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, 3/3) 

• Serves as the team's starting quarterback. 
• Named a team captain for the first time in his career. 
• Named to the 2025 Pro Bowl after placing third overall in the fan voting. 
• Set new a career high in passing yards (287) and pass attempts (46), and tied his career high completions (30) vs. Las Vegas (9/7). His previous career-high in passing yards was 282, set vs. the L.A. Rams (11/17/24), and his previous career high in attempts was 41, set vs. Houston (10/13/24) and tied at Tennessee (11/3/24). 
• Caught his own deflected pass for a two-yard gain in the fourth quarter vs. Las Vegas (9/7). 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. 
• Completed a 55-yard pass to RB Rhamondre Stevenson in the third quarter at Miami (9/14), the longest ass completion of his career. His previous long was a 40-yard touchdown pass to WR Kayshon Boutte vs. Houston on Oct. 13, 2024. Had his third NFL game with an 80% completion percentage after completing 19-of-23 pass attempts for 230 yards, 2 touchdowns and an 82.6 pass completion percentage. He was 19-of-23 for 202 yards for an 82.6% completion percentage at Arizona on Dec. 15, 2024, and he was 80 percent vs. Indianapolis on Dec. 1, 2024, when he finished 24-of-30 for 238. Added 10 rushing attempts for 31 yards and 1 touchdown in the game. 
• Became the second player in Patriots history to record at least a 135.0 passer rating, 1 passing touchdown and 1 rushing touchdown in a single game (min. 10 attempts) with his performance at Miami (9/14). He joined QB Tom Brady, who did so on Nov. 22, 2012 at the N.Y. Jets. He repeated the performance vs. Carolina (9/28), joining QB Lamar Jackson (2023-24) and Josh Allen (2024) as the only players in NFL history to do so multiple times in a season. 
• Completed 14-of-17 passes (82.4%) for 203 yards and two touchdowns, along with three rushes for 11 yards (3.7 avg.) and a touchdown vs. Carolina (9/28). It marked his second-career game with 3 touchdowns. 
• 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 them in range for the game-winning field goal. 
• Recorded his fourth-straight game with at least 200 passing yards, 70% of his passes completed and a 100.0 passer rating at Buffalo (10/5), which ties for the seventh-longest streak since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger. 
• Had his fifth straight game with a 100-plus passer rating at New Orleans (10/12) after finishing with a 140.1 quarterback rating. The Patriots record for consecutive games with a 100-plus passer rating in a single season is eight straight games by Tom Brady (2007 and 2011), and the NFL record for a single season is 12 by Aaron Rodgers (2011). Threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to WR DeMario Douglas, the longest touchdown pass of his career, besting the 40-yard touchdown pass to WR Kayshon Boutte vs. Houston on Oct. 13, 2024. The 53-yard touchdown pass is the second longest overall in Maye's career to the 55-yard completion he had to RB Rhamondre Stevenson at Miami on Sept. 14, 2025, and the longest touchdown pass for the Patriots since a 58-yard touchdown pass from QB Mac Jones to TE Pharaoh Brown in the second quarter at the New York Jets on Sept. 24, 2023. Tied a career-high with three touchdown passes, all of which were in the first half. He had three touchdown passes in his first career start vs. Houston on Oct. 13, 2024. All three of his touchdowns were for over 25 yards, the first being a 53-yard touchdown pass to WR DeMario Douglas in the first quarter, the second being a 25-yard touchdown pass to WR Kayshon Boutte in the first quarter, and the third being a 29-yard touchdown pass to Boutte in the second quarter. Marked his second game in 2025 with 2 touchdown passes in the first quarter. He had an 8-yard touchdown pass to WR Mack Hollins and a 16-yard touchdown pass to Boutte at Miami on Sept. 14, 2025. 
• Set a team record for highest completion percentage with a 91.3 pass completion at Tennessee (10/19), going 21-of23 for 222 yards with 2 touchdowns. It is also tied for the eighth best in NFL history. Now has three games in 2025 with an 80 percent pass completion percentage to become the first New England quarterback with three games in a season with an 80 percent completion percentage. Had his sixth straight game with a 100-plus passer rating after finishing with a 135.9 passer rating in the 31-13 win. Tied Tom Brady (2007) for the most games in team history of at least 200 passing yards, a 135 passer rating and 2 passing touchdowns in a season with four. Completed 16 straight passes in the game, second most in team history to the 19 by Tom Brady (2015) and Mac Jones (2021). Surpassed Matt Cassel (3,946 passing yards) and moved into ninth place on the Patriots' all-time list for passing yards. He now has 4,020 career passing yards. Culminated the longest scoring drive of the season - an 11-play, 93-yard drive - with a 3-yard touchdown pass to TE Austin Hooper in the second quarter. Had a 39-yard touchdown pass to WR Kayshon Boutte in the second quarter that was the third-longest touchdown pass of his career and his third-longest reception this season. Added 62 rushing yards on 8 attempts with a long of 19 yards in the second quarter for the second most rushing yards in a single game of his career. 
