Wertz -- a West Charlotte High and UNC grad -- is the rare person who can answer Charlotte, when you ask, What city are you from., This 80-0 ACC-bound tennis star is The Charlotte Observer female athlete of the year, How missed graduation, cool dance video turned NC Central grad into a viral sensation, Support my work with a digital subscription, West Rowan girls top East Lincoln for berth in 3A state championship game. In six games this year, Pryor was batting .313 with one double, one triple and seven stolen bases. Just got to be smarter. He was a highly touted recruit coming out of high school and was ranked as a five-star recruit by 247Sports.com. Maye became the first Tar Heel quarterback to throw for five touchdowns in his first start. dvelopper et amliorer nos produits et services. Drake Maye is a sophomore quarterback from the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. He has an advanced feel for the position in terms of throwingearly and anticipatingand understands how to throw his receivers open. KUJUAN PRYOR, SR, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL: Running back led Burns to a 12-3 record and a N.C. 2A state semifinal performance. In football, he had 756 receiving yards on 48 catches. var button_cookie = false; He was all-conference in the Southwestern 4A and made the All-Charlotte Observer team. if (browserType === 'desktop') { button_cookie = vjs_readCookie('meta_more_button'); } // see sr.menus.js:sr_menus_checkInfoCookie to explain Freshman Tiara Thompson led the 30-0 West Rowan girls past East Lincoln on Saturday to advance to the 3A state championship. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. 14 uniform as an all-state quarterback at Independence High School in the 1980s and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1985. 3 spot in this week's rankings. The accumulated varsity totals are in the last row of each table. But hes that rare guy who has dominating skill sets in two different sports. He was sensational. 8 pocket passer and the No. I think one of the first few weeks, I was telling a reporter earlier, coach Brown and coach Bly came by Myers Park like maybe a week or two after coach Brown got hired and they just came by to see me, Brown said. Committed to play football at North Carolina in 2021, Maye completed 210-of-290 passes (72 percent) for 3,512 yards, 50 TDs and just two interceptions as a junior. Obviously the big thing was just seeing Coach Brown come back. Langston Wertz Jr. is an award-winning sports journalist who has worked at the Observer since 1988. In Game 1 of the 2019 NCISAA state championship, which Christian eventually won, Adams had 15 strikesout. He is from Charlotte, North Carolina and is the son of NBA player Rick Maye. His success has not one bit surprised me. Chadwick said his only regret was being unable to coach Maye his senior year because of the pandemic. 1 high school quarterback. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Drake Maye's Basketball Stats Career Var 19-20 Var 18-19 Career Stats Drake has played on 2 basketball teams covered by MaxPreps. West Lincoln had never won a playoff game. With 24 touchdown passes, he is tied for the national lead. He absolutely should be in the Heisman conversation., Duke defensive coordinator Robb Smith coached against Burrow when he and Mike Elko were at Texas A&M and says it is a very fair comparison.. Myers Park stops North Meck, heads to first state final in 57 years, NCHSAA state HS basketball semifinals to feature bevy of national talent, scarce tickets, High school football is coming to Bank of America Stadium in August. The signal caller passed for just 233 yards on a season-high 49 attempts and was hurried for a . afficher des publicits et des contenus personnaliss en fonction de vos profils de centres dintrt; mesurer lefficacit des publicits et contenus personnaliss; et. Then he has the ability to do things with his feet, and hes very accurate with the ball. function sr_menus_checkInfoCookie_inline(browserType) { Drake Maye will begin his first season as the starter in Week 0 against Florida A&M. Drake Maye: The . In cross-country, Harrill is a three-time all-conference pick and a three-time school MVP. COMING SUNDAY: The Observer will announce the winners of the readers vote for athlete of the year. On the 37 pass attempts he attempted, the redshirt freshman completed 29 of them for 294 yards and five touchdown passes. Beau, her son, is enrolled in UNC and is studying underAimee. He was named all-state in basketball, along with a future Kansas star named Danny Manning. Charlotte Waffle House found with live roach, unclean equipment during health inspection, Driver arrested after video shows him nearly hitting students at their school bus stop, The top-ranked pie in North Carolina doesnt look like pie at all. 1- or No. In one game against West Mecklenburg, he completed 22-of-34 passes for 481 yards and four touchdowns in a 40-39 win. // We allow up to four of bling lines or additional player bio data entries in mobile. We dont send 8-4 quarterbacks to the Heisman Trophy ceremony. JACK STAJOS, SR, FOOTBALL, TRACK: Stajos was a first-team all-conference and second-team all-state lineman on a football team that went 9-1 in the regular season and reached the NCISAA Division 1 semifinals. That wasnt a part of his high school game, and I take full responsibility and full blame, said Chadwick, a former junior college baseball player, who served on Marylands staff for 20 months as recruiting coordinator before returning to the high school ranks in June in Raleigh, North