Mac Jones completed a 58-yard touchdown pass to TE Pharaoh Brown at the New York Jets on Sept. 24, 2023. The 40-yard touchdown pass on his first-career touchdown pass is the longest for a rookie Patriots quarterback on his first career touchdown pass since QB Drew Bledsoe's first career touchdown pass resulted in a 54-yard touchdown to TE Ben Coates on Sept. 5, 1993 vs. Buffalo. Became the fourth Patriots rookie quarterback to throw at least 3 touchdown passes in a single game, joining Drew Bledsoe, Jim Plunkett and Mac Jones. Became the 14th rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 3 touchdowns in his first-career start, joining M.C. Reynolds (3), Jacky Lee (3), Dan Marino (3), Kevin Sweeney (3), Ed Rubbert (3), Todd Marinovich (3), Tony Banks (3), John Stofa (4), Josh Freeman (3), Matt McGloin (3), Marcus Mariota (4), Trevor Lawrence (3) and Will Levis (4). Threw 3 touchdowns and led the team in rushing with 38 yards, becoming the first quarterback to lead his team in rushing and throw for at least 3 touchdown passes in his first-career start since at least 1950.
• Had 2 touchdowns against Jacksonville (10/20) in London to give him 5 touchdowns in his first two starts, the most passing touchdowns through two-career starts by a Patriots player. Jimmy Garoppolo (2016), Tom Ramsey (1987), and Tom Yewcic  (1962) each had 4.
• Scored his first rushing touchdown with a 17-yard scoring run in the first quarter in the win vs. the New York Jets (10/27), the longest touchdown run by a Patriots QB since Bailey Zappe scored on a 17-yard touchdown run at Buffalo on Dec. 31, 2023. Finished the game with 3 rushing attempts for 46 yards with long runs of 17 yards and 18 yards before leaving the game in the second quarter due to injury.
• Had 95 yards rushing on 8 attempts at Tennessee (11/3), the third time in team history that a Patriots quarterback reached at least 90 yards rushing in a game and the third-most rushing yards by a Patriots QB in team history. Had a 26-yard run in the first quarter, the longest run by a Patriots QB since Cam Newton's 49-yard run vs. the New York Jets on Jan. 3, 2021, and added a 22-yard run in the third quarter. Maye is the only Patriots QB with two 20-yard runs in a single game since 1980. On third-and-5 with four seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, extended the play by 11.82 seconds, the second-longest time to throw on any touchdown pass since tracking began in 2016, to connect with RB Rhamondre Stevenson for a 5-yard touchdown pass to force overtime.
• Set career-highs in completions and passing yards vs. the L.A. Rams (11/17), finishing 29-of-39 for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Recorded his 10th touchdown to a different receiver on a 38-yard touchdown pass to TE Austin Hooper in the fourth quarter at Miami (11/24), tying former Denver Broncos QB Steve Ramsey (1971-73) for the most consecutive touchdown to a different receiver to start a career.
• Was 24-of-30 for 238 yards for an 80.0 completion percentage and added 59 rushing yards vs. Indianapolis (12/1) en route to the team's most yards on offense (422) since it had 409 total yards on offense at Minnesota on Nov. 24, 2022. Had a 41-yard run in the first quarter, which is tied for the third-longest run by a Patriots quarterback. It is the fifth time a Patriots quarterback had a 40-yard run in a game, and it is the longest run by a Patriots quarterback since QB Cam Newton had a 49-yard run vs. the New York Jets on Jan. 3, 2021. Converted the third 2-point conversion of the season when he connected with WR Kayshon Boutte in the fourth quarter after an 11-yard touchdown run by RB Antonio Gibson.
• Had his second-straight game completing 80% of his passes after finishing 19-of-23 for 202 yards for a career-high 82.6 completion percentage at Arizona (12/15). The only other Patriots quarterback to ever have back-to-back games with an 80 percent completion percentage was QB Mac Jones in 2021 (11/14) at Cleveland with an 82.6 completion percentage and at Atlanta (11/18) with an 84.6 completion percentage.
• Threw a 36-yard touchdown to WR DeMario Douglas in the second quarter vs. the L.A. Chargers (12/28), extending his streak of throwing a touchdown pass to eight-straight games. Tied Jim Plunkett (1971) for the longest such streak by a rookie in franchise history.  The NFL rookie record is 13-straight games with a touchdown pass by Peyton Manning in 1998 and Baker Mayfield in 2018 with Cleveland. Maye's streak is the longest for a rookie in the NFL since Justin Herbert had a 10-game streak in 2020. Has been responsible for 17 touchdowns (15 passing, 2 rushing) in his first 12 career games. The only Patriots player with more touchdowns in their first 12 games with the team was Butch Songin (21 in 1960), while Randy Moss (17 in 2007) and Jim Plunkett (17 in 1971) also had 17. The 36-yard touchdown pass to WR DeMario Douglas was his fourth touchdown pass of at least 30 yards and his second 30-yarder to Douglas. Maye's four touchdown passes of least 30 yards are the most by the team since Mac Jones had five such passes in 2022.
• Started the game vs. Buffalo (1/5/25), but left after the first series and was replaced by QB Joe Milton III.

COLLEGE

• Started 12 games for UNC in 2023, completing 269 of his 425 passes (63.3%) for 3,608 yards and 24 touchdowns with nine interceptions. Rushed 112 times for 449 yards and nine touchdowns.
• In 2022, became just the sixth QB since 2010 to post 4,000 pass yards, 35 pass TDs, 650 rush yards and seven rush TDs in a season, joining Kyler Murray (2018), DeShaun Watson (2015, '16), Marcus Mariota (2014), Johnny Manziel (2013) and Robert Griffin III (2011).
• Started all 14 games at quarterback in 2022, completing 342-of-517 passes (66.2%) for 4,321 yards and 38 TDs, while rushing for 698 yards and seven touchdowns. Became the fifth quarterback in ACC history with over 5,000 yards of total offense for a single season, finishing with 5,019 yards. Awarded ACC Player of the Year, ACC Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-ACC honors. Was a finalist for the Manning Award.

PERSONAL

• An early enrollee who was a four-star prospect listed as the nation's 57th-best player, the No. 6 pro-style quarterback and the No. 3 player in North Carolina in the 247Sports Composite.
• Tallied 6,713 yards and 86 TDs on 398-of-581 (68.5%) passing over his two prep seasons.
• Led Myers Park to a 12-1 record, a league title and a berth in the third round of the state playoffs.
• Son of Mark and Aimee Maye.
• Dad, Mark, played football at UNC from 1983-88.
• Mom, Aimee, attended UNC.
• Brother, Luke, was a Tar Heel basketball great from 2015-19.
• Brother, Cole, won an NCAA baseball title at Florida.
• Brother, Beau, was a member of the UNC basketball team.
• Married wife, Ann Michael, in 2025.