• Had his seventh straight game with a 100-plus passer rating after finishing with a 135.8 rating in the win vs. Cleveland (10/26). The Patriots record for most consecutive games with a 100-plus quarterback rating in a single season is eight straight games by Tom Brady (2007, 2010). The NFL record for a single season is 12 by Aaron Rodgers (2011). Tied his career high with 3 touchdown passes vs. Cleveland (10/26), connecting with TE Hunter Henry on a 7-yard pass, WR Stefon Diggs on a 1-yard pass and WR Kayshon Boutte on a 39-yard pass, all in the third quarter. Had his sixth game in 2025 with at least 2 touchdown passes. The Patriots record for most games with at least 2 touchdown passes in a single season is 14 by Tom Brady (2011, 2007), and the NFL record is 15 by Peyton Manning (2013) and Dan Marino (1984). Finished with his seventh straight game passing for more than 200 yards and a passer rating of more than 100 after throwing for 282 yards and having a 135.8 passer rating. He is now the fifth NFL player to have at least seven straight games accomplishing the feat, joining Aaron Rodgers (2010, 2011), Patrick Mahomes (2018), Tom Brady (2007) and Peyton Manning (2004).  Surpassed Tom Brady (2007) for the most games in team history of at least 200 passing yards, a 135 passer rating and 2 passing touchdowns in a season with five, and he is tied for the second-most such games in a single season in NFL history. Passed for 282 yards to move past Hugh Millen (4,276 yards) into eighth place on New England's all-time list for passing yards.
• Extended his streak of games with at least 200 passing yards and a 100 passer rating to eight games vs. Atlanta (11/2), joining Peyton Manning (2004), Tom Brady (2007) and Aaron Rodgers (2011, 2020) as the only players to do so in a single season in NFL history. He also joined them as the only players to produce eight-straight games with at least a 100 passer rating (min. 15 attempts) in a single season. Maye completed the longest pass of his career to WR DeMario Douglas for 58 yards in the second quarter, passing his previous best of 55 yards to RB Rhamondre Stevenson on Sept. 14, 2025. It was also Maye's seventh game of the season with multiple passing touchdowns. 
• Had his eighth game in 2025 with at least 2 touchdown passes after throwing 2 first half touchdown passes at Tampa Bay (11/9): a 71-yard touchdown to WR Kyle Williams and a 1-yard touchdown pass to WR Stefon Diggs on a fourth-down play with 2 seconds to play in the first half. The Patriots record for most games with at least 2 touchdown passes in a single season is 14 by Tom Brady in 2011 and 2007. The NFL record is 15 by Peyton Manning (2013) and Dan Marino (1984). Has thrown for at least 2 touchdown passes in five straight games. Tom Brady had two 10-game streaks (2007 and 2014) and had three nine-game streaks (2015, 2011 and 2010). The NFL record is 13 by Peyton Manning (2004) and Aaron Rodgers (2011). Completed a career-best 72-yard touchdown pass to WR Kyle Williams in the first quarter. His previous best was a 58-yard reception 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). Has 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. He is the first Patriots quarterback with a 50-yard pass in back-to-back games since the 2017 season when QB Tom Brady had a 54-yard pass to WR Brandin Cooks vs. Kansas City (9/7) followed by a 53-yard touchdown pass to TE Rob Gronkowski at New Orleans (9/17). Maye now has five 50-yard pass plays in 2025. Since 1978, the most 50-yard passes in a season by a Patriots quarterback is seven by QB Tom Brady in 2016. It was his first career game with two 50-yard passes, and he is the first Patriots quarterback with at least two 50-yard passes in a game since Tom Brady had a 52-yard pass to WR Brandin Cooks and a 64-yard touchdown pass to Cooks at Oakland on Nov. 19, 2017 in a game played in Mexico City.
• Threw for a career-high 294 passing yards at Cincinnati (11/23). His previous best was 287 vs. Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 2025, in the season-opener. Entered the week first in the NFL with 2,836 passing yards and needed 164 yards passing at Cincinnati for his first career 3,000-yard season. He reached the milestone in the third quarter, and after his 294 passing yards against the Bengals, he now has 3,130 passing yards for the year. 
