Patriots quarterback Drake Maye was a 2024 first round, third overall NFL draft pick with a reported $36.6 million contract—but you likely wouldn’t be able to tell it from the car he drives.
The 23-year-old still drives a 2015 GMC pickup truck that served him in high school growing up in the suburbs of Charlotte, N.C. The truck broke down off of Interstate 95 in January 2025, but the burgeoning football star refused to part with the vehicle—even at the behest of his high school football coach, The Washington Post reported.
“My mom’s always been on me about just staying humble and not buying the sports car,” Maye told The Washington Post in November 2025. “But it is tempting.”
On Sunday, Maye will play on the NFL’s largest stage at the 60th Super Bowl, where, even if he loses, he will be guaranteed a six-figure bonus—ample cash to pay for a new car. He’s the second- youngest quarterback ever to start the big game (and effectively the replacement of Patriots legend Tom Brady). If he won, would become the youngest in his position to take home the Lombardi trophy.
Maye came from an athletic family and as a freshman in high school, transferred to Myers Park High School, where he threw more than 3,200 passing yards as a sophomore and 3,512 passing yards as a junior—including 50 touchdowns and just two interceptions with a 72% completion rate. He played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and won the 2022 ACC Player of the Year award.
