Drake Maye

QB
NE (2026)
North Carolina
Drafted 2024, round 1, pick 3 by NE

2026 regular season

4 games for NE. Data as of 9 October 2026.

Pass attempts: 117
Completion %: 62.4%
Passing yards: 854
Passing touchdowns: 4
Interceptions thrown: 7
Yards per attempt: 7.3
Adjusted net yards per attempt (ANY/A): 5.23
Passer rating: 71.0
EPA per dropback: +0.043
Dropback success rate: 49.6%
Completion % over expected (CPOE): +2.3
Sack rate: 7.9%
Carries: 23
Rushing yards: 136
Rushing touchdowns: 0
EPA per rush: -0.531

All metrics

Metric	Value	How it is calculated
Completions	73	completions (season total)
Sacks taken	10	sacks_suffered (season total)
Passing air yards	1,070	passing_air_yards (season total)
Passing first downs	36	passing_first_downs (season total)
Total passing EPA	-9.027	sum of EPA on the player's pass plays (nflverse passing_epa)
Touchdown rate	3.4%	100 x passing_tds / attempts
Interception rate	6.0%	100 x passing_interceptions / attempts
Passing air conversion ratio (PACR)	0.798	passing_yards / passing_air_yards (nflverse pacr)
Game-winning drives (QB)	1	game-winning drives led by the player: drives that score in the 4th quarter or overtime with the offense tied or trailing by at most 8 at the start and give the eventual winner a lead it never loses; credited to the drive's main dropback passer (the starting QB on run-only drives)
4th-quarter comebacks (QB)	1	game-winning drives (see qb_game_winning_drives) in games the team trailed at some point in the 4th quarter or overtime
Dropbacks	141	plays with qb_dropback = 1 (pass attempts + sacks + scrambles), no-play penalties and two-point attempts excluded
Rushing first downs	12	rushing_first_downs (season total)
Total rushing EPA	+13.5	sum of EPA on the player's rushes (nflverse rushing_epa)
Yards per carry	5.91	rushing_yards / carries
Rush success rate	20.0%	100 x rushes with EPA > 0 / rushes
Explosive rush rate	0.0%	100 x rushes gaining 10+ yards / rushes
Receptions	0	receptions (season total)
Targets	0	targets (season total)
Receiving yards	0	receiving_yards (season total)
Receiving touchdowns	0	receiving_tds (season total)
Receiving air yards	0	receiving_air_yards (season total)
Yards after catch	0	receiving_yards_after_catch (season total)
Receiving first downs	0	receiving_first_downs (season total)
Total receiving EPA	—	sum of EPA on passes to the player (nflverse receiving_epa)
Catch rate	—	100 x receptions / targets
Receiver first-down rate	—	100 x receiving_first_downs / targets
Yards per reception	—	receiving_yards / receptions
Yards per target	—	receiving_yards / targets
Target share	0.000	player targets / team targets (nflverse target_share, 0-1)
Air yards share	0.000	player receiving air yards / team air yards (nflverse air_yards_share, 0-1)
Weighted opportunity rating (WOPR)	0.000	1.5 x target_share + 0.7 x air_yards_share (nflverse wopr)
Receiver air conversion ratio (RACR)	—	receiving_yards / receiving_air_yards (nflverse racr)
EPA per target	—	sum(epa) / targets, over pass attempts (sacks excluded) where the player is the intended receiver; excludes no-play penalties and two-point attempts
Red-zone targets	0	targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) at or inside the opponent 20
Red-zone target share	0.000	player red-zone targets / team red-zone targets in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1
Red-zone carries	2	rushes (incl. QB scrambles) at or inside the opponent 20
Red-zone carry share	0.333	player red-zone carries / team red-zone carries in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1
Carries inside the 10	2	rushes at or inside the opponent 10
Targets inside the 10	0	targets at or inside the opponent 10
Goal-line carries (inside the 5)	2	rushes at or inside the opponent 5
Touchdown opportunity share (inside the 10)	0.222	(carries + targets inside the opponent 10) / the team's carries + targets inside the 10 in the games the player played (team totals from the same games), 0-1
Targets behind the line (air yards < 0)	0	targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards < 0
Catch rate behind the line (air yards < 0)	—	100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards < 0
Targets short (air yards 0-9)	0	targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 0-9
Catch rate short (air yards 0-9)	—	100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 0-9
Targets intermediate (air yards 10-19)	0	targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 10-19
Catch rate intermediate (air yards 10-19)	—	100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 10-19
Targets deep (air yards 20+)	0	targets (pass attempts, sacks excluded) with air yards 20+
Catch rate deep (air yards 20+)	—	100 x receptions / targets, on targets with air yards 20+
Scrimmage yards	136	rushing_yards + receiving_yards
Rushing + receiving touchdowns	0	rushing_tds + receiving_tds
Fumbles lost	2	sack_fumbles_lost + rushing_fumbles_lost + receiving_fumbles_lost
Punt returns	0	punt_returns (season total)
Punt return yards	0	punt_return_yards (season total)
Kickoff returns	0	kickoff_returns (season total)
Kickoff return yards	0	kickoff_return_yards (season total)
Yards per punt return	—	punt_return_yards / punt_returns
Yards per kickoff return	—	kickoff_return_yards / kickoff_returns
Special teams touchdowns	0	special_teams_tds (season total)

Game log

Wk	Opponent	Result	Completions	Pass attempts	Passing yards	Passing touchdowns	Interceptions thrown	Sacks taken	Total passing EPA	Carries	Rushing yards	Total rushing EPA	carry share pct
1	@ SEA	L 10-13	23	33	178	1	3	3	-4.621	7	47	+7.312	22.6
2	PIT	W 20-3	14	22	208	0	1	3	-1.263	4	17	+1.779	14.3
3	@ JAX	L 6-35	14	25	199	0	2	3	-14.2	4	18	-0.367	15.4
4	@ BUF	W 29-26	22	37	269	3	1	1	+11.0	8	54	+4.790	22.9

Weeks without a row: the player recorded no statistics (inactive, injured or bye).