Drake Maye's girlfriend 'so excited' about rookie's first NFL start

It's an breathtaking clip for Drake Maye and company.

After helium backed up Jacoby Brissett for the archetypal 5 games of the season, the New England Patriots decided to spell with the rookie arsenic their starting backmost Sunday.

New England selected Maye retired of North Carolina with the 3rd wide prime of the draught aft fielding respective offers from teams to determination up.

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New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye (10) passes against the Washington Commanders during the archetypal fractional of a preseason crippled Aug. 25, 2024, successful Landover, Md. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

The determination came earlier this week, and Maye's woman couldn't incorporate her excitement.

Ann Michael Hudson posted connected her Instagram communicative astir Maye getting the nod.

"YAY!!!!! So excited," she wrote with grin and bosom emoji, via the New York Post.

"We’re trying to triumph each game. At the time, we thought that Jacoby would springiness america the champion accidental to spell retired determination and triumph games," Pats manager Jerod Mayo said Wednesday, a time aft the determination was archetypal reported. "Drake gives america the champion accidental to triumph present and going forward. He’s been developing. He’s been getting amended each azygous week."

"It’s thing you imagination of, getting your archetypal commencement successful the NFL," said Maye. "It’s an opportunity, against a bully shot team, to spell retired determination and beryllium radical wrong."

Quarterback Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels poses for portraits aft being selected 3rd wide successful the archetypal circular by the New England Patriots during the 2024 NFL Draft April 25, 2024, successful Detroit.  (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

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Brissett was named the starter successful grooming camp, and fixed the trouble of the Pats' schedule, it made consciousness to make Maye.

New England upset the Cincinnati Bengals successful Week 1 connected the road, but the Pats person since mislaid 4 successful a row.

Brissett has completed conscionable 58.5% of his passes for 2 touchdowns, and the Pats are wide regarded arsenic perchance the worst squad successful the NFL, on with the Carolina Panthers.

In his 2 seasons astatine North Carolina, Maye threw for 7,929 yards with a 64.9% completion rate. He threw for 62 touchdowns and 16 interceptions portion moving for 16 much scores. He was All-ACC first-team successful 2022 and second-team past season. He passed for 3,608 yards and 24 touchdowns past season.

Drake Maye of the New England Patriots throws during signifier May 29, 2024, successful Foxborough, Mass. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Maye made his NFL debut successful New England's 24-3 nonaccomplishment to the Jets successful New Jersey, completing 4 of his 8 passes aft Brissett was benched.

The Pats look the Houston Texans Sunday astatine home. The Texans' Nico Collins is retired with a hamstring injury.

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