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North Carolina QB Drake Maye denies being offered $5 million to transfer
North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye says he wasn’t provided a $5 million identify, picture and likeness deal to switch away from the Tar Heels.
Maye shut down these rumors, one among which was pushed by Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi, on Thursday. He stated he’s staying with North Carolina.
“These rumors weren’t actually actuality,” Maye informed ESPN’s Pete Thamel. “Pitt’s coach ended up placing that on the market. I do not know what that was about. You must enter the switch portal to speak to those faculties and listen to these presents. For me, I feel faculty soccer goes to show into a multitude. They’ll need to do one thing. There was nothing to me or my household instantly provided from any of those different faculties. Nothing was stated or provided to the Mayes.”
Maye was the goal of a number of switch rumors after his breakout season this fall. He threw for 4,115 yards and 35 touchdowns with simply seven interceptions as a redshirt freshman. Maye helped lead the Tar Heels to the ACC championship sport and has seemingly made himself a high quarterback prospect within the 2024 NFL draft.
One such rumor claimed that Maye was provided a major amount of cash from different faculties in NIL offers, although nothing particular was revealed. Narduzzi claimed earlier this week that Maye was provided $5 million by two faculties to switch, however he wouldn’t say which faculties.
That, in line with Maye, wasn’t the case.
“Some individuals had been texting my highschool coach about it,” Maye stated by way of ESPN. “That’s primarily what occurred, individuals reached out to a few of my representatives and NIL media individuals.”
Each of Maye’s mother and father went to highschool at North Carolina, and he lives together with his brother, Beau, who walked on to the basketball workforce. Their older brother, Luke, performed basketball for the Tar Heels, and hit a buzzer-beater to ship the workforce to the Ultimate 4 in 2017.
“It would not sit proper, particularly with all my household …” Drake Maye stated of transferring, by way of ESPN. “Switching it up after the whole lot the Mayes went by way of would not signify what the college means to me or how a lot it means for me to go there. It’d mess up the mojo and all we have constructed there. That Carolina blue is particular. There is not any different shade on the earth that significant.”