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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Drake Maye, the 2022 ACC Player of the Year and 2022 Maxwell award semifinalist, will begin the 2023 campaign on the Maxwell award watch list that was announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.

Maye has re-written the UNC record books during his lone season as a starter at UNC. Last season, Maye threw for 3,847 yards and 35 touchdowns to go along with 629 yards rushing and six more TDs. He is just the ninth FBS quarterback since 2010 to post 3,500 passing yards, 35 passing TDs, 500 rushing yards, and five rushing TDs in a season.

The Huntersville, N.C., native became the only ACC conference player in the last 25 years to register at least 300 passing yards and 50 rushing yards in four consecutive games.

Given annually to the outstanding player in college football, the Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert "Tiny" Maxwell who was a former standout at the Swarthmore College and a renowned sports writer and football official.

The Maxwell Award watch list will once again incorporate a broad spectrum of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs and conferences from coast to coast.

The full list consists of 85 players.