Carolina. Drake Maye is one of the best quarterbacks in the nation according to 247 Sports. Hes a dual threat, Kinchens said. He has yet to play a game for the Tar Heels but is expected to see significant playing time this season. He scrambled, went flying into the end zone headfirst 20 feet in the air. He has deep athletic roots. On the high school basketball court, Drake Maye averaged 16.1 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, a block and a steal per game as a junior playing stretch power forward. He threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns and ran 13 times for 73 yards and two touchdowns. Mark Maye was a senior at Independence High in the 1982-83 school year. In the meantime, coach (Mack) Brown came to North Carolina and changed the whole vibe. He showstoughness standing in the pocket and taking a shot to get a throw off and will run for plus yards when he needs to. Im not saying Heisman Trophy or first player picked in the draft, but he is Joe Burrow-ish, Steele said. With Drake Maye committed to North Carolina where he will look to add more highlights to his film and put the entire ACC and every college football program on notice. INTEREST. In wrestling, Bridges won the N.C. 2A regional and state titles at 152 pounds after finishing runner-up in 2019. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Hell bring it to you and move the chains.. Offensive coordinator Phil Longo took the same job on Luke Fickell's new Wisconsin staff over the winter. Games Played 47 Points Per Game 14.7 Assists Per Game 2.7 Rebounds Per Game 9.7 Steals Per Game 1.0 Blocks Per Game 0.8 Game Stats Shooting Totals An early enrollee who is a four-star prospect listed as the nations 57th-best player, the No. He is ranked in the top 10% of his class. His 436 total yards were a season-high, as was his 94.8 QBR. Check out Drake Maye's high school sports stats, including game updates while playing basketball and football at Myers Park High School. Hell pinpoint and get the ball there. I said, Its your life. Drake Maye committed to North Carolina where he looks to be the next great Tar Heel quarterback. Adams completed 38-of-84 passes for 591 yards and seven TDs. LANE HARRILL, SR, BASKETBALL, CROSS-COUNTRY: 2020 Southern Piedmont conference player of the year was a two-time N.C. Basketball All-District 10 pick. Drake Maye was a very good student and was also very good at basketball. Go Heels Edit-@Hayesfawcett3 pic.twitter.com/ZaA32bnZZ5. In the fourth quarter of the game, Maye completed 325.1 of his attempts, ranking him seventh in the country (and third in the Power Five). He has a weighted GPA of 4.48 and an unweighted GPA of 4.0. Mark Maye, who played football at North Carolina from 1983 to 1988, and Cole Maye, who played baseball at Florida from 1988 to 1995, both won NCAA baseball titles. 33 player by Rivals. He referred to him as Justin Herbert 2.0. Maye has drawn different comparisons from other analysts too. Through five games Maye had the most total touchdowns (22) in program history and accounted for five total touchdowns in four of them. He was eventually offered a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Kentucky but he decided to turn it down so that he could pursue a career in music. Blessed with size, speed and a rocket right arm, Maye has morphed into a legitimate threat to become North Carolinas first Heisman Trophy winner this season. Mayes athleticism shouldnt surprise anyone. Of his 290 passes his junior year, only four were touched by a defender.. Chadwick believes Drake Maye is a lot like his dad. 1, his preparation and decision-making are special. The ACC Networks Roddy Jones, who played running back at Georgia Tech, compared Maye to 2020 No. 28 player in the nation by ESPN, the No. View Drake Maye's career, season and game-by-game football stats while attending Myers Park High School. BRETT ADAMS, SR, FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL: Adams, a tight end and linebacker, filled in at QB when the starter went down with an injury in the first game of the year. 8 pocket passer and the No. You see that. In this day and age, its refreshing to see. 3 player in North Carolina in the 247Sports Composite Tabbed as the nations 45th-best player, the No. while (el = el.previousSibling) { if ((el.nodeType === 1) && (el.offsetWidth <= 0 || el.offsetHeight <= 0)) { siblingsHidden++; } } He was the Southwestern conference offensive player of the year. Position Quarterback: Pocket Passer. He finished 10th place in 2022 Heisman Trophy voting. Drake Maye highlights are filled with great plays that shows he is possibly the best quarterback in the 2021 recruiting class. Sometimes, being 6-5, you get tired of people going low on you, Maye said of his leap. He makes occasional appearances on WSVN's Sports Xtra on Sunday nights and is on the "Big O Show" with Orlando Alzugaray at 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Hes got arm strength. Last season, Maye completed 210 of 290 passes for 3,512 yards, 50 touchdowns and two interceptions. But they kind of tried to let me enjoy the process, but my mom and my dad theyre huge Heels fans so it just kind of worked out, kind of meant to be, Maye said. He had 10 receiving touchdowns and 11 total. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. If he got his hands on a ball, he rebounded it.. Hes very intelligent, cerebral. Didnt want to miss out on the home state, my brother Beau was applying here, he got it, so a lot of things kind of played into it and obviously my parents always wanted me to go here.
