Young Drake Maye: How a future Super Bowl QB shredded an NC youth football league

Posted Feb 4, 2026
They still remember it today. Everyone who saw Drake Maye on a football field on Saturday mornings in Huntersville, N.C., from age 6 to 12, has a story to tell. Tony Horton was an assistant coach on Drake’s youth teams. Horton and Drake’s dad, Mark, were so immersed in coaching that they had Tony’s wife, Tracey, videotape all their games. (Yahoo! Sports)

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