Drake Maye

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

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

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

Seasonal reviews

2024 (13/12)

• Became the starting quarterback in Week 6 after serving as the backup to QB Jacoby Brissett for the first five weeks of the season.
• Saw first NFL action at the New York Jets (9/19), entering the game with 4:24 remaining in the fourth quarter. He completed his first NFL pass to Antonio Gibson for no gain, finishing 4-of-8 for 22 yards, and rushing for 12 yards on 2 attempts.
• 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) as the only rookie quarterbacks to accomplish the feat in their first-career start. 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 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. Finished 26-of-37 for 276 yards and 2 touchdowns. His first touchdown of the day, a 16-yard pass to RB JaMycal Hasty, were the first points scored on the opening drive by the Patriots this season.
• 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. 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. Maye is the only Patriots QB with two 20-yard runs in a single game since 1980.
• Finished 15-of-25 for 184 yards and 1 touchdown with 25 rushing yards in the win at Chicago (11/10). Completed a 2-yard pass to WR Ja'Lynn Polk for the lone touchdown of the game.
• 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. Added 27 rushing yards with a long run of 16 yards.
• 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 a career-high 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.
• Scored his second rushing touchdown of the season on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter at Arizona (12/15). Had his second-straight game completing 80% of his passes after finishing 19-of-23 for 202 yards for an 82.6% completion percentage. 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 28-yard touchdown to WR Kayshon Boutte on the opening drive at Buffalo (12/22).
• 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). 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 and Douglas connected on 35-yard touchdown pass vs. Houston on Oct. 13. 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), but left after the first series and was replaced by QB Joe Milton III.

College Career Highlights

• ACC Player of the Year (2022)
• ACC Offensive Player of the Year (2022)
• First-Team All-ACC (2022)
• Manning Award Finalist (2022)

College

Sophomore Year (2023)

• 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.

High School

• 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.
• Coached by Scott Chadwick.

Personal

• 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, is a member of the UNC basketball team.