2024 · Round 1 · Pick 3
New England Patriots
Draft / entry source ↗Age at the 2024 draft: 21. Born 2002-08-30. Birth-date source ↗
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Drake Maye
Tier 3
Why Tier 3?
2025 AP Second-Team All-Pro.
At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
SOURCE-LABELED ENTRY RECORD · CHECKED NOVEMBER 14, 2026
Before the NFL.
6 ft 4.375 in · 223 lb
NFL 2024 pre-draft measurements
BMI: 26.9, calculated from this recorded height and weight. BMI is a size descriptor, not a measure of athletic ability or health.
Measurement source ↗Source precision is retained. A pre-draft record is not automatically a verified Combine weigh-in; later NFL roster values are not substituted.
26 starts
North Carolina · 2021-2023
Starts, not games played. The passing-stat scope is disclosed separately below.
College career passing.
64.9% completion · 618/952 · 8,018 yards · 63 TD · 16 INT · 3.94:1 TD-to-INT · 8.42 yards/attempt
All UNC games;2023bowl opt-out
School12starts2023+14starts2022=26; ACC confirms16INT.
Scouting at the time.
Size and arm talent offered substantial upside. Inconsistent accuracy, processing and aggressive decisions created developmental risk.
Source context: 2024 pre-draft analysis by Lance Zierlein, reproduced by the Saints.
Read the evaluator / report ↗This is a short paraphrase of one source, not a full report, consensus grade or verified prediction. No numerical scouting score is invented.
What remains unverified?
This update adds the entry record, college totals, starts and source-linked scouting context. It does not claim a complete archive of film grades, pressure statistics, cognitive testing, recruiting history or supporting-cast quality. Missing information remains unknown, never zero.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 4.375 in · 223 lb · BMI 26.9. NFL 2024 pre-draft measurements. Status: source verified.
NCAA QB starts: 26. All UNC games;2023bowl opt-out