Drake Maye Among Ten Early Breakout Candidates Of The 2022 College Football Season

Posted Sep 17, 2022
Here’s the list of freshmen quarterbacks who have thrown for at least 900 yards and 10 touchdowns while completing at least 70% of their passes through three games since 2000: Spencer Rattler and Drake Maye. That’s it. Maye took over as North Carolina’s starting QB this offseason and has arguably been better than his predecessor, Sam Howell. (247 Sports)

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