• 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. It was the 17th time in team history that a quarterback has rushed for 2 touchdowns in a game and the first since QB Cam Newton had 2 rushing touchdowns at L.A. Chargers on Dec. 6, 2020. He also had a downfield block on Bills CB Tre'Davious White on RB TreVeyon Henderson's fourth-quarter touchdown run.  
• 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 (9/7/25) and vs. the L.A. Rams (11/17/24), and his previous best for passing yards was 294 yards at Cincinnati on Nov. 23, 2025. It was his 10th game of 2025 with 2 touchdown passes. Sealed the win with a 16-yard rush on a second-and-14 situation with 1:34 remaining to secure the final first down, run out the clock and set up victory formation. 
• 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. He logged a career-high passer rating of 157.0, which is the third-highest in Patriotshistory behind Tom Brady's perfect passer rating of 158.3 set in 2007 at Miami and matched in 2010 at Detroit. Maye also reached a career-high 30 touchdown passes on the season, becoming the third player in franchise history to do so, joining Tom Brady (seven seasons) and Babe Parilli (one season). He is the only Patriot to have done so under the age of 30, and the eighth player so have done so under the age of 24, joining Justin Herbert (2020-21), Lamar Jackson (2019), Patrick Mahomes (2018), Blake Bortles (2015), Matthew Stafford (2011), Daunte Culpepper (2000) and Dan Marino (1984). Maye eclipsed 4,000 passing yards on the season in the first quarter on a 30-yard pass to WR Efton Chism III, joining QBs Tom Brady (11 seasons) and Drew Bledsoe (two seasons) as the only Patriots to have done so in a single season. It was Maye's 11th game of the season with 2 touchdown passes and his 12th game of the season with a 100 passer rating, giving him the second-most such games in a season by a player under the age of 24 in league history behind Patrick Mahomes (13 in 2018). 
• Maye continued to set records vs. Miami (1/4/26), finishing the season with a 72% completion percentage, the highest in team history, highest in the NFL in 2025 and the sixth-highest in a single season in NFL history. In Patriots history he moved past Tom Brady, who had a 68.9 completion percentage in 2007. He also became the eighth quarterback in league history to finish a season with at least 4,000 passing yards and 30 passing touchdowns on a 70% completion percentage or better. He and QB Jared Goff (2024) are the only players in NFL history to throw for 4,000 passing yards and 30 passing touchdowns on at least 72% completion percentage. He also tied QB Patrick Mahomes for the most games with a passer rating of 100.0 or more by a player under the age of 24 with 13 after finishing with a 129.4 passer rating. His season total set a new franchise record as well, eclipsing Tom Brady's record of 12, set in 2010 and repeated in 2011. He finished the season with a 113.5 passer rating, leading the league and becoming the second player in franchise history to finish a season with a passer rating of 100.0 or more after Tom Brady had a 117.2 passer rating for the 2007 season. His season totals of 4,394 passing yards and 31 passing touchdowns rank eighth and tied for eighth in team history, respectively. 
• 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. It was the seventh-longest run by a Patriot in a postseason game since 1978 behind Curtis Martin (78-yard touchdown vs. Pittsburgh on Jan. 5, 1997), LeGarrette Blount (73-yard touchdown vs. Indianapolis on Jan. 11, 2014), Robert Weathers (45 yards at Miami on Jan. 12, 1986), Aaron Hernandez (43 yards vs. Denver on Jan. 14, 2012), Corey Dillon (42 yards vs. Indianapolis on Jan. 16, 2005) and Sony Michel (42 yards vs. the L.A. Chargers on Jan. 13, 2019). He became the sixth player in NFL history to have at least 250 passing yards, 50 rushing yards and 1 passing touchdown in their postseason debut, joining Daniel Jones (1/15/23), Cam Newton (1/12/14), Colin Kaepernick (1/12/13), Tim Tebow (1/8/12) and Daunte Culpepper (1/6/01). Maye also completed a pair of 40-yard passes - a 48-yard completion to RB Rhamondre Stevenson in the first quarter and a 42-yard pass to WR Kayshon Boutte in the third quarter. The last time the Patriots had at least two 40-yard receptions in a postseason game was in Super Bowl LII vs. Philadelphia when Tom Brady connected on a 50-yard pass to WR Danny Amendola, a 46-yard pass to RB Rex Burkhead and a 43-yard pass to WR Chris Hogan.
• 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.

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 is 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, Ann Michael, this past offseason.