#10

Drake Maye

QB · North Carolina · So. · #10

All-Conf HMNew England — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 3, #3 overall
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Drake Maye

QB · North Carolina · So · #10

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#56 national
CFB
College
North Carolina
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #3
New England · 2024

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-ACC

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Mack Brown
North Carolina
2022
Mack Brown
North Carolina
2023
Mack Brown
North Carolina

Played his entire career under Mack Brown.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 3rd NFL season

#3Rd 1 · Pick 3
New EnglandEntering 3rd NFL season
View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning
2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced
2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-ACC

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023North Carolina26942563.3%3,6088.5249149.0----
2022North Carolina34251666.3%4,3218.4387158.2----
2021North Carolina71070.0%898.910177.8----
Career61895165.0%8,0188.46316154.3----
SeasonTeam
2023North Carolina1124494.09--
2022North Carolina1846993.87--
2021North Carolina66210.30--
Career3021,2104.016--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 47–45

vs Duke

342 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT  ·  QBR 84.8  ·  22 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Duke at home in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Beats you with his legs when the pocket breaks down.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Dual Threat

Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.

QB

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jayden Maiava’s 2023 season.

Jayden Maiava

71%match

UNLV · 2023

All-Mountain West
#2

Drake Maye

North Carolina · 2022

All-ACCNFL Rd 1 · Pk 3
63%
#3

Tyler Van Dyke

Miami · 2021

56%
#4

Michael Pratt

Tulane · 2022

All-AACNFL Rd 7
56%
#5

Joe Milton III

Tennessee · 2023

NFL Rd 6
55%

Matches Jayden on

TD rate
EPA / dropback (adj)

Differs from Jayden on

Recruiting rating (higher)
Class year (lower)
INT rate (lower)
Based on 12 features · 3 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Desmond Ridder’s path through Cincinnati.

Desmond Ridder

96%match

Cincinnati · 2021

All-AACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 10
#2

Dustin Crum

Kent State · 2021

All-MAC
87%
#3

Feleipe Franks

Arkansas · 2020

86%
#4

Eli Holstein

Pittsburgh · 2025

All-ACC
82%
#5

Kyle McCord

Syracuse · 2024

All-ACCNFL Rd 6
81%

Matches Desmond on

Height
Yards per attempt
Completion %
20222023
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Sawyer Robertson's junior season at Baylor (2024).

Sawyer Robertson

61%match

Baylor · 2024

#2

Michael Pratt

Tulane · 2022

All-AACNFL Rd 7
56%
#3

Holton Ahlers

East Carolina · 2022

52%
#4

Caden Veltkamp

Western Kentucky · 2024

All-Conference USA
52%
#5

Brendan Sorsby

Cincinnati · 2024

All-Big 12
52%

Matches Sawyer on

Total pass EPA (college ability)

Differs from Sawyer on

Class year (lower)
TD rate (lower)
Weight (higher)
Opponent-adjusted stats · junior cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Drake Maye

#1

Desmond Ridder

Cincinnati · 2021

96%
#2

Dustin Crum

Kent State · 2021

87%
#3

Eli Holstein

Pittsburgh · 2024

82%
#4

Amari Odom

Kennesaw State · 2025

79%
#5

Tyler Shough

Texas Tech · 2021

76%

Development

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2023
89.02021
4,3212022
3,6082023

+3954%

Up 3954% from first season to most-recent.