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Drake Maye

Player breakdown

Drake Maye

North Carolina · 2024 Draft Class

6-4223 lbs1st round, 3rd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~24
EliteAll-Conference x125+ Total TD
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

79%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2024NWE13122253382,2761510421217
2025NWE17173544924,394318450435
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2021North CarolinaACC17989103801
2022North CarolinaACC03244824,115357653742
2023North CarolinaACC122694253,608249449933

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

76%

ML model output

Context Prob

76%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1759 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
7,812 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output+0.260

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.61 — strong athletic ceiling-0.568
Improvement accelerating (+45.2) — getting better faster each year-0.390
600.9 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.345

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)