New England Patriots · QB
Huntersville, North Carolina native from Charlotte's Myers Park High who starred at North Carolina and went third overall to New England in 2024, then made two Pro Bowls and led the NFL in passer rating in 2025 on the way to Super Bowl LX. The North End's Arya Trattoria posted his first-down pose in 2025; he and Will Campbell celebrated the Buffalo win at Tony & Elaine's and the AFC East title at Capri, and grabbed a pregame drink at Finnegan's Pub in Hudson. Back home he stops at Brooklyn South Pizzeria on Lake Norman. At UNC he had an NIL deal with Jimmy's Famous Seafood; as a pro he fronts Papa Gino's "Official Pizza of Drake Maye" campaign, and before the 2024 draft he worked a Raising Cane's food-truck shift.